People always ask me what a normal day looks like as a language assistant in Spain, so I finally wrote it down. Between the metro rides, the three-hour lunches (yes, really), and squeezing in penny board practice at the skatepark, no two days feel quite the same, even when the schedule stays the same. Here’s what a typical weekday looks like for me. I wake up early to catch the metro into the city centre. The school I work at is in Torrent, a small town on the outskirts of th

Paella Valenciana is the traditional version - rabbit, chicken, green beans, and rice cooked in a wide, flat pan over an open fire. The word "paella" actually refers to the pan itself, not the dish. There are countless variations - seafood, vegetable, mixed - but any Valencian will tell you that only the original counts. They're not wrong.

When I first moved to Spain, I quickly realised that half of surviving in a new country is just having the right apps on your phone. Honestly, I don’t know how people moved abroad before smartphones because I rely on mine for everything here. Finding buses, translating random signs, looking for flats, sending money, checking routes, messaging people… it all happens through apps. One of the first apps I used constantly was Idealista. If you’re looking for somewhere to live in