Yeah, sure…the weather is nice enough. But I’m not talking about the weather….I’m talking about……….. Sound the trumpets. And yes, I know I could have been using Hola.org, but it wouldn’t work on my computer because of some sort of proxy that I have on my computer so I can use the wifi at school. […]
Say What?
Student: “Tamara, can I ask you a question?” Me: *Excitedly* “YES! What’s up?” Student: “What does ‘Turn down for what’ mean? Me: All in a day’s work, folks. But really, what does it mean to “turn down for what“?
San Sebastian Weekend.
I went on my first vacation from the vacation this weekend! Annie and I headed to San Sebastián, which is in the north of Spain (Basque Country), borders Portugal and is on the Atlantic Ocean….except it does NOT look like Atlantic City. The water is…not brown. I am actually typing the skeleton of this post […]
So Many Updates.
Happy, happy, happy, HAPPY FRIDAY! This week has literally flown by. But at the same time, last Friday feels like a month ago. In certain ways, I feel like I am getting into a certain groove here, getting into a routine and figuring out how to navigate this city fairly easily. But then on other […]
Run Retiro, Run
Good Morning/Afternoon! I am live blogging from a little coffee shop in Lavapies! I needed to get out of the house- it’s small and quite dark and I think my host mom has a mild case of the hoardies. But she is super nice, so that’s all that matters 🙂 Besides going to get dinner […]
My New Foster Home and Some Life Lessons.
Like I said a couple of days ago, since we were evicted from the hotel (really our stay just ended), I am staying with a host family for the next week while I continue to sniff out an apartment.Eviction via Instagram. The outside of my foster home. It was only 95Euro for the week (to […]
How the Housing Search is Going and My First Time in a Club with 6 Floors.
ndfobr0th-4h-9dcjkndjgrhg-9ugihfhkbdfbfd !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Like that, but with a few screams, some hair pulling, and tears. Frustrating doesn’t even begin to describe this entire process. It’s not even that I am having absolutely no luck finding a place to live, but more the fact that we are given the impression that it’s “easy”, “totally doable” and “not […]
One Step Closer.
*Written this morning* Good morning, or if you’re reading from the United States….it’s 3 am, It’s 8:30 am here and my roommate and I just got back from breakfast. A HUGE breakfast!! The hotel where we are staying provides it and I have put on at least 3 pounds each day from breakfast alone, not […]
Vancouver Vacation Day 8: Hiking to the Top of the World
Obviously, it is literally impossible for me to get this post up, so here I am, almost a MONTH after our trip and I am finally going to finish writing about the last day!!! On our final day in Vancouver, we did something that people repeatedly said was “so hard” and “don’t do it”. So […]
Vancouver Vacation Day 6/7- Lynn Canyon and Granville Island
Happy, Happy Monday! I hope you all had a nice weekend! If you’re just catching up on the Vancouver vacation, check out day 1, days 2 and 3, and days 4 and 5. Day 6 Day 6 was probably my favorite day of our entire trip. It was fun, adventurous, relaxing, yada yada. While we […]