I think it is safe to say, as my wonderful grandmother would, that I have officially been bitten by the travel bug. That’s probably no surprise to anyone reading this, but I knew there was always a chance that I would try this and not like it as much as I thought I would. But…
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Exciting news: I have one week of break before my new classes start! So, bright and early tomorrow morning, I’m getting on a bus to the Madrid airport and heading out for new adventures. Since today I’ve mostly been planning and getting ready, I thought I’d lay out my plans for the next few days.…
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I’ve only been doing this for about two weeks, but I feel like I’ve already learned so much about the process of traveling. For starters, I definitely think I worried too much about packing and overdid it, even with my pretty small packing list that I was super proud of. I wanted to make sure…
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In my last post, I talked about the experiences that make me feel at home abroad. For this one, I want to talk a little bit more about what my actual home here is like for those of you who are interested in knowing. I gave a brief introduction when I first came. Now I’ve…
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So today was the day most of the people in my group went to the bullfight…but I didn’t. I’m not against going, but there was something that I really wanted to do and it only happened on this day, so I went there instead and I’m so glad I did. As a part of the…
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Was today a good or a bad day? Why? It was a good day, but mostly because it wasn’t a bad day. I feel like all I have done is study and work on homework because our first finals are tomorrow, but I still went to our cafe down the road and enjoyed a chai latte…
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What it’s like to be a student in Spain (my observations so far): School supplies: Today we made it back to the school supply store because it was closed when we finally found it the other day. All I really wanted was a notebook, some pens, a pencil, and a few folders to organize. Surprisingly…
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I’m trying to take better care of myself and my health, so today I rested a lot and am going to do more of that this week too. I’m starting to understand my host mom more and more, which is such a good feeling. She’s been going through some tough things lately, but I think…
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My roommate and I have needed to go school supply shopping for a week, and we keep putting it off. We finally decided today would be the day, and we asked our friend for directions to the supply store and went on our way. However, we ended up taking a wrong turn, and with streets…
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Sometimes traveling can be especially taxing for the introverted parts of ourselves. That’s how this day started out, as I walked to a coffee shop by myself for breakfast and felt uncomfortable walking among all of the people I don’t know in a country I’m not from. But I went anyways and figured out how…
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