A month in my life...

I've decided to try to blog everyday this month; we will see if I can actually do it. Whenever I go back to the USA or even when I visited Puerto Rico, everyone asks me "What is it like living in Spain"? That is a question that is impossible to answer in one sentence. In order to truly answer that question I would need hours to explain what life is like here. Hopefully, by blogging about my everyday experiences this month, people can catch a glimpse into what my life is like here. It is so very different from any other place I've ever lived. Having said that, every place I've lived in has it's own uniqueness. Puerto Rico, Trinidad, USA and now Spain all places I have called home; yet in all I always feel somewhat of a foreigner.

One thing I have learned during my time here, is I feel more comfortable being an American abroad, than an American in the USA. How so? You might ask. Well, in the USA I always felt a little foreign, I mean I didn't grow up there! My first 17 years although raised by American parents, were spent in the Caribbean. There were many things about American culture that I had no idea about until I moved there. In fact, I feel I have learned more about American culture here in Spain than while I lived there. Part of my job requires me to share American culture with my students...it's quite interesting trying to explain things to a group of 12-16 year olds and try to break stereotypes they have seen in films, TV, etc. At the same time, it's interesting how true some of these stereotypes are...