¡Excursión!
Who doesn’t love a field trip? Two weeks ago, I saved myself a bus ride to Villarrasa when the 1st through 6th graders at my colegio paid a visit to none other than my...
Monthly Archive: October 2011
How the Seguro Was Won
You may recall from earlier this week that I opened a bank account at La Caixa, was told I was required to pay an 81.25€/year fee for seguro de vida (life insurance) to open...
Matalascañas
While the rest of the world is cooling off as fall begins, it’s still in the 90s here in Sevilla, so I knew I had to use my weekend to travel to a nearby...
Challenges
I’m living in an amazingly stunning city. Working only 12 hours a week is enough to cover all my expenses. I’m living my dream. Who could complain? Yet, as all expats know, it’s not...
The First Week
What a week. I completed my first week of work this Thursday, and, let me tell you, teaching is exhausting. Mad props to all you teachers out there. But I love it. I think....
The Wedding of the Year
Today, Sevilla (and all of Spain and beyond) is all atwitter because this beautiful woman got married right here in the city I now call home.
La Maestra
I began teaching today! Which means I’m really, really here. Walking to the Plaza de Armas bus station from my apartment proved to be a short commute (10-12 minutes), and I successfully purchased bus...
Mi Piso
I thought the search for an apartment here in Sevilla would be killer. It was super easy for me in Madrid because I loved the first one I saw, but I knew I had...
