Marriage and children bring with them needs and responsiblities that a soltero doesn’t have. Rafael hopes to grow his small pharmacy into a cadena of drug stores that he can use to benefit his wife and kids. To raise the necessary capital, Rafael is working abroad for a few years.

Wicoy: como una calabaza pequeña, tal vez 15 cm de diametro, verde y blanco y es mucho mas fino que la calabaza. Para comer es parecido a un zucchetthi/zucchini. Bastante rico. (Thank you to Guatesol for info!) Rafael relates facts and myths of the natural environment in his native land.

Our friend, Rafael, returns this week to talk to us about his homeland and its culture. As he explains, the Mayan culture continues to thrive in Guatemala via its language, clothing, and customs.

In Guatemala, people of Mayan descent not only retain various native forms of dress, but they also speak dialects of the Mayan language, a language many people wrongly presume to be long lost to history. Rafael treats us to some examples of words and phrases in this language, and also explains some of the particulars of traditional dress.

Raquel meets Marisa and Marisa meets Raquel. In this video, we get a handy look at introductions, the very beginnings of every social experience!

Raquel and Marisa give us tips on how to make a reservation at a restaurant in Spanish.

In this episode, Raquel and Marisa teach us how to make a reservation at a hotel in Spanish.

Raquel and Marisa teach you Spanish vocabulary that could come in handy when purchasing a train ticket.

Through a mock appointment, Raquel and Marisa teach us some Spanish vocabulary we might need during a visit to the doctor's office.

Raquel and Marisa go over for us how to rent a car in Spanish.

Raquel and Marisa explain augmentatives and diminutives in Spanish, which are suffixes that are added to words to alter their meanings, including to indicate greater or lesser size and/or importance or as expressions of affection.

Raquel and Marisa show us what kind of Spanish dialogue might take place at a tourism office when one has recently arrived to a new city.

Raquel and Marisa teach us about the types of announcements we might hear over the loudspeaker at an airport in a Spanish-speaking country.

Raquel teaches us some Spanish phrases that might come in handy at a music festival.

In today's episode, we learn how to talk about directions in Spanish.