Tag: Move to Spain
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Lessons Learned from a Spanish Verb about Aging
The year I turned nine was the year I learned to hate my birthday. Well, actually, it wasn’t my birthday per se that I learned to hate, it was getting older that I had a problem with. Yes, at the tender age of nine, I already resented the aging process. But the reason I learned…
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I Moved to the Land Of Siestas but Still Haven’t Taken A Nap!
A wise woman once said: “Moving abroad is the path not the answer to the life you want to lead.” That wise woman was me and yet it has taken this long for me to realize the truth in that statement. I moved to Spain to pursue a more creative life and to focus on…
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Cooking Like an Immigrant in My New Life Abroad
Yesterday afternoon as I was stirring a pot of fragrant black beans, the main course for our afternoon meal (I still don’t know if I should call it late lunch or early dinner) I realized that despite the fact that I have now lived in Spain for over six months, I am still cooking like…
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I Will Learn to Read in Spanish!
I often joke that I am the most boring person in the world because my two favorite pastimes are reading and writing. Given the opportunity to spend the day doing anything, I’d most often choose a combination of reading and writing…preferably in a tropical location with a fruity drink at my side. So, I find…
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Did I Move to Spain Because of Menopause?
When I look back at my decision to move to Spain, in the middle of a global pandemic, while my kids were still in school, just a couple of years after I achieved the rank of tenured professor, it seems kind of crazy. Like midlife-crisis crazy. Or maybe hormone induced crazy? Did I move to…
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No Regrets: Three Months Into Our Move to Spain
It was exactly three months ago today, that my family and I boarded a plane in Newark, New Jersey and started this journey of reinvention in another country. And I’m happy to say that so far, I have zero regrets about our move to Spain. Waking Up in (Noisy) Heaven Every Day Every morning, I…
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We Made it to Spain! (But Just Barely)
Can you hear my sigh of relief? Two weeks ago today, we made it to Spain and I’m finally rested and calm enough to share how it all it went down. Note, it wasn’t pretty. First of all, what I’m about to share hopefully will not make you change your minds or opinions about me.…
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Facing My Fears by Watching the Spanish “Sex in the City”
Hello, in less than a week, I’ll be stepping onto a plane and moving to Spain. At this point, I’m simply running on a combination of adrenaline, nerves and carbohydrates. It’s not pretty, I know. Still, I have to find ways to calm myself down, as well as maintain a level of enthusiasm for what…
