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10 Life Lessons Travel Has Taught Me

By on May 21, 2013 in Adventures, Confessions, Get Inspired

Sunset over Lanzarote, Spain in the Canary Islands Over the years, I’ve found I do some of my best thinking when I’m traveling. Away from the hustle and bustle of life back home, between checking my phone for texts and being pushed to “succeed”, I find that I can relax and philosophize. While traveling, it’s [...]

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No More Excuses! Go Abroad Now!

By on March 13, 2013 in Destinations, Get Inspired, How to, Living in Spain

Subtlety has never been my strong suit. Clearly writing normal-length blog posts also eludes me (this one’s a doozy, sorry in advance). Little known fact about me, I LOVE pep talks! I hate getting them, but I love giving them. Prepare to be pepped. There is just something about me that makes people want to [...]

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My Travel Pet Peeves

By on February 10, 2013 in Blogger, Confessions

After six years of pretty consistent travel around the world, I have begun to notice some alarming trends among my fellow travel comrades, trends that annoy the crap out of me. Some of them are fairly obvious while others are probably my own little quirks that bother me when I’m traveling. Presenting, my five biggest [...]

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13 Goals for 2013

By on January 6, 2013 in Adventures, Confessions, Get Inspired

As 2013 is getting going, somehow I manage to still be stuck back in 2012. In fact, I’m so entrenched in this past year have written “2012″ on several important files, orders, and claims at work this week to the complete chagrin of my boss and the company CEO who reviews my work. Damnit. Why [...]

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Did I just bribe an airline worker?

By on October 25, 2012 in Adventures, Confessions, Europe, Living in Spain, Moving to Spain

Source Exactly one month ago I found myself in a curious situation in Terminal 1 of the Madrid airport. Sweating in my heaviest winter clothes and carrying way too many carry-on bags, I was standing in the security line when I wondered, did I just bribe an airline worker? Rewind 24hrs. I had just gotten off [...]

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Most Beautiful Places

Top 5 Most Beautiful Places…So Far

By on August 9, 2012 in Adventures, Destinations, Egypt, Europe, Italy, Peru, Slovenia, South America, Switzerland

“What’s the most beautiful place you have ever been?” I get asked this question so often, and the answer never gets any easier! How can I pick just one? I am on a constant quest of looking for the most beautiful, little-known places around the world. I see a picture of a place and I [...]

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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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Capture the Colour Contest

By on July 17, 2012 in Africa, Blogger, Destinations, Egypt, Europe, France, Peru, Slovenia, South America, Spain

This is the first time I am partaking in a blogging contest, not my thing, but once I saw the rules (and the prizes) for Capture the Colour Contest, I couldn’t resist! It is being hosted by Travel Supermarket, and you have to write a post with 5 photos, each best representing or embodying a [...]

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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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