Learnin' Castellano

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I have had a hard time improving my Spanish (also known as Castellano or Castillian Spanish) here in Spain...I'm not quite where I need to, or want to, be. Classes at private language institutes have helped a little, but I'm now looking for a private tutor. Does anyone in the Eating Up España audience know one? Your silence is deafening, folks ;-)

In my time between taking group classes and finding a tutor, I've found the following great websites to practice Spanish on my own:

http://www.donquijote.org/lessons


http://www.spanishdict.com/


http://www.learnspanish.com/


http://spanish.about.com/


http://www.ave.cervantes.es/ing.htm


http://www.notesfromspain.com/

http://www.wordreference.com/

http://memorizable.com/Spanish


I've also been supplementing my studies with some workbooks I've found at the Spanish Barnes & Noble Bookstore equivalent, La Casa Del Libro:

USO DE LA GRAMATICA ESPAÑOLA de CASTRO, FRANCISCA (elemental, intermedio, advanzado)

APRENDE GRAMATICA Y VOCABULARIO de CASTRO VIUDEZ, FRANCISCA y DIAZ BALLESTEROS, PILAR (this follows the European system of ELE nivels A1, A2, B1, B2, etc.)

Wish me luck!