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Speaker 3: In this episode, we'll uncover how a spontaneous meeting at
Speaker 3: a seaside cafe can lead to unexpected inspirations and newfound
Speaker 3: hopes under the golden sun of Costa Brava.
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Speaker 1: Alsamforsa, I'll sell the la kayen nu mar blao, terran
Speaker 1: sparin comunmerali mens la zunadas by laben suao min unabriza kali,
Speaker 1: the caada, the roma, salin, ser usaba par la costa
Speaker 1: own patit cafe, markatarugambilias and floor uriol buscava and spirazio, comumbia, ja, kadazidja,
Speaker 1: truval camida, tur nada, casa al cafes taba play familiars
Speaker 1: e a mix gaudien, the la sevasvakansas, the steel inumez,
Speaker 1: kadava una, tau la lura, an acammen laya a cavada,
Speaker 1: the riva, bamiraal sebultan, sarcagioc al suzuls as van truvam balas,
Speaker 1: duriol sin sapanzaru, dou as, bagadas, bapragunta es lura, baddi
Speaker 1: a senel and la cadidra buida the van saeo uriol
Speaker 1: basumbruda ivan kura jarla serra bassis come percassualitad la sevas
Speaker 1: bidas as bangkraua laya era villo, luga marina abuna, passio
Speaker 1: profunda palmar proen a lava alguna, cosa mezzen yad la
Speaker 1: sevasercas uriol and balsu kua na la ma ramugava obra
Speaker 1: la sevas propias in kietuts buscan nova sparaulas a catlok
Speaker 1: is well no travas badi laya men trop servavalmar see
Speaker 1: sembla cal temsaturi baguntas tauriol miran lamtesha vista sentin la
Speaker 1: calodela steel ilan kandelmomen ban parlada, maltas causas dl mar
Speaker 1: delsomnis ida coomsubin la vida samblava an a massa rabbit
Speaker 1: urieol nourmal meen mehr reservad azbatru bakum partin la sevas
Speaker 1: pro kupacion zi esparances sab zuna corsa des del mar
Speaker 1: sembla catting isn't t baffi malaya and balzuls brilliant da
Speaker 1: pasio la cumbersa buff loui fasil men communac and soda
Speaker 1: stew al mitch del Bulisi, the La costa brava urililaya
Speaker 1: as ban purpusa cal comnasparat basal dia Jun's exploranal raconza,
Speaker 1: magads de la costa, banda shah caldi alsportes, sensatani umpla
Speaker 1: bang kamina, parka minsovra, panna, sagads bandeskubrica letter raconditas on
Speaker 1: laigua erames crystallina i al surroyl del monsam blava disaaldras
Speaker 1: auna cala, magada sa tu reen a key so town
Speaker 1: selpin tat palsculos del cavespra urililaya asbana seuda, the shan
Speaker 1: cal mumen par les pareiles, sempreating good pod non cashan
Speaker 1: yok bakumfa, sauriol am labeltra and kada palsurodalaira ila zunadas
Speaker 1: yiotam be bar respondra laya kreks necessitem mezdal cadmatem ito
Speaker 1: uriol means spiras a rima a calmu meen the vulnerabilitat
Speaker 1: als bauni la seva cumbersa giada par laforsa da las
Speaker 1: sertad buffet catoch those sasantis in men salts and la
Speaker 1: svas in keetutz quanal saul asba Magada redra d lurizzo
Speaker 1: uriol banuta Una calma in esparada kada unam la Seva,
Speaker 1: Novada scuberta Fikarnalda and la seva's mens uriol las Byzantine
Speaker 1: spirat tani alnissi duna nova historia a casta bagada la seva,
Speaker 1: propia laya parla sebabanda barsanti al sukorubrisa dana plena, the
Speaker 1: novas as parances labriza, the steel kuntinuababufant purtanal prumesa, the
Speaker 1: nova Zavan tudas eam balda sens de la nit bandhia
Speaker 1: de la la calla, savenka kelsmumens kumpartit sarianninas vuapulas since
Speaker 1: nasa sitad, the paraoulas constance Labida, the bagadas simplemenas tracta,
Speaker 1: the Truba compania coanmence to asperras prime uriali laya an
Speaker 1: akela or nada da steel abi and trubad mess delcavill
Speaker 1: and imaginat.
Speaker 3: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you
Speaker 3: may have missed.
Speaker 1: Alsolbri la vam force al sell the la Costa Brava,
Speaker 1: cayena nummar lao terran sparen commun mireli mends.
Speaker 3: The sun shone brightly in the sky over the Costa Brava,
Speaker 3: falling into a blue and transparent sea like a vast mirror.
Speaker 1: La zunadas by leaven suo min unabriza kali, the caragada,
Speaker 1: the roma selin sera parla corste.
Speaker 3: The waves danced gently, and a warm breeze filled with
Speaker 3: salty aromas swept along the coast own.
