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12 Things I Miss about America
One thing we expats love to do when we get together is talk about all the things we miss about home. Don’t get me wrong, I love living in Spain more than anything in the world, but sometimes when you...
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Capture the Colour Contest
This is the first time I am partaking in a blogging contest, not my thing, but once I saw the rules (and the prizes) for Capture the Colour Contest, I couldn’t resist! It is being hosted by Travel...
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6 Signs Summer’s Here in Northern Spain
The beautiful Rioja village of Briones in summer The majority of my time in Spain has been spent during the academic year. Blazingly hot in the summer, most sane people flee to the coast to bear out...
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The Expat Files: Rebecca in La Rioja
So I’ve been interviewing various expats in different regions all over Spain for my Expat Files series, and I thought I would share the spotlight in La Rioja with friend and fellow blogger, Rebecca....
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Top 5 Most Beautiful Places…So Far
“What’s the most beautiful place you have ever been?” I get asked this question so often, and the answer never gets any easier! How can I pick just one? I am on a constant quest of looking for the...
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Did I just bribe an airline worker?
Source Exactly one month ago I found myself in a curious situation in Terminal 1 of the Madrid airport. Sweating in my heaviest winter clothes and carrying way too many carry-on bags, I was standing...
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13 Goals for 2013
As 2013 is getting going, somehow I manage to still be stuck back in 2012. In fact, I’m so entrenched in this past year have written “2012” on several important files, orders, and claims at work this...
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My Travel Pet Peeves
After six years of pretty consistent travel around the world, I have begun to notice some alarming trends among my fellow travel comrades, trends that annoy the crap out of me. Some of them are fairly...
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No More Excuses! Go Abroad Now!
Subtlety has never been my strong suit. Clearly writing normal-length blog posts also eludes me (this one’s a doozy, sorry in advance). Little known fact about me, I LOVE pep talks! I hate getting...
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10 Life Lessons Travel Has Taught Me
Sunset over Lanzarote, Spain in the Canary Islands Over the years, I’ve found I do some of my best thinking when I’m traveling. Away from the hustle and bustle of life back home, between checking my...
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Travel and the Issue of Nostalgia
So things have been quiet here on the lil’ old blog. The past few weeks have been incredibly overwhelming, and I haven’t been able to find any semblance of a spark of motivation within me to write. Or...
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Petra, Jordan: 5 Steps to Channeling Indiana Jones
The sun had already risen hot and bright by the time I crawled out from underneath my mosquito net in the Dana Biosphere Reserve in Jordan. Yawning, I began to dress, reminiscing about the night...
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