In search of a room to rent, Isabel goes to meet with Karla, who is renting one out in a shared apartment. Isabel is delighted both with the place and the prospect of living with roommates of different nationalities.

Karla and Isabel teach us how to rent a room in a shared apartment located at a Spanish-speaking country in which we would like to live for a period of time.

Our Spanish teacher, Karla, explains to us the difference between singular and plural in Spanish.

Meet a group of Mexican workers who arduously labor on the construction of a new building while they share with us some of the ins and outs of their task. This is part 2 of the video.

Karla and Isabel tell us about their favorite words in Spanish as well as telling us which are, in their opinion, the longest, prettiest, ugliest and most easily confused words in Spanish.

Meet Noe. He takes care of a building in a town about an hour away from Mexico City.

Manuel, soon to be a lawyer, tell us about his dreams, his favorite activities, including singing, and about his career.

Manuel is a Mexican economics student. Here he tells us about what he likes most about his major, his future plans, and his pastimes.

Camila was founded by award-winning composer and producer Mario Domm one day while he was recording a client’s album. Samo was called in to do back-up, and his voice impressed Mario so much that he thought they should work together. Add in Pablo Hurtado on guitar, and you have Camila. See what it’s all about with this song from their 2010 album. The vocals are a marvel.

Javier is proud of his fruit stand: he says it’s the best in all of Tijuana, Mexico. He explains to us how he prepares the different fruit shakes, fruit cocktails, and fruit salads, as well as a special recipe from Tijuana for tostilocos.

Mexican rock singer Alejandra Guzmán is known as the “Queen of Rock” in Latin America. Take a listen to her soulful singing in “Porque no estás aquí” (“Because You’re Not Here”), and you’ll see why. Those lyrics sung in that raspy voice get right into your core.

Our friends from Nortec Collective are known for their eclectic mix of electronic and norteño music (hence the name: norteño + techno = Nortec). Here, a band member discusses how the group got started, down to the very first time he read about a synthesizer. Don’t miss their Grammy award-nominated Tijuana Sound Machine.

If someone offered to be your space cowboy, would you be their Venus in the sand? La Gusana Ciega (the blind worm) from Mexico offers another catchy surrealist tune.

The first couple of lines of this song are happy enough, and then—pow—she left and the pain won’t disappear. Mexican pop band Reik belts out a plaintive song about heartache. Have tissues handy.

Have you ever been at the end of a dark alley wondering why, how, when? Well that’s exactly the mood of this Café Tacuba song: a metaphysical alley where we wonder what did we do wrong and ask for a second chance. It seems that this guy needs a metaphysical GPS system.