Speaker 1: Petit cafem mauambilias and flour uril buscaba in Spiraciu, Comumbia, jacadzija,
Speaker 1: trubal camide, tournada casa.
Speaker 3: At a small cafe framed by blooming buganvilliers were all
Speaker 3: was seeking inspiration, like a traveler wishing to find the
Speaker 3: way back home.
Speaker 1: Al cafestaba ple The cafe was full familias ea meeks
Speaker 1: a goodien de la see us Bagan says the stiu
Speaker 1: UMIs kadava Una Tao la Liurre.
Speaker 3: Families and friends were enjoying their summer vacation, and only
Speaker 3: one table was free.
Speaker 1: An aqua mumen laya a cavada the riva bamil Silvultan sercloc.
Speaker 3: At that moment, Laya, having just arrived, looked around searching
Speaker 3: for a place.
Speaker 1: Al suzul sasban trubam balsdur ril since sepansarudas bargadas babraundta
Speaker 1: is lura.
Speaker 3: Her eyes met aial s and without thinking twice, she asked,
Speaker 3: is this seat free.
Speaker 1: Badi ar sennelan la karida buida the van.
Speaker 3: Siu, she said, pointing to the empty chair in front
Speaker 3: of him.
Speaker 1: Uriel Basumbruda Ivan Kurajar la.
Speaker 3: Seurre Riol smiled and encouraged her to sit.
Speaker 1: Bassi she come parcassulitad la sevas vidas zbancraa.
Speaker 3: That's how, by chance, their lives intersected.
Speaker 1: Laya Hera vio luga marina a muna passu profunda bal
Speaker 1: mar bro a lava al una Cosa Mizenya the la
Speaker 1: Seva Rosercuez.
Speaker 3: Liya was a marine biologist with a deep passion for
Speaker 3: the sea, but she longed for something beyond her research.
Speaker 1: Uriel am balsil quadna la ma ramuabasbra la sevas propia
Speaker 1: zinkie tuts busca novas Paraulas.
Speaker 3: Riol, with his notebook in hand, was mulling over his
Speaker 3: own concerns, searching for new words.
Speaker 1: Aget leo kezbill no travas. This place is beautiful, don't
Speaker 1: you think, Badi laya min trope Servalmar, said Laya, while
Speaker 1: gazing at the sea. See sembla cal temsaturi bacun tas
Speaker 1: tauriol miran la matesche vista sentin la caloda la steu
Speaker 1: ilankand al mumen.
Speaker 3: Yes, it feels like time stops, replied Eol, looking at
Speaker 3: the same view, feeling the summer warmth and the charm
Speaker 3: of the moment.
Speaker 1: Ban parlada maltas causas dl mar del soomnis i the
Speaker 1: comsu win la vida sambla va anna maserabit.
Speaker 3: They talked about many things, the sea, dreams, and how
Speaker 3: life often seemed to move too fast.
Speaker 1: Uriel nourmal mien mirraservad azbatru bakum partin la sevas pro
Speaker 1: kupasion si esperanceas.
Speaker 3: Uriol, usually more reserved, found himself sharing his worries and hopes.
Speaker 1: Sabzuna corza, you know something. There's del mar sembla cato
Speaker 1: thingI sentiit ba firma Laya ambalzuls Brillian de Parsieu.
Speaker 3: From the sea. It seems like everything makes sense, Lia stated,
Speaker 3: her eyes shining with passion.
Speaker 1: La Cumbersa baff loui fasilmen communa can suda.
Speaker 3: Still, the conversation flowed easily, like a summer song.
Speaker 1: Al Mit del boulissi de la corsta, Brava Urili Laya
Speaker 1: asban pru pousac cal comin esparat barsal die Jun's exploranal
Speaker 1: raconza marad de la corta.
Speaker 3: Amidst the hustle and bustle of the costa, Braba, Urial
Speaker 3: and Laya proposed something unexpected, to spend the day together
Speaker 3: exploring the hidden corners of the coast.
Speaker 1: Band Sha caldi al spurtes since setani umpla.
Speaker 3: They let the day take them without having a plan.
Speaker 1: Banka mina par ca minsbrapene sagats banda scubrika letter raconditas
Speaker 1: on laigua Eramescristalina iyel surui del mon sambla va di soldras.
Speaker 3: They walked paths over cliffs, discovered secluded coves where the
Speaker 3: water was even clearer, and the world's noise seemed to dissolve.
Speaker 1: Ouna cala marada se turn.
Speaker 3: At a hidden cove, they paused a ki.
Speaker 1: So don selpintad palsculos del cavespra uriali, laya asbana serra,
Speaker 1: the shan cal mumen, parles pares.
Speaker 3: Here, under a sky painted by the colors of sunset
Speaker 3: were all and Lia sat letting the moments speak for them.
Speaker 1: Simpreting gudpo the nong kshanyok bakumfassauriol am la veutrangkada palsuruyd
Speaker 1: laida ila zunadas.
