Photo Post: the Manchego town of Cuenca

"Just take a look at this!" Pa tossed a magazine across the room towards me, dog-eared to a photo spread of an eagle soaring over lush pine trees. I'd announced…

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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…

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My American Crush on Memphis (Or, How I Realized Just How American I Am)

Our rented Kia Soul's direction was mainly southwest down I-55 to Saint Louis before we dipped slightly further south and nudged a bit east into the Deep South. As a…

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Reflections in Valladolid (or, the Weird Sensation of Returning to Your Study Abroad City)

Alejandro didn't even need to tell me where to turn. As soon as I'd passed the Valladolid city limits, I went into autopilot and followed the roads I used to…

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