Translation of Seiteneffekt

Tomorrow morning a professional native English speaker will review the site and correct any spelling or English mistakes. I would really appreciate it a lot if you could mention the site in your publication!
Anyway, I used these two weeks of break in order to fly to a Spanish speaking country and learn a new language. My friends told me that it was a waste of time but I really insisted. It is educational.
We had coffee, played cards and waited for our guide. We had booked the tour with Handspan, so that we were confident that he would show up. In the end the guide was a 'she' and not a 'he'.