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The Adventures of Philomena Fogg
The ramblings and mishaps of a wannabe world traveler
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My Last Week in Spain and Exploring Budapest
After a very long hiatus, I’m back to tell you about my last hurrah of a trip. It was seven different cities, and you all know how much I...
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Jun 24, 201611 min read
The Last Getaway for Quintanareñas
In school last week, I went to my usual classes in the high school, helping mostly with speaking exams or correcting pronunciation. At...
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May 23, 20165 min read
I Finally Went to the Beach...in a Swimsuit!
The beginning of the last week of April was uneventful. I went to most of my classes in the high school, but I can never get through a...
abundantlyclare
May 2, 201611 min read
A Trip Up North and a Camping Excursion
I had to take a week of from my blog last week because I wasn't in Quintanar on Tuesday. But before I get ahead of myself, I'll pick up...
abundantlyclare
Apr 25, 20167 min read
A Spring Wedding and a Day in Cuenca
After I got back from spring break in Ireland, I had school for three days and then it was the weekend again! I did a reading activity...
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Apr 11, 20167 min read
A Non-Boring Weekend in Quintanar
After my trip to Basque Country, I needed a few days to recover (and to let my shoes dry all the way through). Thankfully, it was a...
abundantlyclare
Mar 14, 20167 min read
The Basque Word for Rain Is "Euria"
I took another week off from my blog last week because when I don't travel, I often do nothing on weekends. So during the weekend of...
abundantlyclare
Mar 8, 20169 min read
A Viennese Visit
After Morgan and I got back from El Escorial, I did nothing interesting for the next 10 days. The highlight of that time was going to the...
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Feb 23, 20168 min read
Weekend of Carnaval
I didn't post a blog last week because I didn't want to write two boring posts in a row, so I’ll write something short about it now....
abundantlyclare
Feb 9, 201614 min read
Back in the Swing of Things
Once I got back from Egypt, things quieted down a little. I got back on a Sunday evening, and I had work at the high school on Monday. I...
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Jan 26, 20164 min read
The Haggertys Celebrate Christmas in Spain
I left off my last blog post in Madrid, where I was staying overnight because my family was flying into the Madrid airport in the...
abundantlyclare
Jan 12, 201615 min read
A Christmas Post
Hello to my faithful readers! I don't have much to tell you this week because I've been very boring in the last week. But I did want to...
abundantlyclare
Dec 22, 20153 min read
A Weekend in Wine Country
Last week was laughably short, because we had Monday and Tuesday off, and I always have Fridays off, so I only had work for two days last...
abundantlyclare
Dec 15, 20156 min read
A Moroccan Fantasy Weekend
I'm not even going to bother talking about my teaching in the second half of last week, because I was with the infantiles so we didn't do...
abundantlyclare
Dec 10, 201510 min read
Is it Cordoban, Cordovan, or Cordobesian?
I'm going to make the section of this post about teaching pretty short, because I have a feeling this might be a long post even so. On...
abundantlyclare
Dec 1, 20159 min read
The Struggles of a Foreigner and a Spanish Thanksgiving
In school in the latter half of last week, I was with the infantiles. I read them "The Crazy Story," which threw together characters from...
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Nov 24, 201512 min read
A Quiet Week in Quintanar
Let me admit first and foremost that this will probably be my most boring blog post to date. I really don't have anything interesting to...
abundantlyclare
Nov 17, 20154 min read
Lagoons, windmills, and castles, oh my!
In the second half of last week, I was working with the infantiles. That means I read them a story, because I do the same thing with them...
abundantlyclare
Nov 10, 20158 min read
Golden Rams in Spain
Last week, everything I did with the elementary students was related to Halloween. In school on Wednesday, we played a game similar to...
abundantlyclare
Nov 3, 20158 min read
Friends in Quintanar
On Wednesday of last week, I actually had plans in Quintanar. This probably doesn't sound like anything special, but I was so looking...
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Oct 26, 20157 min read
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