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Tue, 10 Apr 2007 | By adventuregirl | Views [693] | Comments [2]
I am alive. I have had so many experiences in the last week and a half it has felt like two months. I apologize to those of you who have sent me e-mails that I haven-t responded to I have been really sick with a sore throat and achy body due to not ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
Tue, 10 Apr 2007 | By dartagnan | Views [818] | Comments [1]
I read a lot about Prado Museum, how it's been described as one of the world's best with a very rich collection of Spanish masters. I was therefore excited to see it. That was the agenda for the day for me. After breakfast, I was off. Prado didn't disappoint ... Read more >
Tags: culture, goya, las meninas, los burachos, madrid, picasso, prado, spain, velasquez
Mon, 9 Apr 2007 | By dartagnan | Views [748]
In Madrid, I was back having breakfast in my hotel. It's always a pleasant experience taking my time to eat bagels, jam and some fruit while planning what I was to do for the day. The experience was made more pleasant by the nice Pinay staff I met at ... Read more >
Tags: culture, madrid, palacio real, parque del oriente, picasso, plaza mayor, prado, reina sofia museum, spain
Sun, 8 Apr 2007 | By dartagnan | Views [842]
My Easter Sunday consisted of a lot of thinking time on the train to Madrid. The 4 hour trip from Estacio Sants wasn't bad at all. Reflecting on what I have experienced so far in this trip was pleasantly interrupted from time to time by the spectacular ... Read more >
Tags: filipino, madrid, metro, philippines, planes trains & automobiles, spain
Sun, 8 Apr 2007 | By sarahjo | Views [561] | Comments [1]
On Wednesday, I had my first meeting with one of my intercambios. An intercambio is a Spanish student conversation partner who is trying to learn English. We each have 2 intercambios and we have to meet with them for a total of 12 ... Read more >
Tags: People
Sun, 8 Apr 2007 | By sarahjo | Views [511]
On Monday, I realized that I still didn’t have any plans for Semana Santa. Semana Santa is Holy Week and it includes Good Friday and Easter along with the week afterward. This is basically my spring break since I had to leave to come here the ... Read more >
Tags: The Planning Phase
Sun, 8 Apr 2007 | By sarahjo | Views [607] | Comments [1]
I survived my first week of classes here. I thought it would be impossible to take four Spanish classes at once, but it looks like it might not be too bad after all. I mean, really I’m used to taking 19-20 credit hours with 5 classes and this quarter ... Read more >
Tags: Work
Sat, 7 Apr 2007 | By dartagnan | Views [761] | Comments [1]
My last day in Barcelona would take me from one end of the city, Park Guell high up on a hill, to the other end, the Olympic Stadium near the sea. This meant that I had to master the metro system. And on my last day, I did just that. Reaching Park Guell ... Read more >
Tags: barcelona, montjuic, park guell, perdrera, plau bastillo, sightseeing, spain
Fri, 6 Apr 2007 | By dartagnan | Views [846]
I arrived in Barcelona early in the morning of Good Friday. Sleepy-eyed travellers were walking like zombies to a city that felt deserted. I was more like a sleep deprived zombie stepping inside a taxi. The cabbie didn't speak a word of English. The ... Read more >
Tags: barcelona, gaudi, sagrada familia, sightseeing, spain
Fri, 6 Apr 2007 | By dartagnan | Photo Gallery
Madrid and Barcelona
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Thu, 5 Apr 2007 | By matsmith | Views [1631]
With a late Easter break, by the time it finally arrived we felt like we fully deserved our holiday! Working in Spain, Easter is great, with a massive ten day holiday! We'd planned to visit friends and travel to different cities and separate that ... Read more >
Tags: cadiz, cordoba, flamenco, huelva, sevillanas, seville
Thu, 5 Apr 2007 | By matsmith | Photo Gallery
Holiday
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Mon, 2 Apr 2007 | By sarahjo | Views [812]
On Thursday, we had an orientation with all of our classes. We got all of our syllabi and talked about what to expect during the quarter. My two professors Ana and Nekane seem really nice and I think I’m going to like them a lot. Around 2:00pm ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sun, 1 Apr 2007 | By mel-halden | Views [398]
Next stop on this journey was a night stay at Avignon which is in the south of france! It's a very cool town. It has the original way still around it and it also has the palace of the popes. which is where the popes relocated to when there was a lot ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sun, 1 Apr 2007 | By pamplonaismyhome | Views [1411]
After appearing in Pamplona - basically on a dare - the night before the bull run... running in the morning, then hitting the road again.... I've been drawn back to this place time after time. I finally made the decision to come back to live for a ... Read more >
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