Hello friends! Happy Monday! I am coming back from an awesome quick weekend in Valle del Jerte (Extremadura) where I spent two days eating, hiking, drinking, relaxing, and laughing. My friend (and neighbor), Cristina invited Luis and me to join a trip to Valle del Jerte, where there was supposed to be an incredible blooming of […]
UPDATED AUGUST 2019 I have been getting a lot of questions regarding checking the application of your TIE renewal and what to do for a fingerprint appointment. The fun fact is that I am in the same boat as all of you, learning as I go, but I haven’t had any real issues with the […]
What an awesome weekend! I figured it out- the secret to an epic weekend is a PLAN. Last weekend, I was feeling a little bummed by the fact that I spent most of the weekend working and then during my time off, I wasn’t doing anything with any real purpose. It was fun of […]
This post idea sort of came to me while I was half dozing off on the plane on my way back to Spain last week. I was in this state of alertness and asleep. I was dozing, listening to the Prince Royce album, thinking about coming back to Spain and what this upcoming year will […]
This post is inspired by all of my die-hard fans out there (haha, I’m kidding). But really, it is inspired by all of the people that have reached out to me to recommend things for them to see, eat, do, and places to visit while either they, or a friend, are spending two days Madrid. […]
I have this theory that Spanish people have (what I LOVINGLY refer to as) grandma thoughts. As in, they believe in things that….aren’t true, but to them they are true and if you don’t do them (or do do them), you will get sick, go to hell, or die. Or all three. I call them […]
I’m interrupting my normally scheduled programming of obnoxiously slamming you with Italy posts to live blog for a second. My roommate is running around the apartment, collecting last minute things here and there because she is moving home after being in Madrid for 3 years. She was in Spain for an additional semester before […]
Last week, I had the lovely opportunity to learn how to make Spanish tortilla from my former host mom. It has been something I have been really wanting to learn, so I was beyond excited when Rosy offered to help us make it! She came over Sunday afternoon and showed us step-by-step how to make […]
UPDATED AUGUST 20, 2019 Just another tedious thing you need to do when you are living in Spain and plan to go in and out of the country- you need to apply for an authorization to RETURN to Spain if you plan to leave when you don’t have a visa. What I mean is…if you […]
I have been in Spain for over 4 years (HOW?) and if there is anything I have learned about this country, is that they make you run in a lot of circles when you need to do anything involving the government. One of the biggest headaches of the year comes at the end, when you […]