Recently I’ve been musing on the viability of living abroad long-term. I love it here but I really miss everyone at home. Should I forge on and put down roots here? Mostly I seem to meet other foreigners, other transients who are here to learn Spanish or party and who will go home in four months or a year or what have you. (it’s also different to be from France or Italy, versus across a huge body of water and several thousand miles)

In order to really live here, I have to give up aspects of home; there’s not enough time in the day to live two cultures fully. I don’t think I can ever meterme in this culture to that extend. But at the same time, I’m getting ever more comfortable in Spanish and with Spaniards. I’m determined to continue trying to connect with this place and people.

It’s an ongoing musing.