Getting to know youuuuu, getting to know all about youuuu – I feel like Julie Andrews in the King and I, except I’m talking about a city, not the King of Siam. When I first got to Spain nearly two months (!!!!) ago, I was so excited to be in Spain that every weekend I…
No but actually. I’m not trying to use some cliche phrase about “getting lost” in a place, losing yourself in the wonder of the magical experience – blah blah blah. No. Most of my time in Toledo was spent actually getting lost, as in, not completely knowing where I was. Which in fact is the point…
No, it’s not the sound a weird robot makes when it’s broken (though now I bet you’re all trying to say it out loud and now sound like a robot yourself, or maybe that’s just me?). It stands for National Novel Writing Month, a challenge undertaken by writers across the globe (so why is it…
While I have done day trips outside of Madrid for the past few weekends, I had not yet taken a longer trip, and the four-day weekend I had due to the strikes in the Madrid public school system gave me a perfect opportunity to take one. I had traveled a bit in the south last year,…
We all know about the Romans and their exploits, conquering a large part of Europe as we know it today; Spain is no different. The Romans were the original founders of many cities in Spain, such as Zaragoza, Valencia, and Mérida, and increased the importance of many other cities. Everyone knows and loves the Romans!…
Spaniards take their festivals very seriously; after all, why pass up an opportunity to celebrate with good food, drink, and music! So, as a lover of all things medieval, when I discovered that there was a medieval festival taking place in a medieval town 45 minutes outside Madrid, I knew I had to go. Enter Semana Cervantina, or…
So I when I accepted the opportunity to live abroad in Spain for 9 months, what I was actually going to be doing was not one of the things that I thought most about. My thoughts were preoccupied with worries like “Am I doing the right thing?!” “Ahh I have to find a place to…
We all know Murphy’s Law. It dictates that when you most need things to go well, they do the exact opposite. Which was pretty much what happened to me upon my arrival in my new home for the next 9 months. Not to be terribly dramatic, but everything you don’t want to happen when you…
Hello all! Welcome to my first foray into the world of blogging. I want to keep family and friends updated on my travels in Spain this next year, but also share my travel experiences with whoever is interested in travel, history, and archaeology! I plan on visiting many historic places (I may have my own…
