I want to learn some 'conversational' Spanish, as part of my Patagonia
fishing plans. * *I'm not concerned with perfect grammar, or fluency, just
being understood and understanding simple "where is the good fishing?" and
"how much is that?" conversations, *... with lots of pointing, gestures,
some key words.

Of course, becoming more proficient would be wonderful, but ya gotta start
somewhere.

I'm too late this year for the local adult education course ... so I thought
maybe a DVD or CD might get me started. * *Anybody know of a good one(s)

It's expensive but the gold standard is Rosetta Stone.

http://www.rosettastone.com/

As a former military linquist, I would concur. That and couple of
weeks immersion training doing drywall and you would be set.
Frank Reid

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Ken Fortenberry