Another Spanish Thanksgiving
Por supuesto, Thanksgiving isn’t celebrated in Spain. And I’m okay with that, really. Thanksgiving is nice, but it’s never been one of my favorite holidays. Maybe because I’m not a huge fan of any...
Monthly Archive: November 2011
Madrid Part II
It’s kind of funny titling this post “Madrid Part II” since it’s really part six thousand of hopefully six thousand more, but I’m back to continue recounting my recent visit to Madrid (see the...
Election Day in Spain
This Sunday, Spain goes to the polls to elect their new national leaders. All 350 seats in the Congreso de los Diputados (similar to our House of Representatives) and 208 of 264 Senate seats...
Getting Paper
When you’re only working 12 hours a week, even when you have a super long commute, well, you have plenty of free time. Between traveling, going out with friends, watching way too much illegally-downloaded...
Madrid, Ojalá Estuvieras Aquí
Madrid. The first place I fell head over heels in love with Spain, when I was there for a few days at the beginning of my Granada stay in 2006. The place I returned...
Farewell to a Friend
It is with deep sadness that I bid farewell forever to one of my dearest friends, my iPhone. Last Wednesday, I was thrilled to find in the mail my Sevici card. Sevici is a...
Lagos, Portugal
There seems to be a trend of my first trip out of Spain being to Portugal. That is, you know, if it happening twice makes it a trend. Two years ago, my trip to...
