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My Last Week in Spain and Exploring Budapest
After a very long hiatus, I’m back to tell you about my last hurrah of a trip. It was seven different cities, and you all know how much I...
abundantlyclare
Jun 25, 201611 min read
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The Last Getaway for Quintanareñas
In school last week, I went to my usual classes in the high school, helping mostly with speaking exams or correcting pronunciation. At...
abundantlyclare
May 24, 20165 min read
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I Finally Went to the Beach...in a Swimsuit!
The beginning of the last week of April was uneventful. I went to most of my classes in the high school, but I can never get through a...
abundantlyclare
May 3, 201611 min read
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A Trip Up North and a Camping Excursion
I had to take a week of from my blog last week because I wasn't in Quintanar on Tuesday. But before I get ahead of myself, I'll pick up...
abundantlyclare
Apr 26, 20167 min read
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A Spring Wedding and a Day in Cuenca
After I got back from spring break in Ireland, I had school for three days and then it was the weekend again! I did a reading activity...
abundantlyclare
Apr 12, 20167 min read
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A Non-Boring Weekend in Quintanar
After my trip to Basque Country, I needed a few days to recover (and to let my shoes dry all the way through). Thankfully, it was a...
abundantlyclare
Mar 15, 20167 min read
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The Basque Word for Rain Is "Euria"
I took another week off from my blog last week because when I don't travel, I often do nothing on weekends. So during the weekend of...
abundantlyclare
Mar 8, 20169 min read
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A Viennese Visit
After Morgan and I got back from El Escorial, I did nothing interesting for the next 10 days. The highlight of that time was going to the...
abundantlyclare
Feb 23, 20168 min read
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Weekend of Carnaval
I didn't post a blog last week because I didn't want to write two boring posts in a row, so I’ll write something short about it now....
abundantlyclare
Feb 9, 201614 min read
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Back in the Swing of Things
Once I got back from Egypt, things quieted down a little. I got back on a Sunday evening, and I had work at the high school on Monday. I...
abundantlyclare
Jan 26, 20164 min read
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The Haggertys Celebrate Christmas in Spain
I left off my last blog post in Madrid, where I was staying overnight because my family was flying into the Madrid airport in the...
abundantlyclare
Jan 12, 201615 min read
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A Christmas Post
Hello to my faithful readers! I don't have much to tell you this week because I've been very boring in the last week. But I did want to...
abundantlyclare
Dec 22, 20153 min read
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A Weekend in Wine Country
Last week was laughably short, because we had Monday and Tuesday off, and I always have Fridays off, so I only had work for two days last...
abundantlyclare
Dec 15, 20156 min read
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A Moroccan Fantasy Weekend
I'm not even going to bother talking about my teaching in the second half of last week, because I was with the infantiles so we didn't do...
abundantlyclare
Dec 10, 201510 min read
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Is it Cordoban, Cordovan, or Cordobesian?
I'm going to make the section of this post about teaching pretty short, because I have a feeling this might be a long post even so. On...
abundantlyclare
Dec 1, 20159 min read
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The Struggles of a Foreigner and a Spanish Thanksgiving
In school in the latter half of last week, I was with the infantiles. I read them "The Crazy Story," which threw together characters from...
abundantlyclare
Nov 24, 201512 min read
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A Quiet Week in Quintanar
Let me admit first and foremost that this will probably be my most boring blog post to date. I really don't have anything interesting to...
abundantlyclare
Nov 17, 20154 min read
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Lagoons, windmills, and castles, oh my!
In the second half of last week, I was working with the infantiles. That means I read them a story, because I do the same thing with them...
abundantlyclare
Nov 10, 20158 min read
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Golden Rams in Spain
Last week, everything I did with the elementary students was related to Halloween. In school on Wednesday, we played a game similar to...
abundantlyclare
Nov 3, 20158 min read
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Friends in Quintanar
On Wednesday of last week, I actually had plans in Quintanar. This probably doesn't sound like anything special, but I was so looking...
abundantlyclare
Oct 27, 20157 min read
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