Learn Spanish (Latin America): Me fascina que viajes a Perú este mes. - It fascinates me that you are traveling to Peru this month.

The phrase me fascina expresses a strong emotion. In Spanish, when you express a feeling or emotion about what someone else is doing, the verb in the second part of the sentence must be in the subjunctive mood. That is why we use viajes (the subjunctive form) instead of the regular present indicative viajas.

Is me fascina used exactly like "it fascinates me" in English?

It translates to "it fascinates me," but in Latin American Spanish, me fascina is used much more casually than in English. It is mostly used as a stronger version of me gusta to mean "I love" or "I really like." Because it works just like gustar, the literal structure here is "That you travel to Peru fascinates me."

The English translation says "you are traveling". Why don't we use the continuous form like estés viajando?

While you could use the present continuous subjunctive (que estés viajando), Spanish frequently uses the simple present subjunctive (que viajes) to talk about near-future plans. English relies heavily on the continuous ("are traveling") for upcoming events, but Spanish prefers to keep it simpler here.

Why do we use the preposition a in a Perú instead of en?