Expat Life Then and Now: My Seven Year Spaniversary
I can't clearly remember my first days in Spain. Between the jet lag, the whirlwind tour of the Iberian Peninsula with my grandmother and the nagging thoughts and regrets, it…
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Three Things I’ll Miss From the USA, and Two I Won’t
The plane took off on the first clear Chicago day in a week, passing over I-294 and seeming to hang just for a few moments in the air. I could…
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…
Big news: I bought a house in Spain!
I have a new hell. The foreigner's office has been officially replaced with a new place that wants to make me rip my hair out: IKEA. You see, I bought…
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…
Seven Indispensable Pieces of Advice for Moving Abroad
If your New Year's resolution for 2017 is to become an expat, you'll join thousands of countrymen leaving the country (or, if you're American, fleeing the Cheeto). While expat life…