by Jeni Martinez | May 14, 2021 | American Yogi in Spain, Americans in Gijon, Dogs, Ex-pats in Spain, Kindness, Language, Relationships, Spain, Travel, Weather, Yoga
Yesterday we were baptized by our first Gijon galerna, a meteorological event common in this area in the spring and fall and characterized by sudden gusts of cold wind and rain. Primarily associated with the area around the Cantabrian Sea and Bay of Biscay, it blows...
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...
by Jeni Martinez | Apr 10, 2021 | Kindness, Language, Relationships, Spain
Within days of arriving in Gijon, I realized I needed to buy a change purse. In Tacoma, I was a debit card girl, never carrying cash. The small markets we shop in here in Gijon prefer cash and always seem to give us change in coins instead of paper bills. Of course...
by Jeni Martinez | Mar 31, 2021 | Kindness, Language, Letting Go, Peace, Relationships, Spain, Travel, Yoga
Yoga at Puerto Deportivo in Gijon Shoshin is a word from Zen Buddhism meaning “beginner’s mind.” It refers to having an attitude of openness, eagerness, and lack of preconceptions when studying a subject, even when studying at an advanced level, just...
by Jeni Martinez | Mar 27, 2021 | Family, Kindness, Language, Peace, Relationships, Spain, Travel, Yoga
Spring in the Cimadevilla neighborhood of Gijon This week in my Spanish language class, my teacher Cristina flashed a photo on the overhead projector of my neighborhood Cimadevilla because of it’s historic significance. Because our class is small, conversational...
by Jeni Martinez | Mar 12, 2021 | Food, Kindness, Language, Spain, Travel
Lately my life has felt like the game, Taboo, a word guessing game where a player chooses a card and then tries to get his partner to say that word without saying the “taboo” word listed on the card. Only I am playing the real life version where I enter a...
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