When you summarize something, things are bound to be left out. As I ponder my year in Spain, it seems impossible that I could capture all my thoughts about it in a single essay. At the same time, I have at least documented my weekly experiences in my expat memoirs. I am so happy I…
España: Reasons to Celebrate
Weeks 32, 33, 34, 35 & 36 May 2018 I made it! My last month working as an auxiliar and living in Spain. And what a month it was! Honestly, I think I was sick for two-thirds of it. But that can sometimes happen when there is so much anticipation for something to end and…
España: Holiday in Spain
Weeks 28, 29, 30 & 31 April 2018 I was talking to my Mom one Wednesday afternoon, our weekly time to chat, and she made a comment about how many holidays I have. “Do you ever work?” she asked. Well, it doesn’t seem like it. Spain has a ton of holidays and random days off….
Photoblog: Los Patios de Córdoba, Spain
May 2018 La Fiesta de los Patios in Córdoba is a two week festival in the beginning of May where the people of Córdoba open their patios to the public. The patios are judged in a number of different categories and each offer a stunning display. A poem outside one of the patios read: “Peace to those…
Photoblog: Castle and Grounds of Almodóvar del Río, Spain
February 2018 Hayley and Hailey went to Highgarden one Sunday. We took a bus for just two euros to a small town outside of Córdoba– Almodóvar del Río. There is absolutely nothing else in this small pueblo besides the castle. (Okay, okay, and a restaurant.) It’s the perfect little half a day trip from Córdoba. We wandered and…
