Audio Tools for Learning Spanish

I've just added a few pages to the website about audio tools for learning Spanish -- that is, CDs, cassette tapes, and downloadable MP3 files. I did a lot of internet research and came to the not-so-original conclusion that the best audio program is Platiquemos Español. This link tells you why I think that. There are reviews of some other programs too.

Also, Kelly has a little electronic Spanish translator, and the link takes you to a page I wrote about these things in general.

Improving our Spanish happens almost automatically here, but I am gearing up for some kind of regular study. Yesterday we tried to get the water bill to our rented house in our names but were told that it could only be the owners' names. Fine, no problem, we can still just pay it.

Then I asked the gentle, soft-spoken manager in the busy Water Commission office some questions about how abundant the water supply is and so on. Neither of us could hear or understand all of his Spanish, but we did get the drift that while there is adequate water for the town we are living in, Bernal, this is not so for some regions around Ezequial Montes, the county seat. He added, and we understood him fine here, that they are working to develop a culture of water. By this he was referring to the importance of conservation among the people.