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Five Places in Spain that Surprised Me
When you’ve criss-crossed Spain as I have – both on four wheels and on foot – you’re bound to see a number of sites, of cities, of open road. While Madrid, Barcelona, Seville and Granada are the cities...
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Autonomous Community Spotlight: Castilla-La Mancha
Not one to make travel goals, I did make one when coming to Spain: visit all 17 autonomous communities at least once before going home. While Madrid, Barcelona and Seville are the stars of the tourist...
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Thirteen Weird Spanish Superstitions
In planning a Spanish-American wedding in America, I’m having to juggle between two cultures, two languages – and a whole set of weird traditions and superstitions. Upon finally activating my online...
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Is a Madrid Holiday Right for You?
You’re destined for Madrid – a city that’s vibrant but demure, traditional but avant-garde, a big city with a small-town feel. Ok, not that small, but per tradition, many madrileños stick to their...
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My 2014 Travel Roundup
2014 will be a year that marked just as many beginnings as it did ends. It’s a year that I can’t decide whether or not it goes in the win tally or not, as I just crossed one destination off of my Spain...
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Ibiza’s Can’t Miss Emblematic Buildings
My only trip to the Baleares Islands has been to party mecca Ibiza, and island with seemingly more sheep than residents, more discos than churches. But there’s more to this ancient islands past the...
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Autonomous Community Spotlight: Murcia
Not one to make travel goals, I did make one when coming to Spain: visit all 17 autonomous communities at least once before going home. While Madrid, Barcelona and Seville are the stars of the tourist...
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My Top Tips To Stay on a Budget While Traveling
It’s officially summer when I’ve had my first granizada, a lemon slushie synonymous with the sweltering season. Summer means freedom from work, from alarm clocks and from all of those ‘adult’ things...
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Ten Weird Things to Know About Teaching in Spain
As the school year winds down, I often think about how I ended up here. Not physically in Spain – after a summer drinking more Kalimocho than water, it was a given I’d be back – but how I turned down a...
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On Letting Go & Floating On: Musings from a Chronic Traveler
At lot has changed with me this week: I got married! The Novio and I finally said our Sí, quieros (albeit in English) in a bilingual, bicultural fiesta. In the US for the rest of the month, I’m gearing...
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My Seville Superlatives: The Best of the Andalusian Capital
I’ve lived (in Triana and Cerro. a World Cup. the Tomatina). I’ve loved (teaching. long nights. tostadas. the Novio). And I’ve learned (how to fake your way to anyhing by playing the guiri card,...
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30 Things I’m Glad to Have Done Before Turning 30, part 2
Did you miss the first 16? You can find them here – from things I’m glad I learned to indispensable travel experiences along with career decisions. My 20s brought me endless fun experiences and...
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Tapa Thursday: Tasting Jerez de la Frontera
I’ll admit it – I have a big ol’ crush on Jerez de la Frontera. While Seville swoons, Jerez pokes and teases, yet always entices. It moves slower. It seems to stay for just one more round of ‘la...
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Wine Tasting for Dummies: An Afternoon with With Locals in Spain
“Wine snobbery is ruining the pure pleasure of a nice glass of wine,” Adolfo remarked as he poured us a young Verdejo from Northern Spain. “You like what you like, period.” We studied the color of the...
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Let’s Have a Little Talk About Spanish Toilets
The smell hits me like a pata de jamón to the head: a cocktail of bathroom disinfectant, spilled hand soap, ancient pipes and bleach. And that’s only if the person before me hasn’t bothered to flush....
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Five Things You Should Know About Málaga
Eight years ago, I welcomed my parents to Spain for the first time. They arrived to Málaga via bus after several cancelled flights and a mad scramble to get them from Heathrow to Andalucía before...
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My 15 Favorite Instagrams of 2015
A picture is worth a thousand words they say, and my 189 Instagram shots from 2015 speak of 1000 (and then some) calories, 1000+ kilometers and 1000 moments. It has been a red-letter year: planning my...
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Tapas Tuesday: Roscón de Reyes, or the Spanish Twist on King’s Cake
The Epiphany is one of my most beloved Spanish Christmas traditions. Not only does it extend my holidays by a few days, but the Cabalgata parade means that candy literally rains down the streets of San...
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Tapa Thursday: 10 Winter Fruits and Vegetables You Should Be Eating in Spain
My stand-alone freezer is currently stocked with enough stews to get me through the long winter days. Even when the sun is shining midday, my cavernous house feels like a tundra, and I usually need a...
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Seville, I’m breaking up with you
Querida Sevilla mía, You know that age-old, “It’s not you, it’s me”? Well, it’s not me. Eres tú. We’ve reached the end of a nine-year relationship, one marked with uncertainty at the beginning, with as...
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