LA GUIRI

It's been a while! Yesterday, I returned 'home' from my Semana Blanca holiday which is a non-teaching period in the Málaga province that...

Day 1 (21,230 steps) I left Málaga early on Friday morning to meet an Aussie friend in Amsterdam (where she now studies). My SIM card was...

Yesterday, I had overheard two girls speaking English at a restaurant and it turned out that they were both my age, one of them was a...

Yesterday, we had a feast. At midday, we caught up with the grandparents and went for a slow 1.5km walk (where we passed the famous...

Okay, so my host parents tested positive to Covid... The girls and I didn't, so we are still able to go out and about as we are...

Today, I explored Vélez-Málaga with another American Aux. We started at La Plaza de la Constitución where we saw the Parroquia San Juan...

I've officially finished a full month here in Spain! As I mentioned in my last post, I got Covid and was told to self-isolate for 7 days...

I think I jinxed myself earlier when I said that I was feeling anxious about Covid, because I am now currently isolating in my 3x3m...

Yesterday morning, I walked around the cobblestone streets of Málaga and found a café for breakfast. The bocadillo (sandwich) menu had a...

We left Sevilla early in the morning to catch our train to El Chorro for el Caminito del Rey (the King's walk). To get to the station, we...

I am in awe. Normally, I don't love cities, they're more of a spend-two-days-seeing-all-the-good-stuff-then-leave kind of places, but I...

Following on from my town hall cita, today I went to my 9.36am appointment at the local health centre to get an EU Covid Cert. (The word...

One week down of living in Torre del Mar! I found out on Friday, that it's not just Wednesdays that we lunch with the grandparents...we...

I think it's finally hit me that I'm overseas! I had a successful trip to the Ayundamiento (town hall) this morning. As I mentioned on...

This morning I went for a walk with another Aux to the Ayuntamiento (town hall) to make an appointment for me to get my Padrón (more on...

I know all of my posts have mentioned food so far, but food is such a big part of the Spanish lifestyle. It's slightly different during...

My first proper day...done! We drove from the farmhouse to the townhouse in Torre del Mar last night and my bags are now officially...

My host mum was very kind and found me a second hand bike on Wallapop (the Spanish version of Gumtree). We drove to Torrox, a town known...

Okay, I think I’ve worked out what that late fish meal was the other day. Today the girls had ham cheese toasties at 4pm which they...

Alright, I made it! Yesterday (5 Jan) was the day of Los Reyes Magos (the magic kings). This means that all the main streets are closed...