Grupo Básico Español – lección veinte Buenos días señores y señoras. Bienvenidos a la lección veinte de la clase de español. It is St Valentine’s Day on Thursday. This is celebrated in Spain, much as it is in Britain, it’s a good excuse to sell chocolate, flowers, cards and romantic meals out. In Latin America, it’s celebrated as El Día del Amor y la Amistad (the Day of Love and Friendship) and it’s an excuse for random acts of kindness as well as cards, chocolates, etc. In Ecuador, where my son and family are living at present, one of the country’s important exports is roses. My son was married at a hacienda in Cayambe on the equator. Although on the equator, it’s sited at 9,000 feet, so the weather is perfect for roses and they grow in massive poly-tunnels to keep the bugs controlled and to avoid rain marking the petals. For about $20 we filled the pick-up. Lucy’s sisters made table decorations, I did the altar garlands with the help of the hacienda owners’ two yo...