Chasing the Dream Team

- College grad learns Spanish to work for 1992's Olympic Dream Team

Bog
  • Format
  • Bog, paperback
  • Engelsk
  • 164 sider

Beskrivelse

Imagine if your first possibility after college graduation was working for the US Dream Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain The only requirement was to be conversational in Spanish...the author was not. This is the true account of his Spanish-learning quest through Mexico and Central America, including culture shock with a host-family in Mexico, tutoring English at an orphanage in Honduras and dangerous excursions in Costa Rica. In the second part, he reaches Barcelona, Spain to work as a 'runner' for the US Dream Team at the Hotel Ambassador for the historic 1992 Olympics. Anecdotes include trying to find waffles for Magic and translating Spanish for Clyde Drexler. Also included are 12 'DREAMTEAMisms', or learnings from each player.

Læs hele beskrivelsen
Detaljer
  • SprogEngelsk
  • Sidetal164
  • Udgivelsesdato14-12-2019
  • ISBN139781674411187
  • Forlag Independently Published
  • FormatPaperback
  • Udgave0
Størrelse og vægt
  • Vægt235 g
  • Dybde0,9 cm
  • coffee cup img
    10 cm
    book img
    15,1 cm
    22,9 cm

    Findes i disse kategorier...

    Se andre, der handler om...

    Velkommen til Saxo – din danske boghandel

    Hos os kan du handle som gæst, Saxo-bruger eller Saxo-medlem – du bestemmer selv. Skulle du få brug for hjælp, sidder vores kundeservice-team klar ved både telefonerne og tasterne.

    Om medlemspriser hos Saxo

    For at købe bøger til medlemspris skal du være medlem af Saxo Premium, Saxo Shopping eller Saxo Ung. De første 7 dage er gratis for nye medlemmer. Medlemskabet fornyes automatisk og kan altid opsiges. Læs mere om fordelene ved vores forskellige medlemskaber her.

    Machine Name: SAXO080