That time I moved to France and didn’t blog about it: preparing to move abroad during a pandemic

2020 will be the year that the world stopped for so many. But for me, it's the year I got to live in France. France was a lovely little séjour,…

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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…

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Paris’s Jardin du Luxembourg and my musings on expat life

In a little old house that was covered with vines, lived 12 little girls in two straight lines. For as long as I can remember, I have been borderline obsessed…

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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…

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