This past week we had some holidays here in Spain for Constitution Day and the Immaculate Conception, so many people took this time to travel. I myself ended up going back to Belgium. I planned this trip with Melina, a good friend from Greece that I met in Linz, and I also wanted to see Xavier again. The trip itself was only a few days, which pales in comparison to the month I spent here last time, but nonetheless was a great time.
December 2016 Playlist
Welcome to the next installment of my monthly playlists, where I throw together 15-ish songs that I’m currently listening to! I try to pick music that isn’t already super popular and well known, and usually the songs end up being new music that has been released recently. I’m especially excited about this one, as I’ve been…
Cooking adventures with Mark
Hey everyone! One of the topics I’ve wanted to write about on my website is cooking, considering it’s something I enjoy doing, so this is my first time finally sitting down and throwing something together. This won’t be a super regular thing, but rather something I’ll do from time to time when I have something…
Friendsgiving in Madrid and quick update
Hey everyone! I wanted to write a quick post considering I haven’t wrote anything in a long time. The past couple weeks have been pretty routine, so there hasn’t been anything I could think of writing about. I’ve got a couple ideas in the works for some posts in another week or two. I don’t…
God Save the Colts: My NFL weekend in London
Last month I took a trip to London and I still haven’t wrote anything about that so I figured it’s time to get that done before I completely forget that trip! This is quite a long post and I haven’t been super motivated to write recently so it took a while to get this all…
A day at La Granja: My first field trip
Today I got to accompany my classes on their first field trip of the year so I figured I would write about it now while the day is still fresh in my mind. Last week one of the other teachers told me that first and second grades were taking a trip to “La Granja” (Spanish…
November 2016 Playlist
Hello all! I’m back again with my next installment of my monthly playlists. If you missed any of my previous ones you can search for them in the search box or click on the Music category to find all my posts regarding music. This playlist is a 50/50 mix of random songs I’ve found recently,…
Teaching weather using where I’m from: Ohio!
Hey everyone! I wanted to write a quick post on something that I did today while doing some lesson planning for school. I figured that since there’s a plethora of cool ESL resources out there I would write about any cool ideas I use or come up with to add to that in the hopes…
Steve Aoki in “Toledo”
Hello readers! This past weekend I took a day trip to Toledo to see Steve Aoki play in a club, so I wanted to write a quick post on the day as it was an absolute blast!
Belgium, part 4
Hello! I’m finally back with my final post on my trip to Belgium. It’s been over a month since I left Belgium, so I apologize for the delay, as I was super busy getting settled in to Madrid. This post should cover the last few days I spent in Belgium, including trips to Brussels, Ghent, and Bruges, and some final times with my friends.