Stop with the winter already….
Dear Spain, So...yesterday as I was running through what I thought was a break in the rain, actual hail ricocheted off my uncovered skull. I arrived to the cafe where I was meeting with my friend with wet hair and…
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Eight reasons I live in Spain.
In no particular order, here are some things I am appreciating at the moment about living in Spain. 1-Cursing. There is plenty of cursing in everyday speech here in…
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The cost of living in Barcelona question – answered!
About once a month in the winter and once a week during the 3 other seasons, I receive a question regarding the cost of living in Barcelona, usually in the form of: "What do you think is the minimum someone needs…
The average work day in Spain
The average work day in Spain is negotiating its way between tradition--when no air conditioning existed, the country was poor, and business was 99% local--and the present day, which sees multinational corporations making Spain their home and the technology industry…
The holidays may be over for you…
Back home, the holidays are Over with a capital O. Come January 2nd, gifts have already been returned, re-gifted, put into use or put away. The new year has been rung in and work resumes uninterrupted. But not here -…
The visit home – Part I
It's Xmas time again, and I am on the second leg of my bi-yearly pilgrimage to the states. I'm in California after a brief visit to my brother's place in Rhode Island, where he forgot me at the airport and…