Sometimes it’s the simple things that put you in a good mood. Today it was directions.I was walking home from my Spanish class, enjoying the sunshine, when I caught the eye of a young man walking towards me. Preoccupied, he nodded in my direction and asked “Stadio Mestalla ¿es cerca aqui?” I smiled. Having been studying Spanish for two weeks, my vocabulary was somewhat limited, but I had studied my directions, and even more conveniently, I actually knew where Mestalla Stadium was. “Sí,” I said, “Está allí, a la derecha.” I pointed over at the stadium. His mind on the imminent football game, the man thanked me quickly and strode off in the direction I had pointed. I realised, as I watched him walk away, that he hadn’t noticed that I wasn’t a native Spanish speaker. Well, I thought to myself, it’s a long way from a conversation on abstract philosophy, but it’s a start!