Using computers in Spain

Using a computer in a foreign language has several challenges. First of all, the actions that we take for granted are not always easy to decipher. The "start" menu is "inicio" and if you want to go to "all programs" then it is "todos los programas". So far so good, right? Trust me it gets harder.

Like when you want to put photos on the desktop and can´t find any word that looks like that might be it. Turns out it is "escritorio".

The kicker is that the keyboards are all different and the keys are in different places. I was typing away until I looked up and wondered what the heck was going on! I am not the only one either as I had to help a lady yesterday who was frustrated having spent five minutes trying to figure out which keystroke was required in combination with the letter "2" to provide the at symbol "@".

 So I am here at a computer in the next hostel, in the next town for the night (Zubiri), trying to type out some few sentences while others are waiting to use the free computer that is provided, so I have to be brief today. I was going to post some photos as well but the ones on my camera are too big to post via Blogger and I don´t know how to go about re-sizing them. I will try to take at least one photo per day with my phone as they are smaller in size and I will be able to post them here via my phone now that I have figured that out as well.

Tomorrow I will be heading to Pamplona, city made famous by Ernest Hemingway and the running of the bulls. I won´t be seeing either though as, of course, Mr. Hemingway did himself a mischief long ago and removed himself from this world, and they don´t allow bulls to roam freely every day but just on the feast of San Fermin in July. (Now where is that accent for the letter "i" in Fermin? Oh well!) Hasta el tiempo próximo chicos! (... figured out the accents now!!)