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Halloween in Spain? Let’s just say it’s not all tapas and sunshine — it’s witches, vampires, and haunted houses galore! 🎃 From pirate teachers and spooky crafts to haunted hallways and Halloween trivia nights, celebrating this holiday abroad was full of surprises (and maybe a few jump scares 😅). Here’s what it’s really like to experience Halloween the Spanish way! 💀

Six weeks into teaching in Spain, and let me tell you — it’s not your typical classroom experience. From siesta breaks and snack time (yes, two of them!) to being called just “Sam” instead of Ms. Heck, every day brings a new surprise. Here’s what it’s really like to work as an English Assistant in a Spanish school — and why I’m absolutely loving it.

How the Sam Heck did I prepare for Spain?! Between visa chaos, last-minute packing, and my dad literally sitting on my suitcase, getting ready for my Meddeas adventure was a ride. Here’s the real (and slightly chaotic) story of how I pulled off moving across the world — one apostille, coffee, and “hasta luego” at a time.

Just a small-town girl, living in a lonely world… Jk. I’m not that lonely. 😅 I grew up in the desert town of Fallon, Nevada, and moved...

Whelp… I’m moving to Spain! What the Sam Heck is happening?! It all started when I was casually looking at programs abroad just for funzies (you know, a little wanderlust scroll), and I stumbled on the Meddeas Language Assistant program in Spain. It is a program that you get placed in a school to help teach English to many classrooms. I started to look into, and it seemed like a really cool opportunity! So I filled out the application and then next think I knew they were cont