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5 Reasons to Go to Northern Spain

By on January 20, 2013 in Adventures, Destinations, Europe, Spain, Wine

San Juan de Gaztelugatxe on the Basque Coast, source, Flickr Creative Commons Spain is such a culturally diverse, vibrant and enthralling country. It often feels like a dozen small countries rolled into one. There is so much to see and do, which is why when people only go to the Big Four (my own invention) [...]

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Urederra: A Fairytale Hike in Navarra, Spain

By on August 21, 2012 in Adventures, Destinations, Spain

A few weeks ago I found myself in the strange position of having a rental car in Spain! Like most young expats here, I don’t own a car, but I get by just fine with the great public transportation system or with my friends who have pity on my. Luckily, my best friend who’s living [...]

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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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6 Signs Summer’s Here in Northern Spain

By on July 29, 2012 in Living in Spain, Spain

The beautiful Rioja village of Briones in summer The majority of my time in Spain has been spent during the academic year. Blazingly hot in the summer, most sane people flee to the coast to bear out the oppressive heat in July and August. But not me. Not this year. Instead of heading home for [...]

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A Battle of….Wine?

By on July 28, 2012 in Adventures, Europe, Events, Spain, Wine

June 29th, 2012, a day that will live in infamy. A day I will never forget. The day where I fought to the death in La Rioja‘s annual Batalla del vino (Wine Battle). Ok, not really, but still, it was an epic, slightly painful, but overall successful and super fun day! So what does a [...]

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Pincho of the Week: Stuffed Peppers

By on July 27, 2012 in Food, Pincho of the Week, Pinchos, Spain

source In Logroño the variety of pinchos available can be somewhat daunting and overwhelming. With dozens of bars to chose from, where to begin? However, I have always been a half glass full kinda girl, so I prefer to think of it as so many new pinchos to try! You can find everything here, from [...]

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Black Bulls and Red Bandanas: San Fermín 2012

By on July 15, 2012 in Adventures, Destinations, Europe, Events, Spain

Source Slowly the sun began to peek over the tops of buildings and the sky grew from black to dark blue in the early hours of the morning. Thousands of people dressed in white and red are sobering up and loitering around the old quarter of Pamplona for the last day of San Fermín, waiting [...]

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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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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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Exploring La Rioja

By on December 13, 2011 in Uncategorized

The same day that C, J and I visited Mansilla, we drove around many other places in La Rioja. I was particularily excited because it was when all the leaves were beginning to change, so I got to see a colorful countryside. On our way to Mansilla in the morning, we stopped for coffee at [...]

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