Revisiting Mallorca: Kicking off Year 24 With a Bang
While many Americans celebrate their 21st birthday by getting drunk at a bar for the first time, I was studying abroad in Madrid when I rang in year 21, so what better way to...
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24 Hours in Lovely and Lively Logroño, Spain
If you’ve heard of the Spanish region La Rioja, it’s likely because of their world-renowned wines, in my opinion some of the best in the world. But it’s also one of Spain’s 17 comunidades autónomas,...
Travel Talk with Danielle: Teaching English in South Korea and Spain
In my Travel Talk series, travelers all over the world have shared their experiences. Today, I feature Danielle from Seoul | Tapperilla, a fellow Californian who has taught English in both Seoul, South Korea...
Pamplona, Spain: More Than Just the Running of the Bulls
When you hear of Pamplona, Spain nine times out of ten, it’s in relation to the San Fermín festival, the Running of the Bulls, popularized by Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises and annual news...
Travel Talk with Kim-Ling: An Australian Teaching English in Pozoblanco, Spain
Today’s Travel Talk star is Kim-Ling of Travel-Ling, a native of Brisbane, Australia who spent last year teaching as an auxiliar de conversación in the small village of Pozoblanco in the Córdoba, Andalucía region. She has...
8 Things I’d Go Back and Tell Myself as a New Auxiliar de Conversación
I don’t know how it happened, but, somehow, four years have passed since I embarked on my two years of teaching English in Spain as an auxiliar de conversación. Though not every moment was perfect, they were genuinely...
The Allure of Aragón: Zaragoza & Huesca
Studying a map of Spain in eighth grade, my first year of Spanish class, I became determined to one day travel to Aragón, not because I knew anything about its history or sights, but...
Travel Talk with Ashley: Teaching English in Cantabria & Burgos, Spain
It’s time for the next installment of my Travel Talk interview series, and today I’m speaking to another English teacher in Spain through the auxiliares de conversación program. Ashley of Cómo perderse en España told me about her experiences...
