Author: Clara
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French Isn’t Catalan, Apparently
I made a terrible mistake last Thursday. Actually, I made six, but the main one involved cheese, a well-meaning compliment, and the Catalan word for “sweaty.” Let’s rewind. After three weeks of only speaking to the builder (who mostly just grunts and occasionally says “mañana” like a death threat), I decided it was time to integrate. Brave the…
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The Inheritance Clause & the Compost Toilet
I didn’t mean to move to Spain. I meant to deal with Spain. You know—fly in, sign some papers, take a few tragic selfies in front of a crumbling stone house, flog it to a Dutch couple with a yoga mat fetish, then disappear back to Streatham and continue my very British spiral into middle-aged wine dependence.…