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 […]
Lately in Spain.
Gooooood Morning, Sunshines! Here I am, once again, blogging from a cafe near my house. It’s called Martina Cocina and it has the perfect touristy-local vibe. Also their wifi is strong and they give these little butter cookies with their coffee. Doesn’t it look warm and inviting? I tried to get up early (and failed-ish. […]
Things I Should Have Packed
How do you pack to move to another country? How do you know what to bring? I knew that since I was moving to Europe, I would realistically be able to FIND anything that I didn’t bring from home. This is no 3rd world country, by any means. But there are a number of things […]
How to Teach Your First Private English Class.
This post should be titled “How to Teach Your First Private English Class…When You Have No F***ing Idea What You’re Doing!” Because today I taught a private English class and I a) have no experience teaching and b) don’t have any clue HOW to teach! The day after I got to Madrid, I was told […]
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 […]
Homeless with Peanut Butter.
It’s funny to think about when we got here (a week ago?! It feels like a month) people would sit around chatting about how “they are going to live in La Latina” or “want a cute flat with a nice balcony in the room”…me. And now you look around in you see people pulling their […]
24 Euro Later.
And I am no longer eating 100% like a homeless person! Exhibit A- Today’s lunch! After shopping! Exhibit B- Today’s dinner!!!! I missed you, vegetables. It seems like many things in the supermarkets here are a bit cheaper than back at home. I was able to get a lot (seems like a lot to me) […]
Random Madrid Musings
Good Morning (if you’re in the US) and Good Afternoon (if you’re in Madrid!), I’m taking a little break from piso-hunting to chat about nothing really. I’m actually waiting for my roommate to leave so that I can make calls to different apartment owners. She speaks beautiful, fluent Spanish and I’m too self-conscious to make […]
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 […]