Moving to Madrid, Spain should implicate that there will be challenges along the road, right? It’s not always sunshine and churros con chocolate, especially when you go from a country like the U.S where things tend to get done pretty quick in comparison to Spain where they have sayings like “mañana lo hago” (I’ll do […]
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11 Stores That Make Madrid a Top Shopping Destination
There are many things that I love about Madrid: world renown museums, the architecture, the metro, el rastro, and the ability to see many of these for free. However one that I haven’t mentioned before that I loved to do when I lived in Madrid the shopping and the fashionable Spanish brands and street style. It’s […]
Top 10 Things to do in Madrid for Free
As one of my favorite youtuber/travel bloggers says in their videos frequently, “If it’s free, it’s for me.” Fun doesn’t always have a price tag attached to it. Before I started to travel more often, I used to think that traveling somewhere meant spending a ton of money not just on flights and lodging, but […]
[List 1] – Que dices?? Common Phrases and Words used in Spain
I’ll admit that being a native Spanish speaker myself, I thought that the language would hardly be an issue for me when I moved to Madrid, Spain. However after my first few hours of being a newbie in Madrid, I started to realize big differences between Castellano (Spain Spanish) and my Mexican-American Spanish. Accent […]
A Beginners Guide to Getting Around Madrid on Public Transportation
My friends, there is no other feeling quite like understanding the metro map, and using it correctly to your advantage when you are visiting a foreign city… For me when I was living in Madrid, this was one of the things that really made me feel comfort. Comfort in knowing my way around the […]
