Comments on: Moving Our Multilingual Family to South America http://spanglishbaby.com/2013/11/multilingual-journey-takes-new-turn/ Raising bilingual and bicultural kids Thu, 26 Jul 2018 07:12:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 By: suzanne mateus http://spanglishbaby.com/2013/11/multilingual-journey-takes-new-turn/#comment-482213 suzanne mateus Wed, 27 Nov 2013 13:24:24 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=41018#comment-482213 I forgot to mention we dont have a time limit on our stay there.

]]> By: suzanne mateus http://spanglishbaby.com/2013/11/multilingual-journey-takes-new-turn/#comment-482211 suzanne mateus Wed, 27 Nov 2013 13:23:18 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=41018#comment-482211 Awesome! Yes, we are looking forward to getting to know different parts of the country.

]]> By: suzanne mateus http://spanglishbaby.com/2013/11/multilingual-journey-takes-new-turn/#comment-482210 suzanne mateus Wed, 27 Nov 2013 13:22:35 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=41018#comment-482210 Thank you for the app suggestions. Im sure they will come in handy.

]]> By: suzanne mateus http://spanglishbaby.com/2013/11/multilingual-journey-takes-new-turn/#comment-482209 suzanne mateus Wed, 27 Nov 2013 13:21:56 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=41018#comment-482209 I love hearing positive experiences! Thank you! It sounds like you have had an incredible journey.

]]> By: drea http://spanglishbaby.com/2013/11/multilingual-journey-takes-new-turn/#comment-481524 drea Tue, 26 Nov 2013 21:24:43 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=41018#comment-481524 guayaquil is beautiful!! and as a new yorker can say its truly a city! you’ll make yourself at home real easy, the people are amazing, there is lots of diversity and everyone pretty much speaks spanish there. on your trips to quito, you’ll wonder if you haven’t traveled to the other side of the universe as opposed to a different state as it is completely different in speech, culture, cuisine, lifestyle and weather! you’re up for a great adventure. :)

]]> By: Vanessa http://spanglishbaby.com/2013/11/multilingual-journey-takes-new-turn/#comment-480852 Vanessa Tue, 26 Nov 2013 06:52:35 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=41018#comment-480852 I’m from Ecuador and I moved to Quito last year for 2 months, I like it there, it’s a city where you will find many things we have here in the states which I love….traffic is crazy that’s all. There are many free apps for Ecuador like free guides, city tours, real state, etc .. Enjoy it!

]]> By: Tracey http://spanglishbaby.com/2013/11/multilingual-journey-takes-new-turn/#comment-480493 Tracey Mon, 25 Nov 2013 21:39:40 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=41018#comment-480493 Hi Suzanne,
How exciting for your family. How long do you plan to live in Ecuador? My family (husband and 2 children – then 11 and 12) went to Bolivia in 2005 and we were there for 8.5 years. We put them in Bolivian semi-private and later state school. We kept up NZ schooling by Correspondence. We didn’t mix with English speakers at all – just at home and books and internet and DVDs. My big kids are now Bolivian citizens studying in the university there and my daughter is married to a lovely Bolivian young man. They no longer feel they fit in NZ. They are bi-lingual and bi-cultural but Bolivia is now their home. You will definitely want to take English books with you if you are going to be there for a while.

My husband and I and two adopted Bolivian daughters (now 5.5 and 6) are back in NZ for work reasons and I so miss my old life and have to maintain Spanish for us and the girls – so it is Spanish at home. We had hoped the Iglesia Latina and the Comunidad Latina here would help but they have not really welcomed us.

Enjoy the experience. All the best.
Tracey

]]> By: suzanne mateus http://spanglishbaby.com/2013/11/multilingual-journey-takes-new-turn/#comment-480471 suzanne mateus Mon, 25 Nov 2013 21:04:55 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=41018#comment-480471 hi marcela,

the plan is to be there quite a while. we are leaving it open for now. thank you for the tip. i look forward to visiting other countries (especially colombia) while we are down there.

]]> By: suzanne mateus http://spanglishbaby.com/2013/11/multilingual-journey-takes-new-turn/#comment-480470 suzanne mateus Mon, 25 Nov 2013 21:02:34 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=41018#comment-480470 gracias, maria! we will be in guyaquil actually. we are really looking forward to it. my husband has a lot of family in quito and some in guayaquil so that will help. un abrazo. i love hearing from people who are from ecuador.

]]> By: Maria http://spanglishbaby.com/2013/11/multilingual-journey-takes-new-turn/#comment-480367 Maria Mon, 25 Nov 2013 18:38:16 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=41018#comment-480367 ¡Qué emocionate! Ecuador es un país maravilloso (es mi madre patria) y lo vas a disfrutar a lo grande. Si vives en Quito u otro lugar de la sierra (Cordillera de los Andes), tendrás que usar ropa como para el otoño o primavera, llueve bastante; en octubre caen unas granizadas que parece nieve, porque todo está blanco; no te preocupes dura un día y se llama “el cordonazo de San Francisco”. Si vas a vivir en la costa, tendrás que usar ropa de verano. En Ecuador, Quichua es una de las lenguas nativas. Perú y Bolivia hablan el Quechua.
Que te vaya muy bien y estaré ansiosa de leer tu blog con noticias de mi madre patria.
Happy Thanksgiving!
María

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