On Wednesday my entire high school took a field trip. It wasn’t your typical visit to the Exploratorium or a wastewater sewage plant (why did we do that in 9th grade, budget cuts??) Instead, we all hiked up a mountain to a small hermitage ...Read More

I’ve been traveling through Europe for the past 2.5 weeks, which is why it’s been quiet on the blog, but before I post about my latest adventures I’d like to finish off the series with this third and final entry: Part III: What to ...Read More

It’s that time of year again: Holiday parties, Christmas lights, mulled wine, and the Spanish Ministry of Education’s vague hints that they will be opening up the next Auxiliar de Conversación application process sometime in early January. Even though the 2014-2015 Spanish school year ...Read More

In order to avoid a completely sugar-coated travel blog, I’ll discuss in this post some things about living and working abroad that are testing me, to the point where last week I almost had a mini mental breakdown (hence the gap in posts on ...Read More

I realized I haven’t given any updates about where I’m heading in two months, but there are several! As I mentioned before, I was accepted to be an English Language Assistant (Auxiliar de Conversación)  through the Spanish Ministry of Education, back in May. About ...Read More

I found out today that my future is not hopeless, that I will not be living in my childhood room forever, that I won’t have to become a maid: I officially received a spot as a North American Language and Culture Ambassador in Spain. ...Read More