Ing in Spain

So many years ago, a Spanish professor of mine mentioned how amazing studying abroad in Spain is and encouraged me to look into the international study abroad program at my college. I listened. I did some thinking. I did some research. And in January 2006, I stepped off of a plane in the Madrid Barajas airport not knowing fully what lay ahead of me.

Here I am. 3 and a half years later. I have been through ups and downs and ins and outs. Learning a language. Backpacking through Europe: Portugal, Spain, England, Italy, and France. Making new friends. I´ve been an au pair, taught English as a foreign language in an academy and on my own. I´ve eaten all the tapas they served me, drank many a bottle of wine, and ended the night dancing in the discotecas. I´ve fallen in love. Meandering through the Spanish countryside on the Camino of Santiago, being awed by the vineyards in the Rioja wine region, and in Andalucia feeling the passion of flamenco in Granada and being enchanted by the smells of blossoming orange trees in Sevilla.

-Ing in Spain is a tribute to these past few years and an homage to the future that is coming. Ing (the English teacher in me points out that it is a reference to the gerund form of a verb) is about everything I have done and will do.

Studying, traveling, playing, walking, working, eating, drinking, dancing, learning, speaking, adapting, moving... and loving.

Look for more anecdotes, reflections, opinions, discussions to come.

And please, tell me what you are doING in Spain. What do you want to hear most about?