/Tinder/ [ˈtɪndɹ̩]: n. Smartphone app to help screen-addicted Millenials find love, since they’ve lost all ability to approach people normally in bars or coffee shops. Pronounced “teen-der” in Spanish.    A year ago I still had a flip phone and spent my summer days ...Read More

In general, things are smaller in Europe. Houses, cars, food portions, elevators, refrigerators, streets, and waistlines, to name a few. There’s one exception: Baby strollers. Life for Basque babies has never been better. It is currently the parenting trend to transport your infant in ...Read More

Happy Valentine’s Day! (And Mommy, happy birthday!) Since Basque men were voted the least likely to flirt in all of Spain, I can unfortunately not claim budding love on this sappiest of holidays. I can, however, share a lesson plan I did with my ...Read More

Today is my 100th post! I’ve been updating for a year an a half, have about four consistent readers (2 parents, 1 sister, 1 random—God love ’em), and can honestly say that writing has become my biggest passion here in Bilbao. In 2014 my ...Read More

So you’ve done the unthinkable: you’ve left your perfect home on the West Coast, possibly a nice beachfront duplex where it fluctuates between 65 and 80 degrees year round (that’s 18 to 27 C, for some readers) with 330 days of clear blue skies. ...Read More

I’ve been working for just under a month at IES Zorroza middle school (ages 12–17 in Spain), and here are some of the many questions I’ve been asked: Do you like Justin Bieber? (When I answer no, all the boys cheer and all the ...Read More

Call me touchy, but I’m sick of everyone assuming I own a Smartphone. The latest issue of Sunset magazine boasts an enticing picture of a cocoa soufflé. “Want the recipe?” it taunts. “Scan this barcode into your phone.” As a lover of chocolate and ...Read More