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Getting Antsy and Surviving
Except for my trip to Tarragona, I have been in Barcelona for over a month straight now and am starting to get antsy. Most of my classmates have been traveling every weekend and I really want to do the...
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Dealing with the Little Stuff
Currently, I am in a rather squished seat on a bus bound for Madrid. It is a window seat, which was a happy stroke of luck. However, regardless of view, it seems like the next seven hours would be well...
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I Left My Shoes in Madrid
I got off the bus in Madrid around 10 p.m., joints and neck stiff. I immediately regretted bringing my laptop as it added what felt like at least five pounds to my bulging backpack, and it was becoming...
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Dos Mochilas
It has been awhile since I made a blog post, but in my defense, it has been a very busy semester. Since my last post, I have substantially increased my traveling which includes: Lisbon, Portugal;...
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Leaving and Goodbyes
When I first started this blog, I had no problems posting every week about my life. However, as I spent more time abroad everything started to build up and go by so fast. I feel like I have done so...
View ArticleLearning to dance
Last week in my class I introduced myself to a girl, asking her a question about how to access the homework. Throughout the class I pondered whether or not to invite her to the free dance lesson I was...
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I think I chose the wrong program but then I went to Tarragona
I have been in Barcelona for over 2 weeks now and feel very comfortable with the city. I anticipated my struggles with cultural and language barriers and expected them. But what I didn’t expect was the...
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We’re All Learning
It’s hard to know where to start recounting the happenings of the past week, my first week in Spain. I’ll start before the beginning: My mother dropped me off at the airport after a mostly sleepless...
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(Un)Comfortable
Hello class! Today’s bonus word is… (Un)Comfortable! Who remembers what adding “un-” does to a word… So, this is my Two-Weeks-in-Spain post, even though I forgot to send it in until three weeks had...
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Make it New
So, I’m in Spain teaching English. This should be an area that I have some amount of expertise in because I just so happen to have spoken English my whole life and have dedicated my higher education to...
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Getting Antsy and Surviving
Except for my trip to Tarragona, I have been in Barcelona for over a month straight now and am starting to get antsy. Most of my classmates have been traveling every weekend and I really want to do the...
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Dealing with the Little Stuff
Currently, I am in a rather squished seat on a bus bound for Madrid. It is a window seat, which was a happy stroke of luck. However, regardless of view, it seems like the next seven hours would be well...
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I Left My Shoes in Madrid
I got off the bus in Madrid around 10 p.m., joints and neck stiff. I immediately regretted bringing my laptop as it added what felt like at least five pounds to my bulging backpack, and it was becoming...
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Dos Mochilas
It has been awhile since I made a blog post, but in my defense, it has been a very busy semester. Since my last post, I have substantially increased my traveling which includes: Lisbon, Portugal;...
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Leaving and Goodbyes
When I first started this blog, I had no problems posting every week about my life. However, as I spent more time abroad everything started to build up and go by so fast. I feel like I have done so...
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Adventures and Farewells
The IES program ended on the 27th of April, but I have been in Europe traveling with one of my friends from UW-Madison for two weeks and spent my final week in Barcelona with my parents. During my...
View ArticleThe Baker of Seville
From Admissions Essay to Reality: During Halloween of 2015 I sat eagerly typing an admissions essay for UW-Madison to meet the November 1 deadline. The prompt was: “How are you going to enhance your...
View ArticleMy mom broke her leg so I’m studying in Spain
It sounds like a tale straight out of a soap opera, or, maybe more precisely, from a horror film — my mom got on the back of a moped with a boy she had just met (on the way to a nude beach, although...
View ArticleMy Story: Why I decided to study abroad and how I made it a reality!
My story starts in a high school Spanish class. My teacher had pictures displayed around the classroom of different Spanish-speaking countries she had been to, which I loved looking at. She always...
View ArticleBreaking the Routine
I sat and looked at my closet today thinking, in just over a month I’m going to have to fit my entire wardrobe for four months into maybe one large suitcase. My roommate walked in, asked me what I was...
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