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I’m Halfway to 50!

I wrote a new post recapping how I celebrated my 25th birthday in Madrid. Have a look! 

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Today is the Day of Peace. This was the display my school put up to celebrate it.

4 months later I finally started doing a Spanish course. I’ve learned a lot already and it’s only been 3 weeks.

I am once again looking for private classes. The going rate is supposedly 20€/hour, but I’ve only been able to find one family willing to pay that here in the centre (of Madrid). Everyone else will only pay about 15€/hour. I can find some classes way up north that will pay 20€/hour but it will take me at least 2 hours to get there from Móstoles where I work. 

I guess in this case, time really is money. 

Where in Madrid is this? I’ve been craving a good Koreab BBQ for ages. 

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Making food with friends

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“Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy”: Adjusting to Colegio Culture

At the beginning of the term the English assistants at my school were divided amongst the Spanish English teachers. One works with fifth and sixth grade, another with third and fourth and I was placed with the first and second graders. In South Korea, I…

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Black swans in Retiro park.

Yes, what is the point?

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