How to order wine in Spain – a bit of Spanish wine vocabulary

Hey again! Just an update to say I’ve got a new video on my Spanish channel. Wanna learn some Spanish wine vocabulary? I guess it’s your lucky day…

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Visiting Vilafranca de Penedès – Catalonia’s wine country

Hey there! It’s been a while since I’ve talked about places you can visit around Spain. For one thing, because travel’s been mostly prohibited or impossible for over

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Do hard things – escape from “The Comfort Crisis”

There aren’t many people out on the streets this early. It’s a humid, overcast morning, 7:45, as I shoulder my backpack and head northwest. I’ve put a 12kg

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Random Thoughts #5: Ben Lerner, Ayuso and the end of the Estado de Alarma

Hey everyone! Fun times here in Spain. I’m writing this on Saturday May 8, which is officially the last day of the Estado de Alarma. More about that

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Spanish words that change meaning according to gender – new vocab video!

Hey everyone! I’ve got a new vocab video up on my Spanish YouTube channel this week. Here’s the thing: I’ve been teaching English for quite a while online,

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Tourism in Madrid – life goes on in Spain’s free city

Hey all! I’m back in Madrid this week, to check out the scene. You know: the “everything open” scene that has some people worried we’ll have a 4th

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Life in Covid-ravaged Spain: Spring 2021 update

Hey hey! I hope you’re doing well, wherever you are. It’s been a pretty quiet week here in Spain. Usually, we’d have our typical Holy Week schedule of

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How to get your US stimulus check abroad with Taxes for Expats

Hey all! If you’re a US person living abroad in 2021, you might have the same problem… Either the IRS doesn’t have your address, or you’ve moved, or

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bEAuTy Food Academy Barcelona – Cooking Master Classes

Hey hey! Hope you’re having a good week out there… Here in Barcelona the weather is warming up, and the terrazas are open again. I’m starting to get

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Boomers explain the lockdown to GenZ – a play in 3 acts

So… The other day I was walking home. It was after an exciting trip to the market to buy broccoli – almost what qualifies as travelling these days

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