2017 For Now

When 2017 started off, I was in a rut. I parted ways with my then host family due to scheduling issues, I had just finished up my first semester at the Sorbonne which was highly stressful and in all honesty, I was pretty worn out by a lot of personal things in my life. Jump …

Look Up

In a world with tweets, likes and filters, don't forget to look up and see the world moving around you. Besos,  Veronica You can follow more of Veronica:  Twitter: @kikalavil Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/kikalavil Instagram: @kikalavil

What No One Told You About Being an Expat

No one told you about the loneliness. Not the happy, look at the Eiffel Tower loneliness... the sitting on the couch in your tiny studio apartment when you realize you haven't spoken your native language in days loneliness. The loneliness of realizing that when you speak English, you start mixing all of the languages, and …

You Don’t Know How Smart I Am

I grew up with a mother who had an accent. I remember a time when we were in the pool and she was speaking to me in Spanish (because our relationship is in Spanish) and someone told her to speak in English because she was in America. I remember at times having to translate her …

Another World

I think there is a moment when living abroad that you begin to forget the distance between you and what used to be your old home. The old life is continuing without you, you are living life without it, and there comes a moment when you realize those two things are no longer connected. The …