**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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]