Friday, Saturday and Sunday of last week I went skiing in Sierra Nevada with some friends. Alberto (one of the teachers I work with), his wife Maria, Mario (Alberto’s brother), Mario’s girlfriend and two other friends Virginia and Caste. Sierra Nevada is a mountain… Read More »Skiing in Sierra Nevada
Seville, like Cadiz is located in the autonomous community of Andalusia and about an hour 45 min train ride north. It is an amazingly beautiful city with warm weather all year round. I think in general, it’s not as big as a tourist destination as… Read More »The City of a Thousand Orange Trees, Seville
Cadiz is a port city located on the south western tip of Spain in the Province of Andalusia. Also in Andalusia are the towns of Seville, Granada and Cordoba.. It is the longest longest inhabited city in Western Europe at about 3,000 years old. It… Read More »Carnival in Cadiz
Saturday I woke up at the crack of dawn, ate breakfast and prepared myself for what I thought was going to be a fast-paced vivacious day soaked with the blood of rabbits. Boy was I excited. The hunting took place about 40 min from Tomelloso in… Read More »Rabbit Hunting
It’s cold. In the mornings and nights it’s below zero (Celsius) or around it. Every Tuesday and Thursday’s when I walk home from class around 7pm, I walk past the same homeless man. He is always in the same spot, sitting on a sleeping bag,… Read More »If You Give a Homeless Man a Pair of Gloves He…… Won’t Wear them?
Last weekend one of my best friends, Pat Tonno visited Madrid! He was traveling around Europe with a friend of his for a month and ended his journey in Madrid to visit me. Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to visit my town because it is too far… Read More »Tonno visits Madrid!
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
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