Venga, Vale, Vamos Blog

How the Seguro Was Won

You may recall from earlier this week that I opened a bank account at La Caixa, was told I was required to pay an 81.25€/year fee for seguro de vida (life insurance) to open...

Matalascañas

While the rest of the world is cooling off as fall begins, it’s still in the 90s here in Sevilla, so I knew I had to use my weekend to travel to a nearby...

Challenges

I’m living in an amazingly stunning city. Working only 12 hours a week is enough to cover all my expenses. I’m living my dream. Who could complain? Yet, as all expats know, it’s not...

The First Week

What a week. I completed my first week of work this Thursday, and, let me tell you, teaching is exhausting. Mad props to all you teachers out there. But I love it. I think....

The Wedding of the Year

Today, Sevilla (and all of Spain and beyond) is all atwitter because this beautiful woman got married right here in the city I now call home.

La Maestra

I began teaching today! Which means I’m really, really here. Walking to the Plaza de Armas bus station from my apartment proved to be a short commute (10-12 minutes), and I successfully purchased bus...

Mi Piso

I thought the search for an apartment here in Sevilla would be killer. It was super easy for me in Madrid because I loved the first one I saw, but I knew I had...

Sevilla, Spain

Loving La Vida Sevillana

Life continues to be amazing in Sevilla! Obviously, opportunities like this to live abroad are fantastic, but, honestly, the first few weeks when I studied in Madrid were pretty rough, and I know a...