Going Native - Chapter 4: Part I

"Translation is the other side of the tapestry" - Cervantes

Previously: Chapter 3: Part II - Shoulders and ten fingers

My love, my love, you smell like black sausage

I learnt my first Spanish from Tintin. After years of reading his adventures in English, I took several with me to Madrid for bathtimes and for when the homesickness got too strong. So when the time came to improving my Spanish, he’d seemed the best p…