Autonomous Community Spotlight: Islas Baleares // Illes Balears
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…
Elephant Riding in Rajasthan: Good Idea, Bad Idea?
"Ok, you have one minute to decide: ride elephant, walk." Ali swung around, eyebrows raised. His heavily-decorated tuk tuk's engine shivered as it halted to a stop and he used…
Spain Snapshots: The 10 Best Memes of Spain’s Crushing Defeat in the World Cup
Updated in June 2026 My sister sent me a video of the Spanish hymn last night. She was in Atlanta, watching heavily favorited Spain take on Cape Verde from The…
Behind Every Plate: A Day with Insiders Madrid
The more immersed I become in the Spanish gastronomic world, the more interest I have in where food comes from, who makes it (or butchers it or cures it or…
The Thing About Spanish Weddings…
I went to my first wedding when I was 20. I had never been asked to be a flower girl, and my older cousins didn't get married until I was…
Grieving as an Expat: A Story About Loss, Life and Last-Minute Bookings
Death is about as taboo a subject as they come. As my cousin Christyn and I tried to mask our fear the last time we talked to Pa, seated on…