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The Luck of the Scottish

by Jeni Martinez | May 6, 2021 | American Yogi in Spain, Americans in Gijon, Dogs, Ex-pats in Spain, Food, Kindness, Language, Relationships, Retirement, Spain, Travel, Yoga

Celorio to Llanes Trail You’ve no doubt heard of the “luck of the Irish,” but how about “the luck of the Scottish”? Last month, a new Scottish friend of mine, Eileen, joined the intermediate Spanish class I’m taking. Before her...

The Velveteen Conejito (Rabbit) or Becoming Real in Gijon

by Jeni Martinez | Apr 30, 2021 | American Yogi in Spain, Americans in Gijon, Dogs, Ex-pats in Spain, Family, Life and Death, Relationships, Retirement, Spain, Travel

Coffee with a Message Monday, we picked up our tarjetas de residencia (residents cards) at the police station in Gijon. Given all we have gone through to get them, we expected a bit of fanfare when they were presented. Fanfare was not what was on the mind of the...

Why not today? Por que no hoy?

by Jeni Martinez | Apr 24, 2021 | American Yogi in Spain, Americans in Gijon, Dogs, Ex-pats in Spain, Language, Letting Go, Marriage, Relationships, Retirement, Spain, Travel

We discovered with one whiff that the fresh milk was not so fresh this morning. Fresh milk here does not last as long as it does in the U.S. because it undergoes a soft pasteurization process, heating to 60 degrees C for 60 minutes or at a temperature of 70-80 degrees...
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