Spain

Of all the faraway places I’ve been

Elyssa Garrett Spain, Teaching English Abroad, Womanecdotes October 12, 2015

This past July, for the first time ever, I left Madrid for the summer with a return ticket for September in hand. I knew, for once, that I was definitely heading back to Spain. But I wasn’t entirely sure where. After two years of ...Read More

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Present Perfect Poop: Teaching English in Spain

Elyssa Garrett Spain, Teaching English Abroad July 13, 2014

Co-teaching English in Spain is an experience akin to being cast in a two-man show, for which only your co-star has the script, just as the curtain is rising. I can’t say I was wholly unprepared as I had taught in Chile before, but…well, ...Read More

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When Somebody Shits in Your Happy Place

Elyssa Garrett Spain, Womanecdotes May 13, 2014

For some people, it’s an empty beach at sunrise. For others, an isolated cabin on a rainy mountaintop. For still others, the corner table of a familiar diner; a late night ride on a quiet subway car; a childhood home. For me, it was ...Read More

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“Maybe it’s Indigestion”: Why I came back to Spain

Elyssa Garrett Spain, Uncategorized November 5, 2013

Why am I here? Or, better put, why am I here again? For those of you who know I spent a semester studying and working in Madrid a few years ago, you might be wondering if I’ve moved back here to re-capture the days ...Read More

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