Speaker 3: I've always been afraid of not fitting in anywhere, Riol confessed,
Speaker 3: his voice broken by the sound of the air and
Speaker 3: the waves.
Speaker 1: Yotam bee barraspondra.
Speaker 3: Laya me too, replied Laya.
Speaker 1: Krecans nasa sitem mesdl cadmateem.
Speaker 3: I think we need each other more than we admit.
Speaker 1: Ito uriol means pira zo rima.
Speaker 3: And you Uriol inspire me to open up.
Speaker 1: Akuel mumen da vulna raviilitat als Bauni.
Speaker 3: That moment of vulnerability united them.
Speaker 1: La Seva Cumbersa, Giada par la Forsa, the la since
Speaker 1: itad buffet catut doos santisin ment salts and l sebas
Speaker 1: in quietuts.
Speaker 3: Their conversation, guided by the force of sincerity, made both
Speaker 3: feel less alone in their concerns.
Speaker 1: Quan alsol Asba Magada Redra, the Luridzo Uriol Banuta una
Speaker 1: cal manes Parada.
Speaker 3: When the sun disappeared behind the horizon, Uriol felt an
Speaker 3: unexpected calm.
Speaker 1: Cada Unam, La sebon Nova the Scuberta ficueren Aldia and
Speaker 1: La Seva's mens.
Speaker 3: Each with their new discovery, they tucked the day into their.
Speaker 1: Minds uriolasbasantine spirat tni a li Nissi duna noba Istoria Agastavarada,
Speaker 1: La Seba Prapia.
Speaker 3: Uriol felt inspired with the beginning of a new story,
Speaker 3: this time his own.
Speaker 1: Lahia Parle, La Sebavanda Barsanti al Seukorubrisa, the no plena,
Speaker 1: the novas esperances.
Speaker 3: Laya, on the other hand, felt her heart open again,
Speaker 3: filled with new hopes.
Speaker 1: Labriza the still Kuntinuava bufant purtan al prumesa, the nova Zaventuras.
Speaker 3: The summer breeze continued to blow, carrying the promise of
Speaker 3: new adventures.
Speaker 1: Iambalda sends the La nid bandia de ua, la calla
Speaker 1: savenka keuzmumenskumpartid seri ninez vuraplas since nasa sitadd paraoula scunstans.
Speaker 3: And with the descent of the night, they said goodbye
Speaker 3: to the cove, knowing that those shared moments would be
Speaker 3: unforgettable without the need for constant words.
Speaker 1: La vidad baradas simplemenus tracta, the truvakumpania quan men's tour spires.
Speaker 3: Life sometimes is simply about finding companionship when you least
Speaker 3: expect it.
Speaker 1: Primeiali laya an aquellnada the steel abien, trubat mis del
Speaker 1: cavill and imaginat.
Speaker 3: And you're all and Laya on that summer day, had
Speaker 3: found more than they had imagined.
Speaker 4: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Speaker 4: Here are today's vocabulary words, first in Catalan, then in English.
Speaker 1: Alb a g alb a g i'l be a g.
Speaker 1: The traveler La briza, la briza, la brisa, the breeze,
Speaker 1: La kadida, la kadida, la cadidra, The chair, Alcabespra, alcabispra,
Speaker 1: al cabspra, The sunset, loriidzo, loriidzo, louridzo, the horizon, al cafe,
Speaker 1: al cafe, al cafe, the cafe, La cumbersa, La cumbersa,
Speaker 1: la cumbersa, The conversation Liane Spira Seo, Lane Spiedra Seo,
Speaker 1: Liane Spiedra Seo, The inspiration alpena, sagat, alpena, sagat alpena, sagat,
Speaker 1: The cliff langkan langkan lang can the charm amagad amagad
Speaker 1: a magad hidden Dupta, Dupta dupta. To doubt, kum farsa,
Speaker 1: kum farsakum farsa, to confess, laroma, laroma, laroma, the aroma, transparin, transparin, transparin,
Speaker 1: transparent Almirai, Almirai, al Mirai, the mirror, Akuraja, akuraja, angkouraja.
Speaker 1: To encourage coom partis, coom partis, kum partis to share,
Speaker 1: Las Algas, Las Algas, Lasalgas, The Seaweed, Lada Scuberta, Lada scuberta,
Speaker 1: la da scuberta, The Discovery, La Po, la Po, la Po,
Speaker 1: The Fear, la Ulna, la Vulnaravilitat.
Speaker 3: The Vulnerability, Pinta, Pinta, Pinta to paint Admetra admetra Admetra,
Speaker 3: to admit al Quaderne, al Quaderne, al Cuadne, The Notebook, Lavora, Lavora, Lavora,
Speaker 3: The Edge and Casha and Casha and Casha.
Speaker 1: To fit in La Prumezza, La Prumezza, la prumesa, The Promise,
Speaker 1: Disldra di soldra di soldra to dissolve in us wapa
Speaker 1: in us wurapla in us w.
Speaker 3: Unforgettable.
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