![]() Martina: He told his family, “It’s in the Orinoco delta. Yo no quería ir, pero mi papá decía: “Tucupita es un lugar fantástico”. Un día, mi papá me dijo que nos íbamos a mudar a Tucupita, una ciudad remota y muy pequeña que está a 12 horas de Caracas. Yo era feliz con mis muñecas, mis amigas de la escuela, y mi rutina en una gran ciudad. Sonia: Cuando yo tenía 10 años, vivíamos en Caracas. Martina: Sonia doesn’t remember some of the times her father moved the family because she was too young… But others she remembers very well. Poco tiempo después, cuando yo tenía 3 años, mi familia y yo comenzamos a mudarnos a nuevas ciudades por el trabajo de mi papá. Sonia: Primero nació mi hermana, Aliana, y el año siguiente, nací yo. Martina: Eventually, they got married and moved to Maracay… a city near the capital, where Sonia’s father was finishing his degree in agriculture. Mi mamá dice que, cuando lo conoció, mi papá era muy simpático y siempre estaba feliz. Sonia: Cuando mis papás se conocieron, mi mamá era secretaria y mi papá estudiaba agronomía. Martina: José Antonio González Cordero and Alicia Cebollada were born in Spain, and in their teens they moved to Venezuela with their families. But these are not language lessons, they're real life lessons through language. The storyteller will be using intermediate Spanish and I’ll be chiming in for context, in English. Each episode we bring you fascinating first-person stories from Spanish speakers across the world. Martina: Welcome to the Duolingo Spanish Podcast - I’m your host, Martina Castro. Pero un día, todo cambió y tuvimos que vivir la aventura más difícil de nuestras vidas. Sonia: Con mi papá, la vida era mágica y cada experiencia era una nueva aventura. Martina: Sonia’s father went to leap off the high dive and found her mother sunbathing there, on the diving board, her long black hair flowing in the wind… and, as the story goes, he immediately fell in love… Sonia: Se conocieron en una piscina en Caracas, Venezuela. Martina: Like the story about how he met Sonia’s mom, on a diving board five meters up in the air. Sonia: Mi papá vivía en un mundo de grandes aventuras e historias románticas. Thank you all for your generosity, kindness and consideration.Martina: When Sonia González was a child, her father was the center of her universe. Please keep our whole family in your thoughts and prayers. This help will be very useful to carry out all the major cost for the funeral service. I would appreciate your support and contributions to this cause. It was something shocking and unexpected where no one is ever prepared for these difficult moments. At this moment we are devastated by this unfortunate loss. He always left an imprint on everyone’s heart’s. We will always remember him for how hardworking he was and for the love he had for his granddaughters. He definitely left a mark on each person who knew him. He had many experiences and stories to share. EN MEMORIA DE MI PADRE FULLIf you didn't know him, he always had a smile and was full of joy. My dad gave everything without expecting anything in return. He fought to the point of losing his life. He was admitted to the hospital for a simple extraction of the gallbladder due to gallstones that in the end had too many complications. Unfortunately, my father past away on September 8, 2022. ![]()
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