Digital Nomad Chronicles: Celebrating my first year without a boss

It’s been a year since I gave my last company classes and declared victory over the Spanish labor market. A full year, but I remember it like yesterday…

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Brexit: Revenge of the Euro-Rednecks

I woke up this morning feeling pretty optimistic. I rolled over, turned my phone off airplane mode, and thought: “I’ll just check the news to make sure the

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Summer is coming, tourist traps, new elections and business adventures

What’s up, chorizophiles? I haven’t been very active on here of late, for a series of reasons: Running an online business is harder than I originally imagined. I’m

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Adventures in the UK: Mr Chorizo goes to London

How did I manage to live in Europe for more than a decade without visiting the UK? Good question. Being dead broke for most of that time certainly

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What readers are saying about the Chorizo Chronicles

Big changes around here, y’all. I’m back from Ireland… Where I had a hell of a time, eating mashed potatoes with gravy and getting teary-eyed about the monuments

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An open letter: 32 Reasons Why I Love Spain

Dear Spain, I know our relationship has had its ups and downs. You have your problems and I have mine. Neither of us is perfect. And I admit

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Serbs and Croats–an eye-opening journey to the Balkans

Quick, who’s your favorite Croatian painter? Yeah, that’s what I thought. I chose Zagreb as part of my first trip to Eastern Europe because it just seemed like

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For my all tough, red-bearded ancestors, up there in Valhalla

My Viking ancestors spent days like this chopping down trees and building ships with their bare hands. Then, they would sail those ships across freezing oceans to distant lands.

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Mr Chorizo goes to Amsterdam – adventures in Europe’s frozen north

Well, I’m back from Amsterdam! Didn’t even notice I was gone? Ha! That’s what happens when you’re at the bottom of the blogosphere. You can go on vacation

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Looking back on 10 years of life in Madrid

Have you noticed that suddenly everything around town is suddenly a “gastro” bar or some vintagey hipster café? Or even worse, a low-cost bar with the bucket of

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