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It’s raining again Some useful vocabulary: rain – lluvia, damp – humedad, wet – húmedo, soaked – mojado, soggy – empapado, dripping -goteo, drowned rats – ratas ahogadas

“Back to school”  – where we’ve been this week and where Mum and Dad have remembered just how hard it is to be at school like us. Perhaps they’ll give us a break next time we’re struggling at Daddy school.

‘eight’ and ‘eighth’ How old Noah is today – feliz cumpleaños, Happy Birthday, Noah

“Happy New Year” Best wishes for 2013 to all our family and friends where ever they are in the world. Wishing you good dreams and the opportunities to follow them.

Merry Christmas – ¡Feliz Navidad

Mañana  means ‘morning’ or ‘tomorrow’ but more usually means ‘at some unspecified time in the future; it’s not really important to me and I’ll do it when I have nothing better to do and can be bothered to get around …

Zàijiàn (再见 ) is goodbye in Chinese ¡hola is hello in Spanish, the language common in central and south america.

美 山 , Mei Shan Beautiful mountain or ‘Beaumont’ from today’s calligraphy class.

這是總線鄒城嗎    Zhè shì zǒngxiàn zōu chéng ma? Alternatively, ask the hostel staff to write the name of your destination on a scrap of paper and wave it under the noses of anyone who looks like they might drive a …

在您的旅途好運 -Zài nín de lǚtú hǎoyùn The message that the tooth fairy left Will. Please excuse her if it’s not quite right but she must have been very tired after a long way flight from Wales!