Destination: Spain

The Real Treasures of Madrid

Mon, 9 Apr 2007 | By dartagnan | Views [694]

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

Pinays in the City

Sun, 8 Apr 2007 | By dartagnan | Views [770]

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

Intercambios & Community Service

Sun, 8 Apr 2007 | By sarahjo | Views [527] | 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

Semana Santa Plans

Sun, 8 Apr 2007 | By sarahjo | Views [458]

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

Classes (It's not all fun & games!)

Sun, 8 Apr 2007 | By sarahjo | Views [542] | 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

Barcelona from 2 Different Views

Sat, 7 Apr 2007 | By dartagnan | Views [696] | 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

Cramming Gaudi in a Day

Fri, 6 Apr 2007 | By dartagnan | Views [766]

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

Gallery: Backpacking Across Europe

Fri, 6 Apr 2007 | By dartagnan | Photo Gallery

Easter holidays! A well-deserved break

Thu, 5 Apr 2007 | By matsmith | Views [1427]

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

Gallery: 05-15/04/07 Easter

Thu, 5 Apr 2007 | By matsmith | Photo Gallery

Busses, Bilbao, and a Bar

Mon, 2 Apr 2007 | By sarahjo | Views [742]

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

Avignon-Barcelona

Sun, 1 Apr 2007 | By mel-halden | Views [349]

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

Running of the Bulls

Sun, 1 Apr 2007 | By pamplonaismyhome | Views [1375]

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 >

Tags: Travel Tips

Relaxed

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 | By adventuregirl | Views [502] | Comments [2]

It is my last day at the resort. The weather has been nice, a couple days were a little stormy but overall warm and beautiful. I have had a really nice time here, completely different from the hostel experience. I have been the youngest one here and ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

La Ciudad de Pamplona

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 | By sarahjo | Views [656] | Comments [1]

My first night in my new casa was good.   I ended up waking up at midnight thinking it was the morning.   I looked at the clock and it said 00:43 (military time) and I couldn’t believe it.   I went back to bed, but woke up again at 4:00am thinking ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing