JOURNAL 2 || All that Glitters is not Gold

The decision of spending a year abroad wasn’t difficult to take; in fact I didn’t even question any possible bad aspect it might have. Let’s go for it! I repeated to myself, excited, counting back the days to start this new and encouraging adventure. I was especially motivated by these people who, after having spent a year abroad, would speak grandiosely about their experiences. I hardly remembered a negative opinion about living abroad, and even if I did, Españoles por el mundo would tell me differently, so who cares? Apart from these encouraging friends and acquaintances I had always wanted to spend a period of my life abroad.  Speaking English 24/7 and getting amazed by the English culture were two of my dreams since I was little. For that reason, when this opportunity presented itself to me I didn’t think twice. However, and after being here for a while, I dare to say that 

this is not what I expected; this is not what people told me, this is not what Españoles por el mundo keeps telling us program after program…

JOURNAL 1 || Looking Back and Ahead

A new year is here and it's time to look back at 2014 and remember all the great moments that we lived and make sure we learnt something from the bad  moments.

2014

 Apart from graduating from university, 2014 was an incredibly good year for me professionally. Thanks to my current job I moved to England last September. Back then, I decided to create this blog to share all my trips and pictures with my family and friends (and anyone interested, of course) This new adventure that I'm living is both amazing and difficult at the same time. I try to enjoy the good things and take the best of everything.

2015

2015 will bring lots of good and new things to my life. This experience I'm living has an expiry date, but what comes next is even more exciting! As you can imagine, my trips around England have also an expiry date, but we have incredibly nice places in Spain too (places we don't always appreciate...) that I'm determined to discover too!! 

So, what to expect on the blog this 2015? I still have lots of pictures of Birmingham, London, Oxford, and Kent on my camera. Besides, new places and ideas are coming very soon.

As today's post is the first of the year I've decided to make a review of my trips so far. This is the opportunity to see those places you missed, and to enjoy the ones you liked the most.

Happy New Year everyone,

xx