by cwells | 2014-09-05 | 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 | 2014-09-03 | Culture, Holiday, Pix, Spain
Here in Spain, the city of Valencia changes quite a bit during the month of August. Stores close early or shut their doors for a month, plans are made to spend the month with family in a local town where the family is from (often discussed as “mi pueblo,”...
by cwells | 2014-08-14 | Car, Culture, Expat, Holiday, Pix, Spain, Spanish, Travel
Hello, gentle readers, I know I have been a little preoccupied lately due to work and a bit of a vacation to an area south of Valencia, Moraira. Sadly, it was one of those dreaded “work” vacations, but certainly not without plenty of free time to enjoy the...
by cwells | 2014-07-25 | Culture, Pix, Spain, Spanish, Train, Transit, Travel, Walking
My friends Theresa and Jesse were in Barcelona, Jesse for work and Theresa for vacation. Since Barcelona is a three-hour, relatively inexpensive train ride away from Valencia, I got a chance to visit them for a couple of days. Barcelona is an order of magnitude larger...
by cwells | 2014-07-22 | Culture, Expat, Food, Pix, Spain, Spanish, Train, Walking
Earlier in July, my friend Jose and I went to Madrid. Summertime in Madrid is busy, and the crowds of people could be a little intimidating. However, Madrid has some amazing attractions, too. As the capital of Spain, the government buildings are built to both last and...
by cwells | 2014-07-09 | 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...
