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The Expat Files: Molly in Granada

By on March 9, 2013 in Destinations, Europe, Learning Spanish, Living in Spain, Moving to Spain, Spain, The Expat Files

This week’s Expat Files takes us down to sunny, beautiful southern Spain and to one of my favorite cities, Granada. I don’t know about you guys, but I am in dire need of some sunshine, spring, and charm, all of which Granada oozes by the bucketload. Molly has been an expat in Spain for 15 [...]

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The Expat Files: Zach in Valencia

By on February 15, 2013 in Destinations, Europe, guest, Learning Spanish, Living in Spain, Moving to Spain, Spain, The Expat Files

I have been a long-time reader of Zach’s blog, Not Hemingway’s Spain, as well as being a big believe of what it stood for. There is so much more to Spain that what Hemingway wrote about, i.e. the running of the bulls in Pamplona and visiting places like Ronda. If you like reading profound, thought-provoking [...]

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The Expat Files: Dan in Madrid

By on January 25, 2013 in Destinations, Europe, Learning Spanish, Living in Spain, Moving to Spain, Spain, The Expat Files

Who has the best advice for traveling and visiting new cities? The people I always turn to are the ones who have lived there or spent extensive time there. I love insightful and local tips for destinations, how about you? This week on the Expat Files, we are heading back to Madrid to hear what [...]

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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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The Expat Files: New Life in Barcelona

By on October 12, 2012 in Spain, The Expat Files

It’s been a while since I’ve offered you guys a new interview with an expat around Spain! This week I thought we’d try something different, and instead of interviewing an American or British expat in Spain, the anonymous Norwegian lady  behind New Life in Spain has agreed to participate! As an American expat in Spain, it’s easy [...]

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The Expat Files: Will in Extremadura

By on September 10, 2012 in Living in Spain, Moving to Spain, Spain, The Expat Files

This week for my Expat Files series, I thought we’d take a jaunt down to Extremadura. Never heard of this region in Spain? Don’t worry, most people haven’t. Southwest of Madrid and squashed between Portugal and Andalusia, it’s easy to miss on just about any trip to Spain. Extremadura also happens to be one of [...]

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The Expat Files: Rebecca in La Rioja

By on July 30, 2012 in auxiliares, Living in Spain, Moving to Spain, Spain, Teaching English, The Expat Files

So I’ve been interviewing various expats in different regions all over Spain for my Expat Files series, and I thought I would share the spotlight in La Rioja with friend and fellow blogger, Rebecca. You guys have heard me go on and on about how much I love La Rioja, where my favorite wineries, pincho [...]

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The Expat Files: Alisa in Galicia

By on July 12, 2012 in auxiliares, Living in Spain, Moving to Spain, Spain, The Expat Files

Perhaps one of the least known regions in Spain is Galicia. Situated in the northwest corner of the Peninsula above Portugal, Galicia is far from, well, anything. Well off the beaten tourist track, unless you are walking there on the battered dirt roads of the Camino de Santiago, Galicia remains one of the few undiscovered, untouched regions in [...]

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The Expat Files: Lauren in Madrid

By on June 28, 2012 in Europe, Living in Spain, Moving to Spain, Spain, The Expat Files

So this week on The Expat Files, is the multitalented Lauren from Spanish Sabores, Recetas Americanas, Teach and Travel Spain, and now the founder of Madrid Food Tour! Lauren is one of the few Spain bloggers I have had the pleasure of meeting in person, and I always look forward to emails from her blog! [...]

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The Expat Files: Liz in Bilbao

By on June 21, 2012 in auxiliares, Living in Spain, Moving to Spain, Spain, Teaching English, The Expat Files

Hands down, one of my favorite expat bloggers in Spain is none other than Liz of Liz en España. Apart from the fact the fact that she is another blonde, northern Spain blogger named Liz, we have loads in common and are very similar travelers. In fact, she is one of only a few online bloggers I have been lucky [...]

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