No Hay Dos Sin Tres: Spain Takes the Triple Crown
Five days ago, my favorite team in the world, Spain’s national soccer team, captured their third major title in a row when they beat Italy and became 2012 UEFA Euro champions. Clad from head...
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Discovering Galicia and the Rias
I may have spent most of my time in Spain in Andalucía or Madrid, but all of Spain is completely stunning and travel-worthy. Today’s post is a guest post from Destinia.co.uk about the beautiful...
Travel, La Roja, and California!
It’s been a while, but I wanted to provide a quick update on my past few weeks and what’s coming up for me. Two weeks ago, I had my last day of teaching at...
Great Celebrity Sighting or Greatest Celebrity Sighting?
Basically, yesterday was too good to be true. Right after I was celebrating the placement of two good friends in Madrid alongside me, I left my house and, a few minutes later, guess who...
The Future’s So Bright…
Who’s got two thumbs and is moving to the gorgeous city below next year? THIS GUY. Way back in February I applied to do another year of teaching in Spain, requesting to move to...
Exploring Extremadura
All other political beliefs aside, I have one big reason to be strongly opposed to Spain’s new president, Mariano Rajoy: he’s declared a war on puentes. As I’ve mentioned before, puentes, literally translated to...
13 Ways for Future Auxiliares Anxiously Awaiting Placements to Maintain Sanity
Another year, another batch of hopeful auxiliares de conversación/North American Language and Culture Assistants anxiously awaiting their placements. I’ve been there, and, as a renewal, I’m there again. I understand the anxiety, the stress,...
Easter en España
Easter bunnies versus KKK-like hooded figures? Dyeing eggs versus praising heavy, gold virgins in the streets at 4am? The U.S. and Spain may celebrate the same holiday, with the same historical and religious origin,...
