Spain
On our first morning in Spain, my husband opened our hotel window to a courtyard filled with the sounds of silverware gently clinking against plates, quiet, relaxed chatter, and a musician playing guitar below. Loading audio narration… No sirens. No horns. No one was rushing. People were sitting down to…
When I moved from California to Spain in 2019, I knew my life would change — but I didn’t expect how deeply it would shift the way I moved through the world. Loading audio narration… During my first few weeks as a language assistant, a Spanish teacher I worked with…
Before my husband and I decided to move our family of four from Connecticut to Las Rozas de Madrid, a suburb northwest of the Spanish capital, we’d spent over four years in what we believed would be our forever home. Loading audio narration… We never planned to move from our…
The first day my family arrived at our new flat in Spain, I felt a wave of panic. As I was lying down on a bare mattress in our unfurnished apartment, the reality of having just moved to a country none of us had ever visited before finally hit me.…
Turning 40 is a milestone that inevitably inspires introspection. Loading audio narration… In the months leading up to my 40th birthday, my wife and I found ourselves at a personal and professional crossroads.The price of day care in our Providence, Rhode Island, suburb would cost more than our mortgage, meaning…
