Maëva's Mapa Mundi

Notes from a big country

18 February 2019

I think it is time to tell you more about my experience in the United States and with american culture with some examples of typical behaviors you can encounter, while working in Walt Disney World. Let’s start a new category. About time huh? Disclaimer:This article will be illustrated by ...

(Pop) Cultural travel, Manu-scripts

War, Politics and Superheroes

4 February 2019

This blog is gonna rise from the ashes. A lot of things changed in short amount of time. I moved back from the US, changed job… Now I am ready to start new plans more than ever! I was thinking about a new category for this blog for a long time now, and after thinking about a few names I ...

(Pop) Cultural travel, All that glitters

Ace Comic Con Midwest 2018

24 October 2018

A week ago, I was flying to Chicago for my first real experience outside the Disney bubble, to attend the Ace Comic Con Midwest. Every time I write about it, I love a little bit more this rendez-vous, All that glitters, and illustrate it by pictures with our favourite celebrities on a blue ...

(Pop) Cultural travel, All that glitters

The Highlanders 3 convention + CONTEST

22 August 2018

I try to be constant with my articles even if I am not really good at being regular with my translations (oops.) As I told you in the last article, I am flying to US very soon, so I may be able to catch up a bit and translate those articles. (I have to believe it.) Today, I take you on a ...

Assistantship, The Teacher Diaries

My professional life in my adoptive country #HistoiresExpatriées :

15 July 2018

Today, I am coming back with another article, an idea from Hélène of A french in Mexico, which coincides with a category I wanted to add on the blog : #theteacherdiaries. So I could talk about my hard and good times, and disucss about the job of a teacher (or an assistant) and reflect on ...

everyday life

My favourite restaurants in Granada

19 July 2017

My journey in Granada is unfortunately over, but it is still time to talk about the last restaurants I enjoyed before narrating my other adventures (Morocco, Barcelona, Cordoba…). Of course you can still find the recap page of these restaurants. I thought an article was a good idea to finish ...

Le départ et l'installation, Vie quotidienne

Everyday life in Granada

18 June 2017

Come and discover some tips about Granada: how to find a flat, what is the orientation week, where to find a SIM card, where to do groceries, go shopping, read, watch a movie… everything you need to know to move to Granada! Accommodation looking There is only one rule: do not book or pay for a ...

everyday life

Thrift shops in Granada

22 May 2017

It’s not a secret: I’m crazy in love with thrift shops! It’s my guilty pleasure. I love to nose about in that kind of shops, they remind me the nostalgia of the 90s TV shows: it’s actually ecological because you give a second life to clothes, economical because you can find good quality for a ...

Departure and settling

Why Granada?

15 May 2017

At the dawn of the end of my Erasmus stay and of my degree, I have to make an assessment of 3 years of learning, and one semester abroad. Why did I chose Granada to open a new chapter of my life? And why you should choose Granada too? You have to know I wanted to study in Spain at any cost. ...

Departure and settling

10 things you should do (or not) to nicely start your Erasmus journey.

7 February 2017

If I wrote this article right after I arrived I would have called it “the worst days ever”. What? Is it a bit too melodramatic? Let me explain. Lot of sh*t happened even before I came to Spain, which made me want to go back home crying on Monday, January 30th, the day of this new start. Here ...