A Thing For Wor(l)ds | Life translated by travel

The 5 Phases of Re-Entry

Jenny Marshall Expat Life, Just for Laughs June 27, 2014

Re-entry. /ɹi ˈɛntɹi/ n. A return to the United States after a significant time abroad, in which you delight in your home country’s thriving Brunch culture and question if it’s really wise to leave again. Re-entry into the United States can be almost as discombobulating as the ...Read More

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In Other Wor(l)ds: Katie in Israel

Jenny Marshall In Other Wor(l)ds June 24, 2014

Katie Matthews is 23 years old, and currently lives in western Montana working as a research assistant for Project Vote Smart. She graduated in June 2013 from UC Santa Barbara with a degree in Political Science and a minor in Spanish. Katie did a study ...Read More

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Getting Schooled at Bloghouse Chicago

Jenny Marshall Blogging June 20, 2014

Bloghouse /blɑg haʊs/: compound noun. 1. A 4-day workshop where experts from Navigate Media Group teach novice bloggers how to turn traveling and writing into a career. 2. Where Jenny learns to Tweet effectively. They say ignorance is bliss, and there may be some truth to that. ...Read More

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Bread Idioms

Jenny Marshall Words June 17, 2014

pan. /pʰan/. n. Language: Spanish. Definition: Bread, a delicacy made of water and wheat and used as a secondary utensil at most Spanish meals. Responsible for half of all weight gained abroad. (For other half, see ‘cerveza.’) I consider bread the epitome of good ...Read More

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In Other Wor(l)ds: Maddy in South Korea

Jenny Marshall In Other Wor(l)ds June 13, 2014

Maddy Evancie (my beloved college roommate!) graduated from UCSB in June 2013 with a bachelors of science in Microbiology. She is 22, from Auburn, California, and has been teaching English in South Korea for 6 months. On Moving to Korea: As a Microbiology student, there ...Read More

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WanderLust: Dating in Spain

Jenny Marshall Just for Laughs June 11, 2014

/Tinder/ [ˈtɪndɹ̩]: n. Smartphone app to help screen-addicted Millenials find love, since they’ve lost all ability to approach people normally in bars or coffee shops. Pronounced “teen-der” in Spanish. A year ago I still had a flip phone and spent my summer days ...Read More

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Classroom Organization in Spanish High Schools

Jenny Marshall Auxiliar de Conversación, Teaching June 9, 2014

I’d read lots of blogs before coming to Spain, so overall I knew what my teaching job would entail. The biggest surprise, however, was the classroom organization of the Spanish high school. A couple days before starting, my boss gave me my schedule and ...Read More

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In Other Wor(l)ds: Chelsea in Argentina

Jenny Marshall In Other Wor(l)ds June 6, 2014

Chelsea Rodstrom is 22 years old, originally from New York City. She is currently working as Auxiliar de Conversación (English language assistant) in Bilbao, Spain. She did a study abroad in Argentina and lived in Buenos Aires for 6 months (Feburary-July) in 2012 while a ...Read More

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Lost in Translation: False Friends

Jenny Marshall Lost in Translation June 4, 2014

False cognates, also known as “False Friends” in everyday language teaching, are those words that look the same in both languages but don’t share the same meaning. A classic one in Spanish is embarazado, which means pregnant, not embarrassed. I’m sure no Spanish teacher is ...Read More

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Weekend Escape to Bordeaux

Jenny Marshall France, Worlds June 2, 2014

My friend Kaitlin is a runner, and the rest of us don’t move all that much but like wine. So when she told us about a 10K race through the vineyards near Bordeaux in May, our tight-knit group of American chicas decided a weekend ...Read More

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