Madrid, 31 de Octubre de 1978

Dear Irene:

WHY? You can write me before, when you was lay in the hospital. For to know something, about your operationt. I don’t understand.

I belive and wait, that you are very well and pretty another time.

In the last letter I wrote you, I was with some problems. With my father; because he want I stay in the army; he sey, that out, in the street, they aren’t work, the things are very bad in Spain. And I don’t know that todo. (he carrie rather razón). “teoricly” I finish the service militer in March 15th a thousand nine hundred and seventy-nine. I can to be here or go out (to my house).

More, this is not all. My friends, in Barcelona, they are smoking “marihuana” (jachis) undertant?. And I don’t want that; that isn’t good. And it’s too expensive. I meant, that isn’t need for to be fine and glad, and forget the problems.

Well, changing (to change) the “theme”. Do three weeks, that I am in Madrid, without to go to my house. And that what I can go, because I have ticket the avión (flight). But how I have one family (I want to sey: the son of the brother my father’s). that he’s here, doing your service militer, but in the land Army. He has twenty-one years. We go together’s to play football, to the cinema etc. (I carri from first January to October, fifty-seven times, that I get up in avion. Madrid to Barcelona. It’s many.

I explane that: “Je resté a chez moi.” It’s a sentence French, très facile. “I am (to be) in my house.”

Now I want to tell you one thing about myself. One year ago, I meet a María José, in January, in the school. She have twenty-seven years. After, two months (+ or -) we go together. She working in a bank. I working in a hotel. Seven months after, that has ended. (when I come to Madrid). She was very old for me. Many woman. She want now to meet a man a married. It’s normal. Well, that’s the more important for my.

You’ve has a boyfriend three years. You can forget it? Or always there’s same in your heart.

I can to see, that you wrote more and better English. What do you for to learn it.

Today, the Parlament sey OK! To the contitución. Now, the Spanishs, we have to tell yes or not. (a the constitución) I believe what she will stay. before.

I send you a map of Spain. You can to learn the citys and where are they.

In the PAIS-VASCO, they are very problems politic. There, there are very terrorisme and policman deat(killer). In Cataluña there are few problems, but in politic many more.

Well, dear Irene, after all this, (and sorry the word wrong, how) Ok? I want to finish the letter. Remembers a all you famely.

Veel liefs Jesús

P.S. You can send me a song write in inglish or a poema . (Do you want it).

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Disclaimer: These letters are copied as is. I understand they have many grammatical errors, but my parents did not have google translator, and relied on dictionaries to translate their thoughts. Any marks on the letters are made by them to help them understand the letters. Note: I also covered her signature for protection.