What I Learned from the Clouds in Valencia

On 22 Jan 2024 By McKennaIn Personal Development, spain, travel reflections1 Comment

I was sitting outside the town hall on a Saturday afternoon in Valencia, during the winter in the middle of January.

Once we pass the New Year and the celebration of the Three Wise Men in Spain, winter skies in January leave a gloomy aftertaste. Gone is the anticipation of the Christmas holidays. Broken are many resolutions people draft on the arbitrary date of January 1^st. Returning to our routine sometimes feels like waking up from a hangover.

And on this overcast Saturday in January, I had said goodbye to someone at the train station hours before.

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Why I Moved to the Canary Islands (And Why I Left)

On 17 Nov 2023 By McKennaIn europe, Personal Development, spain2 Comments

Two years ago, I bought a one-way ticket to Gran Canaria.

I didn’t have any friends there. I didn’t know where I would live. I didn’t know anything about Gran Canaria. In fact, up until a few months prior, I hadn’t had any interest in visiting the Canary Islands at all.

And yet here I was, about to move to one of them.