Take the Grilled Cheese and Run: How a Desperate Family Committed a Christmas Crime
It was on my fifth Christmas abroad that my father decided to make us accessories to a crime. Since moving to Spain, my family had made the effort to follow…
Five Weird Things You'll Find in Your Spanish Apartment
Five Weird Things You’ll Find in Your Spanish Apartment
Updated in May 2026 Everything came full circle on my first day back in Spain after a summer in the states - the Novio asked me to pick up a…
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…
My Biggest Travel Fiasco (or, the time I spent New Year’s Eve alone in Romania)
Budapest, Hungary The clock reads 7:32 a.m. The man in the front seat is antsy, nervously playing with the manual lock system on the minivan. "Where are these people? Don't…
Paddle Surfing in Calpe
I don't know what I was more afraid of - the translucent jellyfish that floated near the surface of the water, or the fact that pictures of me in a…
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…