This weekend has been a puente, so we didn’t have school on Monday and we also don’t today. Puente means bridge and in Spain it is either a 3 or 4 day weekend. It’s called this because it’s the bridge/break until the next vacation. Normally a… Read More »Ronda and Zahara de la Sierra
In the past, for me Thanksgiving was nothing more than a day to eat a lot of food with family, but now; it has become something more. I haven’t been home for the Thanksgiving for the last 3 years and every year I spend away from home… Read More »I am Thankful For…
On Saturday I went to the UK for a day, but not the UK everybody is probably thinking of. Located on the southern most tip of the Iberian Peninsula, just south of Andalusia, about an hour 40 from me, lies the British Overseas territory known as Gibraltar.… Read More »UK for the Day
I’ve wanted to write this blog post for a week now, but I haven’t gotten around to it. I have been exceptionally busy, but I had to get my computer fixed and I’ve been concentrating on getting music I lost on to it and downloading new music.… Read More »Beer, Beach and Paintball
Jerez de la Frontera is my new home and the place I’ll be spending the next 10 months teaching English. It’s a really old city located in southern Spain, not far from the beach. It’s a beautiful city with historic buildings and tree lined roads;… Read More »Jerez de la Frontera
If Lisbon is a hidden gem, Porto is its forgotten brother. Some people may have heard of it because of port wine; but most haven’t. Out of every city I’ve visited Porto is one of my favorites. It’s located in northern Portugal on the Duoro River,… Read More »A Place I’d Never Be Able to Drive Stick, Porto!
This year, I decided to spend my birthday in Portugal with Christine. She went to Madrid to get her ESL certification and teach for the year. I would have loved to have been home and spend the weekend with my friends and sister in Montauk,… Read More »Birthday In Lisbon
After having an amazing summer and doing many things with my friends and family it’s time for me to move on to my next adventure. In a week I’ll be returning to Spain to teach English in a city in the south, called Jerez de… Read More »A New Year a New Place
It’s been almost a month since I have left Tomelloso and I have been meaning to write something about my experience there. I arrived in September not knowing anybody and not knowing anything about the place the I would live and work in until June.… Read More »Hasta Luego Tomelloso
Last weekend I went to Barcelona and stayed with a friend from University of Delaware (Hannah). Hannah has been there for the last two years and is teaching English. Luckily she was nice enough to let me stay in her place and show me around. Currently,… Read More »Barcelona