The Hardest Goodbye
Morgan almost never became our family dog. Nancy had her heart set on a black and brown furball that kept running into the sides of the cardboard box the half…
Saying Goodbye
You might say my mind has been made up since last August. For the first time in my six flights from America to Spain, I cried boarding. Normally, I'm equipped…
What to do With Outdated Travel Guides
I learned the hard way just how tedious and difficult it can be to research a guidebook. After study abroad in Spain and reading every.single.page. of Let's Go Spain 2005,…
What to do in Spain if: your phone gets lost or stolen
Ok, so in retrospect, it's not the worst thing that's happened to me ever. Or even in Spain. But flu + six-year-olds + stress makes losing a Smartphone way worse…
Hiking in Sevilla's Cerro del Hierro National Park, right next to Kike's pueblo
If January Marks the Start…My 2011 Travel Round-up
Let me tell you a little story about peer pressure. When I was 11, my parents informed me that the dog had taken the news well. She faintly wagged her…
The Merry Cemetery of Sapanta, right on the border. I love the jovial depictions of life and death of over 800 people.
I like cemeteries.
I felt very unfestive this year at Halloween. In years past, we've celebrated pumpkin decorating parties, had enormous Halloween fetes, and thrown big celebrations at school. The Novio usually has…