Do you ever have moments where you look around you, and wonder, how in the world did I end up here?!
That’s how I’ve felt ever since I arrived in Gran Canaria.
Do you ever have moments where you look around you, and wonder, how in the world did I end up here?!
That’s how I’ve felt ever since I arrived in Gran Canaria.
I don’t know where to begin. I’ve barely updated this blog this year. How do you give a huge announcement to whoever’s still reading? One minute, I was in a snowstorm, and the next minute, I’m moving to paradise.
I’ve learned that, as a writer, sometimes it’s best to speak from the heart. Not everything we write has to be manicured and shiny and edited to a T. Sometimes, the best writing comes straight from the soul. So, here we go, from the heart, as cluttered and messy and raw and real as it is.
Continue reading “Life Update: I’m Leaving Madrid and Moving to the Canary Islands”Thursday, January 7
It started out innocently enough. Just a light snowfall on a Thursday morning in Madrid.
Snow is not common in Madrid, but it does happen every now and then. However, it only sticks for a day or two at most.
I’d seen videos of the snow in Madrid before, one from two years ago. It was more of a slush than a snowfall. Such was the snow this Thursday morning as I walked to a coffee shop.
“It’s been awhile since it’s snowed, hasn’t it?” I asked the barista as he served me my coffee.
Continue reading “24 Never-Before Seen Photos of Snowstorm Filomena in Madrid”I never thought I’d spend Christmas alone in a foreign country.
I had a feeling I wouldn’t be able to go home for Christmas.
Thanks, corona.
So, I decided on Plan B: spend the winter holidays in sunny Cadiz, a port town in Andalusia. Because if I’m going to spend Christmas alone, I may as well spend it alone at the beach, right?
I planned the trip. A few days in Cadiz, and a day trip to Tarifa, the southernmost city in Spain. I was about to book the Airbnb and the bus tickets. No one could sto—
Continue reading “Patones de Arriba: How to Break into a Ghost’s Home in this Spanish Village”