Packing to study abroad in Spain…

Packing to study abroad in Spain.

January is fast approaching and it’s time for many college students to leave the USA and begin a semester abroad in Spain.  I should know: I was one of those students who was leaving the country to do a semester abroad last year at this time.  I know firsthand how hard it is to put your entire life in a suitcase for six months and, since many of my readers are college students who are going abroad this year to study in Spain, I thought I would share a few “words from the wise.”  I’ve actually gotten quite a few requests via email for a post on this subject, so here it is.  Continue reading this post…

Waiting on the application…

Things in Spain are slow like snails.

Things in Spain go slow… about as slow as this snail.  As I mentioned in my first post, I’m currently getting ready to apply for a scholarship from the Spanish Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia to go back to Spain and teach English.  The scholarship application was supposed to be online by November; but, of course it’s not online yet.  Continue reading this post…