595a The Story of Spanish; First Timer's Spain
Travel with Rick Steves
Rick Steves
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🗓️ 20 January 2024
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Hear the unlikely story of how Spanish grew from a Latin dialect in northern Iberia to become one of the world's most important and widely spoken languages. Then get tips for enjoying your first trip to Spain, and for getting the most out of a visit to the Prado's massive art collection in Madrid.
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| 0:00.0 | Ola, Abla Espa Espa, |
| 0:02.0 | Today on Travel with Rick Steeves, Julie Barlow, and Jean-Bin-Bin-wa-Naido |
| 0:06.0 | explain how the Spanish language rose to global prominence, |
| 0:10.0 | starting with King Ferdinand. |
| 0:12.0 | This is a king who set out to make Spanish into something worthwhile to use. |
| 0:16.6 | The authors of the story of Spanish help us see the influence of Spain on who we are today |
| 0:21.3 | in North America. |
| 0:22.3 | The entire cowboy culture in the United States |
| 0:25.0 | was actually created in Spain, in Spanish, by Mexicans. |
| 0:28.0 | We'll also get advice for enjoying Spain on a first-time visit. |
| 0:32.0 | A flamenco show is a good place to grasp the influences |
| 0:35.1 | on Spanish history. |
| 0:36.1 | It's a mixture, a melting pot of all of this culture, so the flamenco is the summary of all |
| 0:41.0 | of them. Plus tips for seeing the amazing art collection at the Prado. |
| 0:45.0 | Goya is the perfect Spanish artist because he caught a time in Spain that was very turbulent. |
| 0:51.0 | We're discovering the romance of Spain and the Spanish language in the hour ahead. |
| 0:55.0 | It's Travel with Rick Steeves. |
| 1:07.0 | They'll tell us how Spanish has become one of the world's most spoken languages. That's in just a minute. A little later in the hour, Spanish guides |
| 1:15.2 | share tips to prepare you for your first trip to Spain and what to look forward to that's going |
| 1:20.0 | to be different from what you might expect back home. |
| 1:23.5 | With all the political wrangling in the United States over its immigration policies |
| 1:27.5 | concerning people from south of the border, the nation's long and intimate relationship |
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