Hey, y’all. It’s my 17th Spainiversary today. I don’t know what you were doing on 21 October 2004, but I know exactly what I was doing… I was

This week I celebrated 16 years in Spain. A quick calculation tells me that 16 years is around 42% of my life so far. That’s a long time.

So… What’s shakin? It’s been a while since we left off here… The story of my life: like a slow-motion train wreck, coming in bits and pieces to

Hemingway, in A Moveable Feast, beats writer’s block with a neat trick. He tells himself to write just one true sentence. Write the truest sentence you can, and

Well, here we are. As you know (or as you don’t) Morena and I came to Barcelona a few days ago. We were staying in an AirBnb for

I’ve had more Spanish lawyers than you’d believe. It’s kind of funny. For a guy who moved abroad when he didn’t get the call back for the job

Are you looking to improve your Spanish while you’re in Spain? Great idea… I’m all for learning languages – if you’re an expat it’s very important to understand

A lot of people ask me about making friends in Spain. How do you meet people in Spain? How to build a social circle when you’re new to

As an American living abroad, I get asked a lot of questions about life in the US. In fact, sometimes I feel like a sort of unpaid American