No entiendo, Yea right

So, I was in class today with the 5th and 6th graders. They are roughly 12-14 years old. Now I’ve been doing this gig for over a year now and it never ceases to amaze me how the kids act or act up, shall I say. Now I was never a formal teacher before this […]

Time to Travel and don’t forget your credit cards.

                                                                                                                                                                              …………………………………………………                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Well, it’s been a few weeks since my last update. I had 19 days off for the Christmas break here in sunny Spain. I never thought Ide have that much time off ever.. not ever on my job unless it was illness or a leave of absence. But I do live here now, […]

Don’t call me Chi Chi

So, we were out with friends the other night. It was around 10 pm and we decided to go to a local bar after dinner that always reminds me of my mother. Bar Alquimia. It has three levels, has a kind of a dim lit dark blue-green interior, and has funky stars and moons on […]

Safety is a four letter word

So, the arrival of Maria, La Senora de la Asuncion is a religious event that was some 700 years ago here in this part of Spain. The story goes that a coffin-like box washed ashore with her or something representing her inside. It washed ashore on the beaches of Santa Pola not far from here. […]