Hello all,

In a few days I will be leaving behind Memphis and the world of cubicles and invoices for Madrid, a city of late nights and long siestas, with a little work smathered in between.

The first few weeks will likely be full of confusion and excitement. My friend Cate (coming from Greenville, South Carolina, another English Major at Clemson, and one of 5 sisters in the Raff family) will arrive a few hours after me, and thereby join me in the pursuit of housing and work, or, if need be, purchase of a guitar and a tin cup so that we may accomplish both at the nearest subway station.

I hope you enjoy reading about a little life in Spain, and will keep me in your prayers as I enter this new phase.