Spain is slowly clawing its way back from a crippling financial crisis and is experiencing surges in several sectors, encouraging entrepreneurs to set up shop in Iberia.
Catherine Gaa
Think of Spain, and you’ll come up with the same image every time: sandy beaches, sunny days with a sangria in hand, paella and toros and flamenco. While these images are not foreign in Spain’s southernmost region, it is also one of its most varied
I saw the storm coming. My friends in Madrid, the city I had just moved away from with my two young boys, bemoaned that classes had been cancelled in the region, leaving many of them with not just children to look after, but with children who needed
Deciding to move to Spain is easy; but figuring out how you’ll afford it is a totally different issue. I moved to Seville, the largest city in southern Spain and the de-facto capital of Andalusia, in 2007. I was fresh out of college, so while my
Undertaking the Camino de Santiago hike is one of the best ways to experience Spain from the ground up: in trekking across Spain on this fabled pilgrim’s route, you’ll have access to its people, its landscapes and its food. Popularized in 2010 in
When I became pregnant with my first child in 2016, I rushed to Amazon to buy the modern girl’s version of What to Expect When You’re Expecting and was immediately disappointed to find out I was supposed to… wait. My American girlfriends who had
Pregnancy is, by far, one of the most amazing things I have done. The way my body naturally did what it was supposed to continues to fascinate me, four years after I became pregnant with my little boy. But while nature takes over, it’s important to
When I became pregnant with my first child in spring of 2016, the advice rolled in as quickly as a wave of hormones: what to do, what to buy and what to expect. As I was already in good health and in shape, my doctor had but one thing to say: give
“It’s Cat’s first week in town, so I’m sure she’s tired of tacos and would rather have American food anyway.” My Mexican-food loving college friends had it all wrong – in Spain, we don’t eat tacos, we say them (taco is slang for a curse word, or
For those looking for the best jobs in Spain for English speakers, you may find that opportunities are limited, particularly outside of large urban areas. Some blame the economic crisis, from which Spain is still in recovery, and others say it’s got
