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    Seven Years of Sincerely, Spain

    July 18, 2024 /

    To celebrate seven years of blogging, we're taking you on a walk down memory lane. Check out this deep dive into the early days of Sincerely, Spain and all of the changes we have undergone along the way to bring us to where we are today.

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    Embracing Your Empowered Expat Woman

    May 23, 2024

    Choosing Your Spanish Wine and Wine-based Drinks

    July 11, 2019

    A Letter to Myself Before I Moved Abroad (Dani)

    September 6, 2018
  • How to,  Language Learning,  Living Abroad

    How I maintain my Spanish without living in a Spanish speaking country

    June 20, 2024 /

    Dear Emily, Learning a language is hard but maintaining that language, especially when living in a country that doesn’t speak the language, may be even harder. I have lived outside of Spain for over five years, however, I am using Spanish more than ever now that I have a little one in my life, trying to ensure that their language learning journey starts sooner than my own. I have to admit that even though it is something that I have wanted to do, talking to a child in my non-native language means I have to work hard to keep it as up-to-date as I can (with the investment I am…

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    Moving Abroad to Spain as a Family: An Interview

    August 17, 2021

    What to Expect When Pregnant in Spain

    February 22, 2024

    How to: Vote as an American Living Abroad

    September 22, 2020
  • Balance,  How to,  Living Abroad

    How to: Host Long-term Visitors

    July 20, 2023 /

    Hosting friends or family that come to visit for an extended amount of time can be trickier than short-term visitors. In this post, we share our top tips for setting clear expectations and boundaries to allow for both guest(s) and host(s) to enjoy the time together while balancing their other responsibilities and everyday lives.

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    July 19, 2018

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    July 15, 2021
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    Adapting,  Confessions,  Living Abroad

    Confessions: Feeling Imposter Syndrome at Work (While Living Abroad)

    June 22, 2023 /

    The feeling of imposter syndrome is by no means unique to the experience of living abroad. However, being outside your home country context can lead to questioning yourself and your abilities to fit into the country and company culture even further when abroad. In this post, Claudia shares about her personal struggles with imposter syndrome while living in Finland.

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    January 23, 2018

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    January 19, 2021

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    April 13, 2018
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    Adapting,  Culture,  Living Abroad in Finland

    Making Friends as a Foreigner in Finland

    October 20, 2022 /

    Please Note: This post contains paid links to products, which means that we have received compensation for their inclusion. For more information, see our disclosures here. Thanks for your support!   Dear Hanna, I know, this is a blog about living abroad and thriving in Spain, right? Well, four years ago I decided that I wasn’t going to live in Spain any more and chose to pick up my life once again and more to Finland. Now, over three and a half years later, I am still here and enjoying my life in a way I never really expected to. I haven’t talked about life in Finland much, but I…

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    Our Top Tips for Learning Spanish

    August 15, 2019

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    December 22, 2022

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    February 19, 2019
  • Food,  Living Abroad

    A Beginner’s Guide to Spanish Christmas Foods

    December 21, 2021 /

    Food is such an important way to celebrate in Spain and Christmas time is no different. In this post we share a beginner’s guide to traditional Christmas foods in Spain and share resources where you can find out more.

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    A Beginner’s Guide to Spanish Ham (Jamón)

    May 14, 2019

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    December 3, 2020
  • Balance,  Thriving

    The Artist’s Way Reflections

    December 7, 2021 /

    In this post we dive into our Creativity Cluster (Dani and Claudia + 5 others) reflections on ‘The Artist’s Way’ 12 week creativity course. If you are considering picking up this book / these practices, this is what we think you should know!

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  • Adapting,  Living Abroad

    3 Things People Don’t Talk About When it Comes to Living Abroad

    November 23, 2021 /

    Abroad life on social media might seem amazing and beautiful. It might look exotic and different. However, these versions are filtered. That is why in this post we are diving in to three things people don’t tend to share about living abroad.

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    What does “Tirar la Casa por la Ventana” Mean?

    February 25, 2021

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    December 1, 2017

    Choosing Your Coffee in Spain

    July 2, 2019
  • Language Learning,  Thriving

    Are You Fluent In Spanish?

    November 9, 2021 /

    How good are you at speaking the local language? Would you say you are fluent? Do you dream in that language? Check out this article for some of our insights on what it means to be fluent in Spanish.

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    August 3, 2021

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    July 30, 2020

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    April 25, 2024
  • Living Abroad,  Preparing

    Dealing with Your Period Abroad (in Spain)

    October 12, 2021 /

    Periods are something that will happen no matter where you are in the world yet they can feel strange when traveling or living abroad. In this post we dive into what you want to know about handling your period while in Spain.

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    Where Can I Buy That? Stuff Edition

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    April 20, 2021
  • Confessions,  Thriving

    Confessions: Sometimes I Feel Alone

    September 14, 2021 /

    Even with everything going on, it is normal for me to feel alone. This is how I am currently looking at this situation―what do you think? 

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    March 2, 2021

    Holiday Experience 2020 (Dani)

    December 22, 2020
  • How to,  Living Abroad

    Moving Abroad to Spain as a Family: An Interview

    August 17, 2021 /

    In 2009 Claudia’s family decided to move abroad to Granada, Spain. Here is a little bit about their story and some advice they would give you if you are planning on doing the same.

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