Our friend Cecilie Gamst Berg brings a little bit of Hong Kong to her new home in Mallorca, Spain.  Join Cecilie as she progresses through the Spanish language while sinking into the Mallorcan culture!

Do you have any friend called James, Jacob or Jamie? Try asking him what’s his name in Spanish. If he doesn’t know the answer, he may want to read this blog and find out the history behind it.

James (in English), Jacques (in French), Giacomo (in italian), Yakub (in Malay) or Yakobu ヤコブ (in Japanese) are all variants of the same Hebrew name, Jacob (יַעֲקֹב‎).