Emily: Six things about Spain
I have been in beautiful Espana now for two months, and some days I still feel like I just walked off of the plane from the United States. BUT more and more, I feel like I am finally understanding some...
View ArticleQuintin: First Adventure
Welcome to my study abroad blog! This semester, or from roughly January 13th to May 1st, I will be living in Toledo, España! I am so happy to have the privilege of studying at the University of...
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Quintin: Meeting the Fam
¡Hola a todos! Well let me tell you. Today has been a lot! After we went on the adventure (as detailed below) we went on another to find coffee. What we found was a bar/tapas (appetizers)/coffee shop...
View ArticleAmelia: El Pulgarcito en el Casco Historico
My first day in Toledo, after more than 24 hours of traveling, my new host mom told me a famous story. It was the story of El Pulgarcito, who we call Tom Thumb. Luckily, my host mom understood that I...
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Quintin: Day in the life
While sitting here drinking a nice warm cup of coffee and eating a galleta (cookie), I thought I’d write about my last couple of days here in España. Let’s see.. I guess I left off not fully realizing...
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Quintin: How do you say INEXPENSIVE in Spanish? REBAJAS.
With the start of my classes looming just over the horizon (literally) I thought I’d crank out another post before my life becomes ever so slightly more stressful. Here goes! Not having any classes on...
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Amelia: Dead Bulls and “Modern Buildings”: A Saturday in Madrid
I learned last Saturday that I have a very different concept of “old” than my Spanish host mother. She took me to the center of Madrid, starting with the Plaza del Sol, to show me some of the most...
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Quintin: A Series of Beginnings
¡Hola a todos y buenas noches! This past week was a lot of “firsts”– the first day of classes, the first day of my internship, and my first excursion! As far as classes go, it was your generic first...
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Amelia: Another Old Building aka How to Appreciate Historic Sites
Beautiful as they are, after a while ancient churches, palaces, and monuments tend to blend together a bit. I’m no architecture student, so I can’t always differentiate between Gothic or Romantic...
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Amelia: A Sense of Spain
The more I travel, the more I realize how much sight dominates the other senses. Eyes guide the camera, show you magnificent cathedrals and ancient city walls. But while I was visiting Ávila, which has...
View ArticleQuintin: A Spanish Justin Bieber?
¡Hola! While I have heard that I should blog about food, I am still in the process of translating my cooking classes into English. My apologies. Before I launch into the first part of my journey alone...
View ArticleQuintin: The Difficulties of European Travel
¡Hola a todos y bienvenidos! The subject of my blog today is one that you should be fairly familiar with–my travel failures. It seems to me that my lessons learned (through trial and error) may benefit...
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Amelia: Carnaval, an Introvert’s Nightmare
While I’m no misanthrope, I will say that I generally prefer people in small doses. Having inherited introvert tendencies from my lovely parents, there’s only so much I can take when it comes to crowds...
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Amelia: And Just a Smidge of Weird: A Weekend in Lisbon
If you Google “Lisbon,” you’ll probably come up with a lot of the same pictures I took with my camera this past weekend. I have pictures of some famous monuments, beautiful views, and pictures of me in...
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Amelia: Do Cats Eat Pomegranates? (A trip to Granada and Córdoba)
Much to my parents’ chagrin, the photos I take when I travel almost never have me in them. Of the 300+ photos I took of on a recent trip to Granada and Córdoba, I appear in six of them. In my defense,...
View ArticleAmelia: Sí, Yo Hablo Español
I fell off the blogging boat. Actually, I should admit that I jumped off. About halfway through my semester in Toledo, Spain I got sick of blogging and spending time on the computer and started...
View ArticleA Month Before I Depart
I have 31 days 8 hours and 31 minutes until the day of my departure to Spain! I can hardly believe I am going! I just bought my tickets two days ago and it just made everything more real! I will be...
View ArticleThe First Day is Complete
I just completed my first day of my three month adventure. It started on Monday morning and ended on Tuesday night. The time change is not fun. I was exhausted and tried to nap wherever I could. The...
View ArticleA Week into the Trip
Hey all, It has been a little over a week here in Toledo! It is so weird how it feels like I have been here for way longer than a week. I love it. I literally live in a fortress! Toledo is...
View ArticleMadrid
I know that it has been awhile and I’m sorry. So many things have happened and I can’t wait to tell you! One of the first things was that I went to Madrid. I’ve already been there, but it was great...
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