
Zoe H.
Zoe Hatton is a cat loving, spontaneous writer who gets mixed up in all kinds of adventures. Eight years ago she studied abroad and fell in love with Barcelona, vowing one day to return. She never imagined she would end up in Madrid!
Posts
January: Feeling at Home
January, at last, was the month I truly felt at home. Though things were much tighter for me financially, I was also at my most content. This is when I... keep reading
December: the Gift of Seeing What Really Matters
December was the month my difficulties began to die down. It started off with a vacation to Berlin and Cologne, Germany. I felt that beautiful experiences like this were possible... keep reading
November: Changing the Way We Teach Thanksgiving
November was another difficult month for me. So much so that I seem to have forgotten most of it, amidst the stress and the chaos. It was the month of... keep reading
October: A month of learning, a month of horrors
The library has always seemed to be a place of refuge for me, a place that heals and inspires me, and a place I can revisit old experiences with family... keep reading
A Year in Retrospect: The Tower
In my last post, I wrote in the spirit of the new year. My coming to Spain was actually a dream of mine that was years in the making. Since... keep reading
A Year Ends. A New One Begins. (How to find grit in the face of trying experiences)
A year ends. A new one begins. In the spirit of the new year, I want to leave behind old perspectives, and write to you from where I am today... keep reading
A Good Start
Since I arrived in Spain, it seems like everything that could go wrong did go wrong. I'll make a post about those experiences shortly. For now, I want to highlight... keep reading
Life on Mars
Before I left the United States, my best friend said she had a dream that I went to Mars. Now she says that Spain is my Mars. And to that... keep reading
Holding My Breath: A Visa in Progress
The visa application can feel like a mystifying process. Up until today, I was holding my breath for my visa appointment to go smoothly. A whole month of careful preparation... keep reading