Hey, hey! How was your weekend? Mine was a good one! Relaxing, too productive, and fun. I have a small cold, so I have been laying low, trying to get better. Friday, I went with my roommate to do this voice recording this for an hour (hey 30 Euro) and then went to Retiro with […]
The Great Relaxer Hunt: RESULTS!
**If you don’t want to see a bunch of selfies of me, then exit this post now (Ollin…) and I will see you tomorrow, maybe..maybe not.** A few weeks ago, I went on The Great Relaxer Hunt here in Madrid. After two impossibly long weeks of waiting, I FINALLY had my hair done at Corte […]
The Most Beautiful Day!
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. […]
Cocinando.
Ah Sunday. It was just Friday, wasn’t it? This weekend went way too quickly, but that means it was a good one. 🙂 Last time we chatted, it was Friday and I was off to run a bunch of errands. I did all of that, taught a private lesson, stopped at Cien Montaditos (I do […]
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“?
Friday Morning House Tour.
Good morning and Happy Friday to ya! For me, Friday is not only, well, FRIDAY, but it’s my day off during the week (plus Saturday and Sunday…) so this morning, I woke up (almost on my own…I was semi-awake when the alarm went off) after sleeping like a newborn last night. I honestly have no […]
Getting Poor in Madrid: Start-Up Costs of Your Year Abroad as an Auxiliar
When you come to Madrid as an Auxiliar, you will most likely arrive mid-September and then begin work early October and THEN not get paid until mid November. That’s a long time to be #poor, #homeless, and…#poor..again. SO what can you expect to pay during your first few weeks as an auxiliar? Read below! This […]
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 […]
Day in the Life: My First Week As An Auxiliar
I love looking back on old Day in the Life posts to see how my life has changed over time, so I plan to write a few of them while I am here in Spain. This post that I am writing reflects a typical Monday, but Tuesdays and Wednesdays are a bit different in that I […]
The Great Relaxer Hunt.
Good morning friends! I am blogging from school since I actually have a bit of a long break today (1.5 hours). Yesterday the principle realized that my schedule on Tuesdays and Wednesdays is incorrect and instead of being here from 9:20-1:20, I should be here from 10:20-2:20. Actually, on Wednesdays, instead of coming to their […]