This weekend was amazing!! The perfect mix of super productive and fun and relaxing and crazy…all wrapped up in one. And it’s Monday evening now and I need another weekend to recover. Pheeeew! Thursday Spinning class // super sweaty Espanol en la calle class // learned about tapas in Spain Tried this // was NOT […]
Restaurants in Madrid: Lamucca [de Prado]
Multiple people have recommended Lamucca as a great restaurant for a fun date night, so last night we gave it a go! There are multiple locations (Plaza Carlos Cambronero, Calle Prado, Calle Almagro, Calle Serrano) [#success], but they only had a last minute opening at Calle Prado. This one is near Anton Martin metro stop […]
Restaurants in Madrid: El Columpio
El Columpio Address: 28010, Calle de Caracas, 10, 28010 Madrid Atmosphere: I LOVED this restaurant for their design. Seriously….#housedesigngoals Warm lights, black steel, mirrors, distressed wood, hanging plants and turquoise accents. A great place for a romantic dinner or for a night out with friends. Also, it was big, so plenty of room! Type of […]
How Things are Going.
Howdy, ya’ll!! I’m typing this up from my bedroom, wearing cozy sweatpants and an over-sized soft sweater with a hot cup of coffee and rain pouring down outside. We have the day off today for the National Day of Spain. When I asked my students why we had off today, the overwhelming answer was “i have […]
Checking In IV.
Making: Banana bread (with lots of Greek yogurt and only a little bit of sugar! The recipe is so good and so easy. Make it). Tomorrow I am going to make apple muffins via A Healthy Slice of Life. Cooking: a couple weekends ago I had a little birthday party for myself (and housewarming party) and I […]
A Relaxing Weekend in Geneva, Switzerland.
Ahhhhh, Switzerland….. Your mountains….and cheese….and chocolate…and complete cleanliness….and multitude of civilians that follow all of the laws (like not crossing on red when there are no cars ANYWHERE)….. *I didn’t try the chocolate or the cheese…but it was so clean and those Swiss do follow their laws! So, for the slower readers out there- I […]
My Year Two Budget.
SO. I am officially down to 299 Euros in my Spanish bank account. (I wrote this one week ago…I am actually officially down to 53 Euros but who’s counting?) Don’t ask me how it happened because I’ll literally look at my hands like a little kid looks at their hands if you take a toy […]
Hiking Cercedilla, Spain.
What was actually a last minute decision turned into a really fun day of hiking in Cercedilla with some incredible views! Kristen, her friend De and I took the 10:00 Cercanias train from Atocha station and rode for an hour and 20 minutes to Cercedilla, a northern town with amazing hiking trails! We found the […]
Friday Five: Five Reasons I Love Living in Lavapies
Do you remember last year, when I wrote that post about the various neighborhoods I might live in? I took my 10-pass ticket and went from neighborhood to neighborhood, checking it out before searching for flat at random. I didn’t want to waste my time seeing a flat when I didn’t even like the neighborhood […]
A Weekend in Valencia Part II.
Hola! if you’re just catching up, check out Part I here. So, day two! It started with breakfast (after being woken up by the loudest street band I have ever heard in my entire life….) And then we headed to the beach. But first, we stopped in a very close-by market and walked around a […]