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Me cancelaron el viaje, cosa que me fastidió mucho.

They cancelled my trip, which annoyed me a lot.

this sentence uses cosa que in the middle of the sentence

the notes state otherwise using la cosa que and it says only for beginning of the sentence not middle

am i right to conclude, cosa que = lo que in the middle of the sentence, whereas la cosa que = lo que in the beginning of the sentence.

can i also further conclude below

Le encantan los documentales de historia, cosa que/que/lo que/lo cual (yo) encuentro aburrido = I find [the fact] that she loves history documentaries boring.

cosa que/que/lo que/lo cual are all interchangeable and replacement with no change in the meaning in the middle of the sentence?

la cosa que/lo que for the beginning of the sentence.

Why isn't the personal "a" used, "hacia A sus padres"?

En el Fiesta del Olivo los verbos empezó y acabó suenan como oí (o oy ). Por eso no entiendo.

Can you please add the audio pronunciation :) 

In writing exercise "A perfect day in Granada", I am expected to use simple present tense to talk about the near future plans. And the "ir + verb" structure is not accepted as an alternative correct answer. Why?

There is a hole in your explanation.

You say: 

"In sentences where the indirect object is represented by "a + pronoun", and it is at the beginning of the sentence...."

but you do not explain what happens if "a + pronoun" is at the end of the sentence.

Is the indirect object pronoun required or optional in that case?

eg: Can "Me lo ha comprado a mí." be written as "lo ha comprado a mí."?

Regards,

Fred.

Hola, 

Update - I just found the lesson on this.  When to use the perfect tense versus the simple past (Perfecto vs Indefinido)

I live in the US and just switched to Latin American Spanish, since it is more likely Spanish speakers I meet will speak this way.  I am curious if El Pretérito Perfecto is used in LatAm Spanish when not talking about experiences.