For two consecutive years now I haven’t been home for Thanksgiving. While it’s sad not to be with close friends and family, each year I have made new friends to be with; even when it’s in a country where it’s not celebrated. It’s not really… Read More »Thanksgiving in Spain
On Friday I once again found myself in Madrid. This time to pick up one of the most important documents I can have here in Spain, my tarjeta de N.I.E, or my identification number for foreigners. The two most important things it means for me… Read More »Tarjeta de N.I.E, Royal Palace and Crystal Palace
Just booked my flight to Ireland for the Holidays! I am extremely excited, but also it’ll be my first time away from home during my favorite time of the year. Last year, I went home for two weeks and then went back to Costa Rica.… Read More »Ireland for the Holidays!
It has been another Halloween spent abroad. Last year, I spent Halloween in Costa Rica. I had just arrived to CR the day before and spent most of the day traveling to Montezuma. This year was a little different. I have been in Spain two… Read More »Halloween Weekend
“Somewhere in la Mancha, in a place whose name I do not care to remember, a gentleman lived not long ago…. (Opening line from Don Quixote by Cervantes) The “place of La Mancha” is a town called Argamasilla de Alba and it is only about… Read More »Cervantes’ Prison
Last week I found I had to go to Madrid on Friday to fill out paper work for my residency thingy. I had an appointment to be in Madrid by 10 and it was unchangeable. Luckily for me there was a 6:30 am bus leaving… Read More »Weekend Fun
“History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies” (Alexis de Toquerville). Over the weekend I had the opportunity to visit Cartegena with Juanjo and his family. Cartegena is a city on the Mediterranean about a 3 hour drive… Read More »Ruins of Rome and other things in Cartegena (Not the one in Colombia)
This past weekend I had the opportunity to visit the city of Cuenca with a fellow teacher and friend, Alberto; his wife Maria and her friend Anna. We left Saturday morning at 10, arrived at 11:40 and left on Sunday around 5:30. A little back… Read More »Cuenca, the City where Buildings Grow from Rocks
On September 14th I was invited to go to a small town of 3,500 about 90km away from Tomelloso called Calzada de Calatrava. I went with JuanJo, his wife Ana Maria and their three children. Calzada de Calatrava is the birthplace of Ana Maria. A… Read More »Calzada de Calatrava
My perception of what we were going to do and what we actually did couldn’t have been further off. I should have realized something was differnt when I asked Juanjo why he had a bag full of stuff and he responded because each time I have… Read More »The Bike Ride