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I get by in a few foreign languages (Spanish mostly, some Portuguese and French). People’s first response to this is “oh that sounds so hard” quickly followed by “I’m going to learn languageX next year”.

Last night I attended the second [cultural activity][1] of the [Cervantes Institute][2] – a Flamenco Guitar Masterclass put on by a giant of the flamenco world [Óscar Herrero][3], with the assistance of David Rasko and students from the [Sydney Spanish Guitar Studio][4].

The Spanish Language Institute ([Instituto Cervantes][1]) has just opened in [Sydney][2].

I got a pleasant surprise last night – well pleasant for the Spanish spea[][1]king part of my brain, anyway.

To convert an Ubuntu installed with English to Spanish, install the following packages: