I have a ton of different musical soundtracks on my iTunes, but I tend to only listen to a few (Spring Awakening, Next to Normal, Into the Woods, Hair, Sweeney Todd). Every once in a while I get tired of those and try to delve into a new musical which—if it’s good—will join the list of musicals I listen to frequently. Today, I decided to go for a run and while doing so, I decided to listen to In the Heights, a Hispanic and hip-hop flavored musical littered with lots of Spanish dialogue. I figured it was an appropriate new musical since I’m in Costa Rica.
To run, I had to brave the road outside of Santa Marta since it is somewhat flatter than the road inside town. While I was doing so, I was excited to find that I could actually understand a lot of the dialogue going on along with the music (as long as it wasn’t too fast). I was also surprised by how good it was, and how it made me even more enthusiastic to be learning Spanish and being immersed in a new (and wonderful!) culture. I’m not sure what it was exactly, but one of the things I’m most excited about for my return is being able to look back and see all that I will have learned.
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