by cwells | Sep 5, 2014 | Bicycle, Culture, Employment, Expat, Graduate School, Spain, Spanish, Travel, Valencia, Walking
Gentle readers, I periodically reflect on the changes in my life since moving to Valencia, Spain. While this has been a great adventure, I find myself thinking of home a little bit differently nowadays. I’m not sure what caused this change, although the...
by cwells | Jul 9, 2014 | Culture, Expat, Graduate School, Holiday, Pix, Quote, Spain, Spanish, Travel, Valencia
Gentle readers, please forgive my lack of posts. While there are many things occurring here in the fair city of Valencia, my attention has been drawn to two alternate tasks: working and dissertation development. Both require me to be attached to my computer for long...
by cwells | May 9, 2014 | Culture, Employment, Expat, Graduate School, Quote, Spain, Spanish, Technology, Travel, Valencia
Six months and a few days ago, I arrived in Spain with a dream. In a sense, it was a dream of self-discovery, culture exploration, and adventure in a very personal sense of the word. In short, I was terrified. However, I have learned that being terrified is not a bad...
by cwells | Nov 19, 2013 | Expat, Graduate School, Housing, Residency, Spain, Technology
So, after almost three weeks of cruddy or nonexistent internet services and no cellphone service, I finally have home internet again. Whew! Back to my digital life!
by cwells | Nov 8, 2013 | Graduate School
My prospectus for my dissertation has been approved. On to the proposal!!!
by cwells | Aug 9, 2013 | Graduate School, Residency, Uncategorized
I find graffiti fascinating, especially in Europe. I am sure there are whole branches of sociological studies devoted to street art… there are certainly art classes devoted to it. One thing that caught my eye was a picture of a smiling cat, which I saw...