Mrandmrssmith
2023
Panama City and me: a love story of sorts
The Spanish word for return is volver. The pronunciation is that the 'v' sounds like a 'b'. Soft. Almost like a murmur. In the first person, we say yo vuelvo meaning 'I return'. As I crossed La Fronterra on a rickety bus from Costa Rica into Panama, I played this soundbite over and over in my head: ' yo vuelvo.'