When Traveling to a Country with a Foreign Language, Learn Some Basics First✈️
It's done. No, correcting that. I sat there, humiliated at my attempts to speak Spanish.
Buen día. Me gustaría cortarme el pelo. Quisiera que sea cortado muy bajo.
I walked into the barber shop near Malecon in Santo Domingo, attempting to get my first 'Santo' haircut. I had an afro and heard my grandmother say, "your head looks like sheep's wool!" She always said this to me to encourage grooming. I spent most of the morning practicing my lengua. I used my dictionary, wrote down what I would ask for and the likely responses, and set off in a guagua, an old car usually used as a taxi in DR. Feet set to either side of the floor—you could see the road moving along through the gaping hole.