¡Hola! I had some more visitors in El Hierro this month, another Fulbrighter from Lanzarote and her friend. It was a lovely weekend...

#madrid #fulbright It's crazy that my time on this fabulous island is coming to a close! I jouneyed back to the peninsula recently to the...

#lagomera #islascanarias As of last weekend, I have made it to all eight Canary Islands (including tiny La Graciosa up north). La Gomera...

#elhierro #islascanarias I had some more visitors in El Hierro! Six Fulbrighters, placed on Tenerife and Gran Canaria, came to see me on...

We had another parade day at school, and it was one for the books! We were celebrating San Isidro, a Spanish saint, and we all dressed up...

While I have been to see the famed giant lizards of El Hierro before, I recently got the opportunity to see them again, this time with...

#lapalma #islascanarias #semanasanta Our last stop on the little family vacation over Easter Break was the island of La Palma, another...

#elhierro #islascanarias #fulbrightspain The next stop on our family trip was the smallest island, my home of El Hierro! When I tell...

#tenerife #islascanarias #familyvacation For Holy Week, my Mom and Dad flew all the way from Washington DC to Tenerife to visit me in the...

#grancanaria #islascanarias #fulbrightespana On my mission to see every Canary Island this year, I recently spent a long weekend on the...

#fuerteventura #islascanarias #fulbrightespana Continuing on my mission to see every Canary Island before the end of my year here, I...

#santacruzdetenerife #tenerife #islascanarias The Spanish love a good party, and the party on the islands is Carnaval. Carnaval is huge...

#elhierro #carnaval #islascanarias Spain is well-known for the love of the fiesta, and Carnaval is perhaps the biggest of them all. This...

It's been quite a March already! As you probably know, Spain loves their festivals, and I had the opportunity to go to another island, La...

#valencia #fulbrightespaña #masqueunabeca Last week, I and 250 other Fulbrighters came from all around Spain (and Andorra!) to gather at...

#elhierro #islascanarias #travel #beach It is a beautiful February in El Hierro, and I spent last weekend exploring some of the lovely...

#teide #senderismo #tenerife Last month, I went on an adventure in Tenerife with some other lovely Fulbright ladies. One of the things I...

One of my goals this year is to see every one of the seven islands before I leave, and at the beginning of December I had the perfect...

El Hierro is full of nature, and a couple weeks ago I was invited by some teachers at school to a lovely barbecue up in the mountains by...

The small fishing village and swimming spot of Tamaduste is just a short drive down the mountain from Villa de Valverde, where I live, so...