Perfect Spanish!
The other day I was in a Mexican restaurant trying to choose order dish…since I don’t know much about Mexican food (Paraguayan food is totally different), I asked in Spanish the waitress details about their menu.
She looked at me very surprised and said: your Spanish is perfect!, then I said, thanks, yes, it’s because that I’m from Paraguay, then she looked back at me and said again: I must say your Spanish is really perfect…I was surprised and not that surprised because she had no clue where Paraguay was, even in Latin America Paraguay tend to vanish, or in the best case scenario confused with Uruguay.
People give me a confused look when I tell them that I’m from Paraguay…and ironically we are from the same continent.
I’m not sure if I love to be invisible, it surely doesn’t bother me much…after all, at least, my Spanish is perfect 
May 30th, 2007 at 11:12 pm
Mba’eichapa! I’ve been scrolling through your blog and enjoying the articles. My husband and I lived in Paraguay for many years — he grew up there, and we returned there after we were married; our son was born in Asuncion.
I just did a Google search for “Paraguayans in Seattle” and found your blog. We live on the Peninsula now, south of Bremerton, and meet a lot of people from Mexico and Central America. I’m delighted to know there are some Paraguayans in the region!
Maybe our paths will cross someday.
June 1st, 2007 at 4:07 am
Thanks Claudia! and keep coming back…hopefully our paths will cross someday soon.