Who’s Winning The Bilingual Battle Now?
Some of you may have read my previous article about the battle I‘ve had on my hands to teach my Spanish kids…
Read more →Barry O’Leary
Barry O’Leary has been an expat in Seville for nearly ten years. When he’s not teaching English, he describes how he sees life in Spain on his blog A Novel Spain. He has also lived and taught English in Brazil, Ecuador, Australia and Thailand and travelled around the world in the meantime. His non-fiction travel literature book, Teaching English in a Foreign Land, about his adventures as a TEFL teacher, has sold over 2,500 copies.
4 Things I’ve Learnt Since Being An Expat Dad
I’m a dad of two lovely Spanish kids. I say lovely because that’s what they are 90% of the time, the other…
Read more →Bringing Up Bilingual Children Just Isn’t That Easy
Bringing up two Spanish kids to be bilingual is immensely harder than I expected. Since arriving in Seville, back in 2005, I’ve…
Read more →You Can’t Beat A Bit Of Country Air In Spain
As I sit here on my new writing table, out in the patio hiding under a shelter with an inflatable swimming pool…
Read more →Be Careful Of Dodgy Estate Agents In Spain
The process of buying a house in your own country is stressful enough. So add the complications of having to learn new…
Read more →Hats Off To Spain’s Baby Popping Out Team
Whether you’re a future Mum or Dad to be, nine months is a long time to play with ones uncontrollable imagination. The…
Read more →Did You Become An Expat For Love?
One minute I was on a plane heading for Sevilla to try to learn Spanish, and the next I’m watching a stunning…
Read more →Why Everyone Should Have A Bash At Being An Expat
Is it only the brave who have the guts to live abroad? Do you have to be a little bit mental to…
Read more →Onwards And Upwards
2014 was a revolutionary year for me, and a turning point in my life. For ages I’d been toying with the idea…
Read more →You Can’t Beat Christmas With Your Own Kind
Boy am I glad to be heading back to London for Christmas. Last year I spent Christmas in Seville, not really through…
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