Learning the Real Lingo on your European Vacation

If you want to get deeper inside a culture you're planning to visit, you learn a bit of the language. But you'll always feel like an outsider until you "get" those little phrases people use all the time: bits of slang, mild obscenities, maybe the gestures that make it seem that everyone you see is a member of a secret society except you. Well, Berlitz wants to change all that. In Hide this Spanish Book they've decided to give you the words and phrases that your Spanish teacher didn't. Does it work? Read our review of Hide this Spanish Book and see.

And just in case you missed it, you might want to know that "fluency in two languages or more prevents some of the effects of aging on brain function." rediff.com