by Jeni Martinez | Nov 12, 2023 | Aging, Food, Friendship, Health, Hiking, Kindness, Language, Letting Go, Life and Death, Love, Travel
My high school boyfriend and I used to sing “When I’m Sixty-Four” by the Beatles. At the time, the lyrics had us imagining that we might have a long and happy life together. Of course sixty-four seemed ancient and so far in the future that we also...
by Jeni Martinez | Jul 3, 2023 | American Yogi in Spain, Ex-pats in Spain, Food, Health, Hiking, Kindness, Spain, Travel, Yoga
One of my favorite quotes to share on a Hiking & Yoga Retreat is from Ellen Degeneres. She explained, in her most serious voice, ” You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She’s ninety-seven...
by Jeni Martinez | Feb 14, 2023 | American Yogi in Spain, Americans in Gijon, Ex-pats in Spain, Family, Health, Hiking, Language, Life and Death, Love, Relationships, Spain, Travel, Yoga
This year Valentine’s Day is not only a day to exchange boxes of chocolate and read the sweetest love poem that Rocky wrote for me in Spanish, but a chance to express my gratitude for a mostly-healed heart. Last September, while leading our Spain Hiking &...
by Jeni Martinez | Nov 14, 2022 | American Yogi in Spain, Americans in Gijon, Family, Food, Health, Kindness, Language, Retirement, Spain, Yoga
The phrase, “An apple a day, keeps the doctor away” is not a popular saying in Spain. However, in Asturias where we live, Sidra, a beverage made from fermented apples is touted as a health drink and recommended for daily consumption. “El amor y la...
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