Ten Mistakes New Language Assistants Make (and how to avoid them)
My Spanish now-husband couldn’t help but laugh when I looked, puzzled, at our new coffee maker. I was jetlagged, yes, but also coming off six weeks of straight drip machine…
12 Grapes, 12 Months and 12 things I’m going to start doing in 2015
At 5:04, I realized the champagne hadn't been poured and the grapes hadn't been sectioned off into groups of a dozen yet. We'd missed Spain's ringing in of the new…
Learning Photography Basics with Photo Tour Seville
How many times have you been on a trip and you hand your camera off to someone, only to get this result? Dude, I put it on auto for you.…
Seville Snapshots: El Peñón de Ifach
Round the N-332, I caught my first glimpse of the dramatic Peñón de Ifach. In all of the research I'd done on Calpe, the 332-meter high rock face seemed to…
Seville Snapshots: Making a Splash in Croatia
This blog is a long love letter to Spain, particularly Andalucía, but traveling outside the land of sunshine and siestas is a lovely hiccup to my everyday life, my vida…
Seville Snapshots: Reflecting on 2012 at Parc Guell, Barcelona
As I sat having a beer at 11 a.m. a few days ago with my family, I slipped off my coat and let the sun shine right on my face.…