Welcome to Maria's kitchen, where she'll show us how to prepare a delicious cocido, or stew, a typical Spanish dish meant for cold days. Try this easy recipe at home to experience its deliciousness!

Let's learn how to ask for wishes with our favorite teachers at El Aula Azul [The Blue Classroom]. This time, we'll even blow the candles!

Idoia from the El Aula Azul continues to explain to us how to conjugate -ar, -er and -ir verbs in the subjunctive mood, as well as introducing us to the word "ojalá" [let's hope], which is always used with the subjunctive.

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.

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.

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

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.

Amaya, a volunteer at the Donkey Sanctuary, tells us what her experience has been like thus far as well as what the volunteers do daily to care for these charming animals.

At El Aula Azul, Idoia and Ester speak enthusiastically about their weekend plans. While Ester intends to go to a concert, Idoia's long weekend in Barcelona will include a whole host of eclectic activities.

Professor Maria teaches her students the names of a variety of stores and public buildings as well as discussing what is done at them or what might be purchased.