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Photo Friday: Salamanca, Spain

By on June 29, 2012 in Europe, Living in Spain, Photo Friday, Spain

When I first truly fell in love with Spain and traveling was when I studied abroad in Salamanca from 2007-2008. The oldest university in Spain and the third oldest in Europe, Salamanca, is filled with medieval, historical charm. Nestled in the south of Castilla y León, one of the most traditional “Castilian” areas in Spain, [...]

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The Expat Files: Kaley in Castilla y León

By on May 24, 2012 in Destinations, Europe, Living in Spain, Spain, The Expat Files

Kaley at the Lago de Sanabria Ok, get excited guys! I am starting (yet another) new project on my blog! The Expat Files. So, my thinking is that Spain is a diverse and rich country in terms of its history, culture, art and geography, (though not so rich in the financial sense of the word-Burn! Sorry, [...]

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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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Nochevieja en Zaragoza

By on January 4, 2012 in Adventures, Learning Spanish, Spain

Student’s New Year’s Eve in Salamanca, where I studied abroad in 2007-08 What to do on New Year’s Eve? Always a big question this time of year. Last year I rang in the New Year in NYC, freezing my butt off and slipping around on the ice in beautiful, but impractical high heels. 2 years [...]

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I left my heart in Salamanca

By on March 1, 2011 in Uncategorized

So this weekend was yet again another five day holiday weekend (called a puente=bridge) because Monday was Día de Andalucía-I swear to god no one works in this country. So I decided to leave Andalucía and head up to Castilla y León in the north with my roommate, Lucía. I was dying to go back [...]

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