# Travel Spanish for Real Situations

**Language:** Spanish  
**CEFR Level:** A2  

> Join Diego and Elena for navigating your next trip in Spanish, one short conversation at a time. Each lesson trains your ear until you can follow every word and answer back.

**Setting:** Diego is taking a short holiday in San Sebastián's vibrant Parte Vieja, where he crosses paths with Elena, who has traveled from Galicia to deliver fresh seafood to the local upscale pintxo bars. They quickly strike up a friendly rapport over a glass of txakoli and decide to navigate the city's sights, transport, and eateries together.

## Lessons

### 1. Describing your work routine

Diego and Elena talk about their daily jobs, comparing Elena's work on the cliffs with Diego's busy routine driving a taxi at the train station.

### 2. Expressing difficulty understanding someone

Elena confesses to Diego that she struggled to understand the fast-talking locals when she first arrived in San Sebastián.

### 3. Asking for directions while traveling

Diego shares the common questions tourists ask him at the station, prompting Elena to recall a stressful experience at the airport.

### 4. Asking someone to speak slower

Diego teaches Elena a useful phrase for when people speak too quickly, and Elena explains how using it saved her at the airport.

### 5. Talking about your hotel stay

Diego asks Elena about her accommodation in San Sebastián, and she shares details about her hotel reservation and the short duration of her trip.

### 6. Inquiring about hotel services

Diego and Elena discuss what is included in her hotel stay, and Diego reminds her to ask the staff about breakfast and checkout times.

### 7. Asking for restaurant recommendations

Diego suggests heading to a local pintxos bar, where he teaches Elena how to ask the waiter for food recommendations.

### 8. Asking about ingredients in food

Diego advises Elena to ask about the ingredients in a dish before ordering, and they discuss what to do if her preferred food is unavailable.

### 9. Talking about past dining experiences

Diego tells Elena about a time he had to change his food order, and Elena shares her plans to go for a walk after they finish eating.

### 10. Preparing to ask for directions

Diego and Elena discuss how to ask locals for directions to the beach and wonder if it is too far to walk.

### 11. Explaining why you are tired

Elena explains to Diego why her legs are sore after waking up early to search for barnacles on the rocks.

### 12. Requesting the bill at restaurants

Diego and Elena decide to finish up their meal, and Elena practices asking the waiter for the bill.

### 13. Discussing what-if scenarios

Elena talks about how much Diego learns from his taxi passengers and asks him what she should do if she gets lost in the city again.

### 14. Offering help and making agreements

Diego reassures Elena by telling her to call him if she gets lost, leading them to make a playful agreement to help each other out.