Hello, all. My name is Kayla. I'm 25 and a recent college graduate. I studied Spanish and French, but I love languages in general. My favorite things to do are to travel, meet new people, learn about other cultures and practice Spanish and French. I've lived in both Madrid, Spain and Aix-en-Prove​nce, France as a student and I really miss being abroad. I hope to one day live somewhere in Latin America, maybe Colombia or Argentina...​ Anywhere really! Aside from all that, I'm also interested in cooking and just food in general. I'm not the best cook but I love trying new things!

Salut, tout le monde! Je m'interesse beaucoup a pratiquer francais et espagnol. C'est mon premier but, et  je peux aider avec l'anglais, bien sur. J'adore la langue francaise et j'ai meme vecue une periode en France, ce qui m'a beaucoup plait! J'aime l'idee d'avoir un vrai pen-pal avec qui j'echangerai​s des lettres en plus d'emails, mais j'accepterai​ avec plaisir tout message. Merci!

Hola a todos. Bueno, mi motivacion principal por participar en esta comunidad es practicar las dos lenguas extranjeras que estudio: el frances y el espanol. Me interesan muchisimo la gente y las culturas de Latinoameric​a pero me gusta mucho aprender de otras culturas tambien. Espero encontrar a alguien para intercambiar​ emails y cartas. Hasta pronto!

I'm just looking for friendship, language practice and cultural exchanges.

I would say I speak Spanish well, but I can always use the practice. My French is getting a little rusty since I haven't used it in several months...

respect, foreign languages and lands, meeting new people, respect, good food, lovelovelove​, random bouts of happiness expressed through ridiculous dances, human ingenuity, seemingly too perfect coincidences​, respect, being a night owl, smoky joes, helping people, animals... and did i mention respect?

Jorge Drexler, M, Death Cab for Cutie, Camille, Maná, Ani Difranco, Feist, Café Tacuba, Jarabe de Palo, Tété, Bright Eyes, Al Green, Mercedes Sosa, Sufjan Stevens, Shakira, Rilo Kiley, Her Space Holiday... there are too many to name.

Jump Tomorrow, the Princess Bride, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Paris Je T'aime, Stranger than Fiction, Amélie, Smoke Signals, the Goonies, Moulin Rouge, Willow, Frida, the Last Unicorn, Drop Dead Fred, Clue...

the Simpsons, Family Guy, Heroes, Weeds

Illusions by Richard Bach, El Fantasma de Canterville y otros cuentos by Oscar Wilde, Candide by Voltaire, El Popol Vuh, Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins, various  things by Ray Bradbury and Kurt Vonnegut

Sobre todo creo que no todo está perdido
Tanta lágrima, tanta lágrima y yo, soy un vaso vacío
- "Al otro lado del río" de Jorge Drexler

Terrien,
Juste une poussière
Dans un système solaire
Une chose mystérieuse
C'est rien,
On est tous un peu flous
Pas sûrs de nous du tout
Dans la nébuleuse
Ce soir, en regardant les étoiles
J'ai vu dans le ciel
Quelque chose qui brille, brille, brille
--"La bonne étoile"​ de -M-

To live content with small means, to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion, to be worthy, not respectable,​ and wealthy, not rich, to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly, to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart, to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never, in a word to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious,​ grow up through the common, this is to be my symphony.
--William Henry Channing

Always do what you are afraid to do.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson