by Jeni Martinez | Mar 15, 2022 | American Yogi in Spain, Americans in Gijon, Ex-pats in Spain, Family, Kindness, Language, Love, Relationships, Retirement, Spain, Travel
A friend of ours recently messaged me to ask a few questions about our life in Spain. She is considering a similar move, albeit to southern Spain, in the near future. Her questions made me think she didn’t fully trust that I was writing the complete truth about...
by Jeni Martinez | Oct 9, 2021 | Family, Language, Life and Death, Love, Marriage, Relationships, Spain, Yoga
This week Rocky and I are enjoying a rather unplanned personal retreat in the village of LiƱero, near Villaviciosa. When we returned to Gijon following our Spain Hiking & Yoga Retreat we found out our elevator was going to be repaired for ten days and would be...
by Jeni Martinez | Oct 2, 2021 | 2020, American Yogi in Spain, Ex-pats in Spain, Hiking, Language, Peace, Spain, Travel, Weather, Yoga
The Thursday before the Spain Hiking & Yoga Retreat was suposed to start, we woke up to the sound of our hammock hitting the side of our terrace. A tormenta (a storm), had blown in off the ocean. Our sun porch which also serves as our laundry drying room was...
by Jeni Martinez | Aug 16, 2021 | American Yogi in Spain, Americans in Gijon, Ex-pats in Spain, Food, Language, Relationships, Spain, Travel
Yesterday, our friends Eileen and Kieran drove us to El Parque Natural de Redes so we could explore La Ruta de Albas (The Route of the Dawn), considered one of the top 23 trails in Asturias by some. This gorgeous path follows the Alba River and features waterfalls of...
by Jeni Martinez | Aug 8, 2021 | American Yogi in Spain, Americans in Gijon, Downsizing, Ex-pats in Spain, Family, Food, Language, Marriage, Relationships, Retirement, Spain, Travel, Weather, Yoga
From my desk, I look out on our terrace and the marina beyond. The sun is shining and the clouds are big, puffy and white, a postcard photographer’s favorite kind of day. The wind is rhythmically blowing our rainbow colored hammock against the outside of our...
by Jeni Martinez | Jul 14, 2021 | American Yogi in Spain, Americans in Gijon, Ex-pats in Spain, Language, Spain, Travel
Last week, almost overnight, the benches that lined our quiet street were removed and wooden huts were erected in their place all along our street. At the same time, a big white tent resembling a circus tent and a long line of miniature white circus tents went up near...
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