Madrid

It was 2004 when I first visited Madrid.  I was on a high school trip with the French/Spanish club and our adventure happened to land just weeks after the train…

From Suramérica to Suburbia

It is inevitable to experience “reverse culture shock” after spending a long period of time abroad.  Culture shock is the experience of a new language, food, people, and trying to…

Notes on the Return

So it’s been a couple months. You’d think I would have already gotten over the inevitable feeling of reverse culture shock, and we’d be on with life, right? Well, apparently…