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See you in four months, America!
January 6th, 2019, the day I’ve been excitedly (and anxiously) waiting for to start my four-and-a-half month study abroad experience. I cannot believe how quickly this date came, and how short the...
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Week 3: Settling In, Tapas & Taxi Strikes
After nearly three weeks here in Barcelona, I’m happy to say I feel much more adjusted than I anticipated! Whether it be learning how to navigate the metros, constantly being on guard for...
View ArticleJust Keep Swimming
¡Hola todos! It’s surreal to think that I’ve been in Seville for a full week now. Things haven’t gone swimmingly at all here, but I’m still enamored with this city. My best advice to those interested...
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I’m basically a local
It has been 2 very long, very exhausting, amazing weeks. Yes, almost two weeks I’ve been here! I feel as though I’ve living in this city for months now, telling local people directions and taking the...
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22,670 Steps to the Alhambra, and Other Realities of Granada
The quote “Que no hay en la vida nada como la pena de ser ciego en Granada” perfectly sums up how I feel about this stunning city after living here for two weeks. In English, I take this quote to mean...
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48 hours in Bilbao
Jan 28th Who would have thought that Spain was home to one of the two famous Guggenheim museums! I was lucky enough to visit Bilbao Spain and visit the art museum this past weekend, as well as roam...
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A Barcelona Weekend
I dated this page and felt some weird emotions about it. Weird that I’ve been here for a month, how just a month can turn a place into a familiar home, weird how fast time is going and that I’m already...
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Settling In and Venturing Out
As of yesterday, I’ve officially been in Seville for a month! Over the past 4 weeks, I have grown accustomed to the Spanish ways of life and have established a routine here. I’ve explored local sights...
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The Great Wide Somewhere
One of the many insane perks of my semester abroad thus far is the fact that I have, essentially, two and a half spring breaks. Semana Blanca came and went very early on in February, and with it some...
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Another Weekend, Another Continent
This past weekend I had the opportunity to travel to Gibraltar and Morocco with several of my friends from CIEE. Since these locations are slightly difficult to travel to, we went through a travel...
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Halfway Highlights
While studying abroad isn’t always roses and sunshine (think brain exhaustion from speaking in a foreign language 24/7, and a time difference that makes it impossible to watch The Bachelor or Grey’s...
View ArticleHow is it already March?!
Somehow, it’s already the middle of March, which to me is absolutely insane. Time’s been truly flying at the speed of light, which I already thought was happening to me in Wisconsin. I’ve also been...
View ArticleA Typical Day of Class in Barcelona
For this blog, I thought I would describe my daily routine of going to class and what I do throughout most days during the week in Barcelona. To start off, I have Spanish class each day at 10:15AM, and...
View ArticleHomestay Experience
The WIP program includes a homestay for a few weeks at the start of the program as you get settled into Madrid. My homestay was with a señora and I also shared the homestay with another girl from the...
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My Classes in Madrid
In the WIP Complutense program, we take 3 Reunidas classes, which are designed for American students, but are still taught by Complutense professors. My Reunidas courses are are titled: Mujer en la...
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A Weekend in Belgium
Last weekend I traveled to Belgium with my friend Nadya for some incredible sightseeing. In our short weekend we managed to pack in trips to Brussels, Bruges, and Waterloo. This trip was also super...
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Europe, Africa, and Westeros
As any Game-of-Thrones watcher will know, the hit HBO show is finally returning! As a superfan, I knew that, despite being abroad, I will need to watch the show when it airs live. When I tried to...
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Thoughts of a semester gone by
I think I can speak for almost all college students when I say that the idea of summer, the ending being oh-so-near, is often one of the best parts of Spring semester. However, being abroad has...
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What to do When You Get Sick on Study Abroad
One element of study abroad is that things don’t always go as planned. For two weeks, one of which was Spring Break, I was struck down by the flu, tonsillitis, and a killer migraine. Although it is...
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Flamenco_An Andalusian Art
One of the highlights of my study abroad experience has been participating in an interest group about Flamenco through CIEE. Contrary to popular belief, Flamenco is not native to all of Spain, but...
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