1904Foreign Language Friday: “I heard this from my grandma, just from her. It means ‘congratulations’ in a nice, comfy way. Every time I went to her and gave her some good news, big or small, it was always like ‘Ay Jotea!’.”

”My grandmother is very special to me, and because her roots are what brought me to Barcelona from Costa Rica. She moved here when she was very little so it got me curious, inspired me and she got me here.”

Our subject is Mariana Calleja Ross and her travel blog is here.

Taken in Porto, Portugal during the TBU travel blogging conference.