Practice Spanish for Getting Around Madrid

About this episode

You learned Spanish from a Latin American class, app, or show — then you arrive in Spain and something feels off. Maria walks you through getting around Madrid with her friend Sofía: stopping someone politely (“perdona, ¿me puedes decir cómo llego al Prado?”), reading the answer (todo recto, gira a la derecha en el semáforo, en la rotonda toma la segunda salida, no tiene pérdida), and the Spain-specific differences that throw off Latin-American learners — una manzana instead of una cuadra, coger el metro (completely normal in Spain), and buying un billete sencillo. Direction Spanish you can use the moment you step out of the station.

The full illustrated comic, study guide, transcript, audio & vocab are in the pack.