Any country-skipper will tell you that coming up with a good reason for just what you are doing in your newfound land is one of the most tricky - and frequently asked - questions you’ll face. When you don’t have a good, sensible answer (I came for work/love/language school etc.) it takes you a while to get a nice polished response going. At first, your heart sinks, and you think, “God, that’s a really good question – what the hell AM I doing here anyway?” Cue existential doubt, soul-searching, and chocolate.
Actually, I still don’t have a really good answer for why I have been living in Madrid for the last 8 years. The difference is that I am now much more comfortable with that. Basically, I moved here on a whim. I came to Spain for a friends’ wedding, fell blindly, hopelessly and irrevocably in love with the country, and moved here 6 months later. My plan was to come over, learn Spanish in 6 months (HAR HAR) and then return to “real life”. 8 years on, life here is about as “real “as it gets – I have a job I love (most days), a husband, and a baby on the way. As it turns out, Spanish is actually quite difficult to learn – fortunately!
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