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How to Swear Like a Spaniard

By on December 5, 2012 in Europe, How to, Learning Spanish, Living in Spain, Moving to Spain, Spain

DAMN, this wind SUCKS! One of my favorite things about living in Spain was speaking Spanish. Blinding flash of the obvious, speaking Spanish in Spain, but I loved every minute of it. I loved ordering breakfast at the cafe around the corning of my apartment. I loved chatting with the bus driver. I loved talking to [...]

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Things I Miss about America

12 Things I Miss about America

By on June 4, 2012 in Living in Spain, Moving to Spain, Spain

One thing we expats love to do when we get together is talk about all the things we miss about home. Don’t get me wrong, I love living in Spain more than anything in the world, but sometimes when you are in a serious relationship, you just need to get together with your girlfriends and chat [...]

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Why I Chose La Rioja, or Why La Rioja Chose Me

By on March 28, 2012 in Adventures, Confessions, Destinations, Europe, Get Inspired, Living in Spain, Moving to Spain, Spain

Over the past year I think I have hinted here and there about why I chose to live in Logroño, La Rioja, Spain. Of all the cities on the Iberian Peninsula, why on earth did I pick the one that nobody has ever heard from? Just to be a pain in the ass? With the [...]

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Sad goodbyes and new beginnings

By on September 28, 2011 in Adventures, auxiliares, Blogger, Confessions, Get Inspired, Living in Spain, Moving to Spain, Spain

“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore” Andre Gide No matter how many times I travel abroad or move to another country, the goodbyes don’t get any easier. I am so happy that I have the opportunity to live in Spain, but when I am about [...]

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A Day in the Life

By on June 25, 2011 in Uncategorized

My walk across Córdoba every morning On my last day of school I decided to bring my camera with me to document my walk. Everyday for 8 months, I walked the same route, rain or shine, and I figured I might as well photograph it (since I photograph everything else). For me it serves as [...]

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What do you mean I am here illegally?

By on June 24, 2011 in Adventures, auxiliares, Confessions, Europe, How to, Learning Spanish, Living in Spain, Moving to Spain, Spain, Teaching English

*Warning: this is a long-winded, lengthy post about what I had to do to maintain my residency here in Spain when I decided to renew the auxilares de conversación program for another year. It is not pretty. Ok so here is the DL on trying to renew my residency card. To come to Spain with [...]

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