“A traveler without observation is like a bird without wings.” ~ Moslih Eddin Saadi
Welcome! My name is Marissa, but you can call me Scos, short for Mariscos. I will be living in Madrid, Spain for the upcoming school year, and my weekly blog, Scos in Spain, will chronicle different events and topics that I encounter during my time here, and their respective effects on Spanish culture and day-to-day lifestyle.
The blog will be organized into:
- Topic: Overview of the week’s theme;
- The Meat: Background information, relevant interviews, insightful recent articles and studies;
- The Take-away: One-to-two sentence wrap-up and analysis.

“I like to crack the jokes now and again, but it’s only because I struggle with math.”-Tina Fey