Hey y’all… Today I’d like to get legal. Let’s talk about one of those huge myths around getting Spanish nationality. This article is mostly applicable to people from

Soon it’ll be Thanksgiving. Or as the Spanish call it, some random Thursday in November. (Just kidding. Actually, the Spanish word for Thanksgiving is “Acción de Gracias”.) You

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