In the span of just a few months, I went from teaching 7th graders in northern Thailand to watching Christmas Vacation at a historic movie theater in small town Indiana (and winning the "long distance award", by the way) to planting a vegetable garden in rural Spain. Don't get me wrong; it's tiring, but I really thrive in this lifestyle. I am constantly being challenged and always learning. Recently, the unromantic bureaucracy of an international romance became clear, and I r

Wat Mahathat A combination of holiday weekends and midterm exams meant a lot of time off of school in July and August! I planned these...

Facilitating a workshop for teachers in rural schools Why I Love Thailand In the month of June, I spent time in Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai,...

Cooling off in Tukad Cepung Waterfall, Bali When the new school year started last week, one of the Thai teachers caught me fanning myself...

All smiles after successfully ordering in Thai for the first time! The Land of Smiles Hi all! I'm writing to you now from Thailand, the...

Dedicated to my mom, because apparently weekly phone calls are not sufficient 😋 Hi all! These last few months have been super busy, full...

This is a long one. I'll just jump right in :) Morocco I had the absolute gift and pleasure of spending a week in the beautiful country...

Cities of Asturias: Oviedo, Gijón, & Avilés Sometimes, the demographic makeup of Asturias seems to favor cows over people. The rural...

If you ask a Spaniard where the best part of Spain is, you will get the same answer 9 times out of 10: Asturias. Even those fiercely...

A fellow pilgrim once told me, "the first thing you learn on the Camino is that your feet hurt, and that pain grounds you to the present...

Hello to my Family! After nearly 9 months of separation, I reunited with my family for weeks in early June. Being away from home for so...

At the beginning of May, the city of Bilbao placed a huge Tour de France ad in front of city hall, which is just a few blocks from my...

Hello again :) April was a month of a lot of firsts: my first solo trip, my first trip out of Spain, my first visit to a country where I...

The year was 2020. The month was March. Schools around the world had just closed for a Spring Break that ended up lasting much longer...

Hello again, I recently reached the halfway point of my time here in the Basque Country. It is so surreal to have been here for nearly 6...

Hello again! My love affair with the Basque Country hit a snag as the winter months rolled in. Compared to Kentucky, the winters are...

When I decided months ago that I wouldn't be returning home for the holidays (something every Christmas carol ever written has been...

Hello again! This month, I've finally transitioned out of "vacation mode". The initial strangeness of the move has worn off, and the...

To my mother, grandmother, and my mom's 3 friends who have been hounding me to write this: I moved to Spain! More specifically, I arrived...