Links

Here are some of our favorite links:

TOURIST INFORMATION

Madrid Metro - maps, schedules and routes.

http://www.metromadrid.es/en/viaja_en_metro/red_de_metro/index.html

Renfe - Information, timetables, pricing & reservations to Spain's excellent National train system.

http://www.renfe.com/EN/viajeros/index.html

FUN WITH LANGUAGE
Fun websites for language lovers, language learners, culturally curious:

http://usuarios.multimania.es/sequeros/arcaismos/arcaismos.htm
NEW NEW NEW Weird and wonderful site on out-of-date words. If you're struggling with current Spanish this may seem over the top, but just imagine your Spanish teacher's face if you come up with something from this list. And yes, some things will look familiar! Fluent speakers: this is a stitch!

www.freerice.com
Vocab quiz in English (60 levels) and in Spanish, French, Italian and German (10 levels). Geography quiz, math stuff. Get it right, you learn something and donate rice to the hungry. Get it wrong, you get another chance.

www.cervantes.es
Instituto Cervantes, cultural institute for promoting Spanish and Hispanic culture worldwide. Online dictionary. The Madrid center has interesting exhibits

www.eldiae.es
Part of the Instituto Cervantes, this site is just plain FUN. Vote for your favorite word in Spanish, see what words people have made up (you know the situation, two words are appropriate and what comes out of your mouth is a combination?)