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My 10 Favorite Underrated Cities in Spain

By on February 7, 2013 in Destinations, Europe, Spain

There is so much more to Spain than Madrid, Barcelona, Granada and Sevilla. As much as I love those cities, one major goal of mine on this blog is to showcase all of the lesser-known, often-overlooked gems around the rest of Spain. Over the years I have traveled around most of the Iberian Peninsula, and [...]

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A Guide to the Regions in Spain for Auxiliares de Conversación

By on January 10, 2013 in auxiliares, Destinations, Europe, How to, Living in Spain, Moving to Spain, Spain, Teaching English

It’s that time of year again. The applications are about to open for the auxiliar de conversación teaching English in Spain program that I’ve done for the past two years. Let the mayhem commence! With many many posts on here about being an auxiliar, from tips and tricks, to expat stories, to travel and tapas [...]

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The Expat Files: Aga in Barcelona

By on December 21, 2012 in Living in Spain, Moving to Spain, Spain, The Expat Files

Some of my favorite blogs are by writers who aren’t native English speakers. I even sift through countless blogs in Swedish, French, and Spanish, of course – I love to see different perspectives on life, love, fashion and travel from around the world. Makes life more interesting. One of my favorite expat travel blogs NOT [...]

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Besalú: Welcome to the BlogHouse

By on October 17, 2012 in Blogger, Events, Get Inspired, Spain

“Hi Liz, I’m pleased to inform you that you have been accepted into the Travel Blog Villa.” It was an ordinary Monday night in August when my inbox pinged with this email. Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god! As my mouth fell open in dumb shock, reality soon set in and I [...]

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Girona, Spain

Falling in Love with Girona, Spain

By on October 5, 2012 in Accommodation, Destinations, Europe, Spain

“Colorful. Patriotic. Medieval. And oh yeah, AMAZING food!”  This is immediately what pops into my head when I think about Girona, Spain. I traveled out to Cataluña for only the second time a few weeks ago for the TBEX travel blogging conference. For a few days in September, hundreds of travel addicts and blogging nuts [...]

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Montserrat Spain

Photo Friday: Montserrat, Spain

By on August 24, 2012 in Photo Friday, Spain

Back a few years ago when I was living in Salamanca, my parents came to visit me over the holidays. While they were here I made my one and only trip (so far) to Barcelona. I don’t know what it was about Barcelona (the long lines, losing expensive tickets, getting pickpocketed or taking forever to [...]

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Big Big BIG NEWS!!! I’m going to the Blog House!

By on August 13, 2012 in Blogger, Get Inspired

I was just accepted at the Travel Blog House! Now, what is the TBEX travel blog house you might ask? As I was perusing my usual travel blogs a week or so ago, I came across a post from Adventurous Kate. In September the TBEX Europe conference will be held in Girona on the Costa [...]

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My 6 Favorite Views in Spain

My 6 Favorite Views in Spain

By on July 10, 2012 in Destinations, Europe, Spain

“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away” So you are planning a trip to Spain, are you? Or maybe you are even moving here soon? What do you want to see? What do you want to do? Where do you even begin?!  Don’t [...]

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