Anybody who has been to Venice or has heard of Venice knows how beautiful it is-it is the city without cars and is made up of a crisscrossed interconnected network of canals and pedestrian paths. It’s claustrophobic to an extent, until you reach an opening… Read More »The Labyrinth City: Venice
A friend of mine was recently given the VW van pictured above, to use for some time. She met this French dude during Christmas break who after was leaving for the Canary Islands to hitchhike on boats across the Atlantic to the US, apparently people do this type… Read More »VWing to Arcos and Grazalema
I spent five nights in Florence, like Rome I wanted to be able to take my time and see everything; experience the city without rushing and enjoy my time walking through it. Within those five nights I slept in three different places; my first night I… Read More »Florence for the New Year
This year I decided to finally pursue one of my goals and travel to Italy during Christmas break. I went from December 24th until January 8th; I spent 5 nights in Rome, 5 nights in Florence, 2 nights in Venice, 2 nights in Verona and 1… Read More »Christmas in Rome
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!