Elvira talks to us from the Santa Caterina Market, one of the most famous attractions in the Gothic Quarter, Barcelona's oldest neighborhood, explaining a bit about it as well as some of Catalonia's most common and tastiest tapas.

In order to make wishes for other people, we need to use the subjunctive mood. Idoia from El Aula Azul will teach us a trick for conjugating -er verbs in the present subjunctive.

Now that we know how to make wishes on our birthdays, Idoia from El Aula Azul teaches us how to make wishes on others' behalf.

Professor Idoia from El Aula Azul teaches us the most common Spanish verbs for making wishes and encourages her students to make wishes of their own.

A teacher at El Aula Azul [The Blue Classroom] is having a birthday and is excited to share with us a wish she plans to make for the coming year.

Many Latin American countries celebrate the Novena of Aguinaldos, a nine-day, Catholic-based holiday that includes music, food and prayer. Grace Pinzon, a Colombian woman living in Florida, shares with us how the novena is celebrated there.

Physiotherapists Robert and Diego share with us the details of their work at the WK Windsurf and Kitesurf Championship in Adícora, Venezuela.

Chus shares two delightful poems by Antonio Machado, one of the authors from Spain's Generation of Ninety-Eight, a group of writers and philosophers who were prolific during the Spanish-American War.

Cleer introduces us to Jacky, a talented children's music performer from Medellin, Colombia.

Chus shares with us some poetry by two of her favorite writers, revered Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda, and Argentinean poetess, Alejandra Pizarnik.

Talented street artist and portrait painter, Carlos, from Bucaramanga, Colombia, talks to us about his process and passion for his work.

Fabricio Sandoval, a fire captain in Otavalo, Ecuador, teaches us how to prepare ourselves for an earthquake, including which items to include in our backpacks.

Two teachers at El Aula Azul (The Blue Classroom) language school converse about their coworker, Anastasia's extremely unlucky day! You might note that the Spanish spoken in Spain tends to employ the present perfect tense [i.e. "I have eaten"] more frequently than English-speakers or Spanish-speakers from other regions would to describe occurrences that took place in the recent past, most typically on that day.

Having just returned from her trip to Madrid, Ester, a teacher at El Aula Azul, shares with Idoia many of the wonderful things she did in the Spanish capital.

Let's go for a car ride through the fascinating streets of Cartagena, Colombia, discovering alongside our expert guide the history and wonders of this riveting Colombian city.