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…
Seville Snapshots: PINC, Seville’s Networking Group for English-speaking Professionals
How many times have you said to a friend, 'You really have to meet Pepa [or María, or Julie, or whoever]?' As the resident fair godmother of guiris in Seville,…
The Guiri Complex (Or, Why I Can’t Have It All)
The other day, Seville was held hostage by light rain. I did a bit of puddle jumping, nearly taking out morning shoppers and walkers with my umbrella as I ran…
Preguntas Ardientes: Is an International Bank Account Right for Me?
I get loads of questions from you guys about moving to Spain and settling in, how to handle money and how to learn Spanish (and what to eat, duh). Up…
Six Years in Spain – Six Posts You Can’t Miss
Six years ago, my 90-day student visa was cancelled as I stepped off the plane in Madrid's Barajas airport. Happy Spaniversary to me! Somehow, in the span of six years,…
My Biggest Medical Mishaps in Spain
One of the first words the Novio ever taught me in Spanish was torpe. Clumsy, klutxy, prone to running into things, falling off of things and hitting my head on…