Learning a new language in the Spanish city of Salamanca

Isabel Conway’s new year resolution? To learn Spanish. So she took herself off to Salamanca to do just that.

Ensenar el perro juegos nuevos’ (a hasty translation from my new Spanish mini Larousse: Can you teach an old dog new tricks?) is barely recognisable in the linguistic landscape.

Yet gallant Jesus Gonzales in reply politely enquires “cuanto anos tienes… 36?” (What age are you… 36?)