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When You Can’t Help Yourself
01/09/2017 / Kate Reilly / Lifestyle
I love surprises. I’m not sure why but I can’t seem to not go for the surprise when it’s possible. I did a similar thing when I studied…
Making it Home For Christmas
01/05/2017 / Kate Reilly / Lifestyle
Here is the story of how things can go wrong and life along the way. I had been harboring this secret for far too long. A secret between…
A Thought Five Days Before Christmas
12/20/2016 / Kate Reilly / Lifestyle
I’m sitting in my school in Arnedo, on my three-hour lunch break. A fellow teacher mentions an attack in Berlin, at the Christmas Markets…
Strangers on a Plane
12/18/2016 / Kate Reilly / Lifestyle
Or just strangers in general for that matter. I had forgotten this was a thing, and I now realize it’s most likely the most important thing…
When It’s Too Cold to Feel Your Toes Zurich, Switzerland
12/15/2016 / Kate Reilly / Travel
Zürich I don’t recall a time in my life when I was quiet as cold as I happened to be while in Zürich, Switzerland. Toes frozen, fingers numb…
The Beginning of Christmas in Spain
12/07/2016 / Kate Reilly / Travel
Lights and Decorations Christmas in Spain is a big holiday hello Roman Catholics. All the cities bring out the lights, the Christmas trees…
Hot Springs of Arnedillo, Spain
11/30/2016 / Kate Reilly / Travel
Hot Springs and Dinosaur Fossils Two things that are mentioned to me about La Rioja that strike me as so very random: Hot Springs and…
What I'm Thankful for this Thanksgiving
11/27/2016 / Kate Reilly / Lifestyle
Celebrating Thanksgiving in Spain It isn’t that I’m counting, it’s just that I’m counting. My phone tells me how many days I have been here…
When the Homesickness Strikes. Again
11/24/2016 / Kate Reilly / Lifestyle
I honestly want to know how this scientifically works. Because I’ve been fine. For a really long time I haven’t been homesick and then BAM…