My friend Gillian teaches English to Spanish speakers. She likes to expose them to different accents in English, and for the past couple of years I have enjoyed being with them on a social occasion for that reason. I guess she thinks if they can figure out my Scottish accent they are doing pretty well! It was supposed to be a picnic this year, but the weather didn’t cooperate, so we had coffee in a local cafe.

Coincidentally, Gillian had a birthday recently, so we also had some decadent chocolate cake with a single candle on it for her to blow out!

One interesting personal observation I had was that I had to keep reminding myself to speak English! I’m very focused these days on making Spanish second nature to me, so I guess it’s working!