Foreign help–Barcelona !!

[MrAntiquity]

Hi gurus.

So I’ve just moved to Barcelona for a 2 year project. I speak only a little bit of Spanish and no Catalan (although I’ll learn). I continue to have difficulties approaching but any thoughts on how to move things along fairly quickly? Directions are easy, I’ve kind of dropped the ‘do you speak English’ bit as it’s a bit weak–I figure I’ll either just start talking in English or broken Spanish and see how people respond…

Any advice, though? The women are beautiful here—I’d like to be able to move things along with some of them!

[Eric Disco]

hm. After some interaction at a big outdoor street party here in Barcelona, I’ve answered at least one of my own questions.

Work in the local language, if I can. It impresses people, and you can always ask if they speak enough English to switch back to if you get stumped.

[Eric Disco]

Hey man, i agree with the point of trying to speak the local language. I was in Madrid two years ago, and when i spoke my butchered Spanish i felt people respected me more for the effort than when i spoke English. Also, from my experience, going direct on Spanish women worked far better than indirect. I think they appreciate it more when you notice their beauty from the start and tell them about it. At least that’s how it was in Madrid. Have fun!

[Eric Disco]

This is pretty cool. I dont know what type of project it is, but a story about you following a passion of yours and moving to an entirely new country has potential to be great.

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