Another Lesson in Learning How to Live Well Here In my last post, I said that we’re no longer figuring out how to live here, we’re figuring out how to live well here. Apparently, that includes getting strangely excited about an electricity bill. When we first moved into our apartment in Valencia, our electricity billsContinue reading “Apparently, I’m Excited About an Electricity Bill”
Monthly Archives: August 2026
Sobrasada: The Sausage We Somehow Missed
Before we moved to Valencia, we’d visited Spain quite a few times. We’d been to Madrid, Andalusia, Asturias, Barcelona, Valencia, and various other places around the country. We’d eaten plenty of tapas, pinchos, jamón, chorizo, and more plates of things involving pork than I could possibly remember. But somehow, we’d never encountered sobrasada, or atContinue reading “Sobrasada: The Sausage We Somehow Missed”
One Year Later
We’re No Longer Figuring Out How to Live Here. We’re Figuring Out How to Live Well Here. A year ago, everything in Valencia was new. Every trip to the grocery store was an adventure. Every government office was a mystery. Every doctor’s appointment required a little extra courage. We were learning our way around aContinue reading “One Year Later”
To Blend or Not to Blend?
That’s an Interesting Question… Before we moved to Spain, we had a picture in our minds of what life here would be like. Some of those expectations turned out to be spot on. Others… not so much. One of them involved clothes. Our preconception was that Spaniards tended to dress better than we were usedContinue reading “To Blend or Not to Blend?”