God Bless America?: Reflections on my Third Elections Abroad
The world is having a serious identity crisis. To say that 2016 has been a weird year is to echo the sentiments of…just about everyone. And it goes far beyond the celebrity deaths, the Cubs winning the...
View ArticleThe Guiri Guide to Having a Baby in Spain: Third Trimester
I stood in front of the mirror, belly bowing out like a gorilla’s, totally naked. I had a cotton pad in one hand and a bottle of rubbing alcohol in the other. Was it really necessary to prepare my...
View ArticleThe Guiri Guide to Having a Baby in Spain: Labor and Delivery
From the looks of it, I haven’t had a baby. My belly has long since deflated and I’m walking upright again. My face isn’t swollen, the byproduct of cookies and a growing baby in my belly. I am a...
View ArticleThe Guiri Guide to Having a Baby in Spain: Fourth Trimester
It’s just before 4am and my body wakes me up slowly. The baby, in his Pack n’ Play next to my bed, is stirring, too. Like clockwork, he’s still doing comfort feedings once a night, snuggling into my...
View ArticleGuiri 101: A Guide to the -erías
Lisa’s skype call was full of nervous questions about what to pack and how to arrive alive to Sevilla. I’d be about to take the DELE when her train arrived, leaving her with a few hours to wander...
View ArticleHow to stay in Spain legally as an American and other frequently asked...
I have lived in Spain for eleven years – we are now in the double digits. The only things I’ve stuck to for longer have been gymnastics (12 years) and driving a car (17 years). As September comes and...
View ArticleParis’s Jardin du Luxembourg and my musings on expat life
In a little old house that was covered with vines, lived 12 little girls in two straight lines. For as long as I can remember, I have been borderline obsessed with Paris. I blame my mom, who bought me...
View ArticleFive Things You Didn’t Know About Filing Your Taxes as an Expat in Spain
If life abroad weren’t complicated enough, filing taxes from abroad becomes even more complicated. As he drove me to the airport in 2007 for a year in Spain, my dad casually mentioned that I’d need to...
View ArticleCOVID-19 in Seville: Scenes from a lockdown lifted
Fifty days. Fifty days in my home, stealing quick trips to the garbage bins and the supermarket. Fifty days balancing a full-time job and two kids, plus a husband I am not used to seeing all the time....
View ArticleThat time I moved to France and didn’t blog about it: preparing to move...
2020 will be the year that the world stopped for so many. But for me, it’s the year I got to live in France. France was a lovely little séjour, despite those pesky aspects of living abroad. Every pain...
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