A Pretty Good Club

[The Foreign Service] was an elite realm to which only men of a certain pedigree could expect ready admission. Many had gone to the same prep schools...and from there to Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. One such official, Hugh Wilson, in praise of his fellow diplomats wrote, “They have all felt that they belonged to a pretty good club. That feeling has fostered a healthy esprit de corps." - Erik Larson, ''In the Garden of Beasts'

Saturday, July 11, 2015

Se Habla Espanol

Sit tight, folks. I'm in Language Training. Spanish, to be exact, and will be for the next six weeks.

I can't promise too many riveting posts about use of the subjunctive. I'll find something to talk about. 


Posted by Barba Roja at 10:50 AM
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