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Americanito in Barcelona
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Encore
The coming of the new year is a time for reflection. After being home for about a month, I decided that I wanted to write one last post, looking back at my life in Spain now tha...
2021-09-21 - 5 min readWeek 1 - Pivoting
I LOVE THIS CITY. I love it. I really couldn't say it enough. I really do think that Barcelona is one of (if not THE) greatest cities in the world, and I have been fortunate eno...
2021-11-21 - 21 min readWeek 10 - Back & Forth
I went to Madrid and back, the boys went to Milan and Cologne and back, Arane came to Barcelona and went back to Madrid, and then me and Arane will go to Sevilla and back. There...
2021-11-28 - 23 min readWeek 11 - The Penultimate Trip
The next time I will be packing my suitcase will be to head back home to the United States. My trip to Sevilla, my penultimate trip, marked the last time I would pack just my ba...
2021-12-05 - 14 min readWeek 12 - Closing Time
My last week in Barcelona was characterized by a lot of emotions, a lot of tears, and a lot of goodbyes. I am thankful to have had such a good life that I was sad to leave it. T...
2021-12-08 - 8 min readWeek 13 - The Silver Lining
Monday, 12:02AM. Not Barcelona Sants this time. This week starts in Madrid Atocha. After a very emotional last week, I arrived in Madrid after a long train ride of so much cryin...
2021-09-26 - 8 min readWeek 2 - Settling
After feeling really discouraged and disillusioned because things didn’t work out the way I desperately wanted them to, I managed to pivot and devote my energy to having fun and...
2021-10-03 - 14 min readWeek 3 - Why Always Me?
Somehow, someway, everything always happens to me. I think that the way that I live and interact with people somehow creates a bunch of crazy stories. For this post, you will ha...
2021-10-10 - 2 min readWeek 4 - Newton's Third
Newton's third law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. I know that good ol' Sir Isaac was talking about motion, but I think that it really sum...
2021-10-18 - 3 min readWeek 5 - Press Play
After putting my life on pause for about 10 days being super sick, I have resumed the fun. My life has changed a little bit since Radek has arrived. I have a little more down ti...
2021-10-25 - 13 min readWeek 6 - Quedar y Tomar
Quedar y tomar: to meetup and drink something with someone. It is a way to get to know someone, hang out with the people you love, find opportunities, and pass the time. Some of...
2021-11-01 - 14 min readWeek 7 - Long Nights & Busy Days
The week was off to a good start. I met this girl at the bar a couple of weeks ago who did an exchange in College Station, Texas when she was 15, just like me. She ended up taki...
2021-11-08 - 25 min readWeek 8 - The Three Amigringos
A week filled with friends old and new, headassery, weird vibes, sandwiches with Iberian ham, and collisions of worlds. For this particular post, I will need to introduce a coup...
2021-11-15 - 6 min readWeek 9 - Rainy Days
With only a month left in Spain, I am now more conscious than ever that my days are numbered and that I have to try and make the most out of every day that I have left here. For...