Five Things You Didn’t Know About Filing Your Taxes as an Expat in Spain
If life abroad weren’t complicated enough, filing taxes from abroad becomes even more complicated. As he drove me to the airport in 2007 for a year in Spain, my dad…
How to stay in Spain legally as an American and other frequently asked questions to a US expat in Spain
Updated November 2025 - but written from a 2018 perspective I have lived in Spain for eleven years - we are now in the double digits. The only things…
Strange Things About Teaching English in Spain
Ten Weird Things to Know About Teaching in Spain
As the school year winds down, I often think about how I ended up here. Not physically in Spain - after a summer drinking more Kalimocho than water, it was…
Guiri 101: A Crash-Course on How to Find Summer Work in Spain
Think of summer. Popsicles, parades, swimsuits (and if you're me, likely a sunburn that sends you inside to pout about how you can never get a tan). For me, summer…
30 Things I’m Glad to Have Done Before Turning 30, Part 1
Turning 16 was a big deal. So was turning 18, then 21 and even 25. But 30? A week before reaching my fourth decade, I got married to someone I've…
Ten Mistakes New Language Assistants Make (and how to avoid them)
My Spanish now-husband couldn’t help but laugh when I looked, puzzled, at our new coffee maker. I was jetlagged, yes, but also coming off six weeks of straight drip machine…