EuropeFirst visit 2009Spain
The country that taught me how to live slowly and eat well.
Studied abroad in Salamanca in 2009, which was my first real taste of living outside the US. Spent months wandering cobblestone streets, eating late, and learning the language the hard way. Spain rewired something in me — I haven't been the same since.
I studied abroad in Salamanca in 2009, a golden sandstone university town in western Spain, and it was the first time I lived outside the US. The Plaza Mayor is one of the most beautiful squares anywhere, especially lit up at night, and it became my living room. I learned Spanish the hard way, by getting things wrong in public, and I've been grateful for it ever since.
Spain taught me to live on a different clock. Dinner starts at 10, and by midnight whole families are still out walking. I fought it at first, then gave in. I took trips to Madrid and to Granada, where I napped through the siesta and woke up to a city coming back to life. The Alhambra is as good as everyone says. Spain is where travel stopped being a vacation for me and started being a way to live.
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