That time I moved to France and didn’t blog about it: preparing to move abroad during a pandemic
2020 will be the year that the world stopped for so many. But for me, it's the year I got to live in France. France was a lovely little séjour,…
Five Things You Didn’t Know About Filing Your Taxes as an Expat in Spain
If life abroad weren’t complicated enough, filing taxes from abroad becomes even more complicated. As he drove me to the airport in 2007 for a year in Spain, my dad…
God Bless America?: Reflections on my Third Elections Abroad
The world is having a serious identity crisis. To say that 2016 has been a weird year is to echo the sentiments of...just about everyone. And it goes far beyond…
A Very un-Sevillano Summer
I knew I had become the proverbial 'fish out of water' (or perhaps toro out of España) when I hopped in the car for the first time yesterday. My mom's…
On Nostalgia and Expat Life
It always creeps up on me - whether it's seeing the plastic grocery bags and hearing the clinking of bottles from within on Thursday night as I ride home from…
Eight Reasons Why You Should Teach English in Spain NOW
The most common question I get when meeting new people in Spain is, 'Why did you originally come here/go to Spain/decide on Seville/move abroad to work as a teacher?' I…