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I studied at the Escuela Oficial de Idiomas de Madrid (Official Language School of Madrid), Spain and took courses at the Universidad de Salamanca, Spain. I graduated from the University of California, at Santa Barbara and the University of California, at Los Angeles.

I was never bored in Spain. On weekends, I went to the countryside with friends, to parties or discotheques. There are hundreds of "bares" to visit. After work or classes, every one goes to "bares" to have a little "vino tinto" (red wine) and eat a little "tapas" (snacks), but the major feature of going to a bar is "charlar" (talking). Spaniards love to talk and smoke. (May be Spain is getting a little smoke-free now.)

I love "tapas." They remind me of Chinese food. Spaniards eat everything, similar to Chinese. I still remember the delicious taste of some of the "tapas" such as "patatas bravas" and "mejillones a la mayonesa" (muzzles with mayonnaise). I get dizzy easily, so usually I drink a type of juice called "mosto" which is smooth like good white wine.

In the afternoon, I liked to have "pasteles" (pastries) with tea or "café con leche" in the "plaza mayor" (a grand arcaded square in the center of town). On Saturday or Sunday morning, I had "churros con chocolate." Spanish chocolate drink is out of this world when dipping "churros" in it. During Christmas season, Spaniards eat a kind of candy called "turrón." Spanish food is one of the best in the world. A few that I like are "paella de marisco," "cocido madrileňo," "cordero asado a la brasa," (barbecued lamb), bacalao" (salted codfish), "trucha de Albarracin" (trout), and "jamón Serrano" (a kind of ham cured in high mountains), Spain has everything that the world can give us. However, if you do not speak Spanish, you miss out a lot on the culture and social interaction.

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café con leche vino tinto y blanco paella de mariscos turrón (almond candy)

patatas bravas churros con chocolate una tortilla el mosto (grape juice)

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aceitunas (olives) mejillones (mussels) jamón Serrano (ham)

Flamenco	A Street in Granada

Alhambra, the Moorish Palace	Alahmbra, Granada

Alhambra, Granada	Alambra, Granada

A Poem in Three Languages

The Red Wheelbarrow
So much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chicken by William Carlos Williams	Tanto depende de una carretilla roja abrillantada por la lluvia agua al lado del pollo blanco Translated by Alice Yen	如此的依賴一輪紅色手推車閃著光芒在雨中水中旁邊一隻白色的雞 Translated by Alice Yen

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