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…
What No One Tells You About Apartment Hunting in Spain
The Five Things No One Tells You About Finding an Apartment in Spain
I am the first to admit that I did the apartment thing all wrong when I moved to Spain – without so much as seeing the place in person, getting…
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 Quick Guide to Moving to Spain
It's that time of year again: auxiliar placements are right around the corner, and then starts the mad dash to pull together paperwork, get a visa and book flights to…
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…
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…