I think that you should start learning simple phrases that are commonly used in spanish. It is good that you buy a book of phrases for travelers, and if that book has audio it would be great. Practice a lot with that book until you are familiar with the phrases. Repetition is key. you could read also a book for children or watch some easy children videos in youtube. In that way you will learn grammar also easily and without pain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ydVZy4vE3Y&feature=player_embedded sorry, I forgot to put the link. Perdón, olvidé poner el enlace.

Hi, here's a video that can help you with the alphabet. Hola, aquí tienes un video que te puede ayudar con el abecedario.

FIRST LEARN THE ALPHABET. don't try anything else before you know how to pronounce all the letters correctly and can read. make sure you kow what accents are and how they change pronunciation as well. if you can, find audio files so when you read the word you know you are pronouncing it correctly. something that will also help a lot is watching TV. find movies or shows you enjoy in Spanish and get used to listening to the language. a lot of people don't realize how important it is to hear large amounts of a language before even learning it, but by doing this you'll be able to pick up the rhythm and pronunciation of the language. before this point, your brain just has trouble processing that these sounds mean something. you'll also pick up vocabulary as you go. learn basic vocabulary and grammar at the same time. each one is kind of useless without the other.