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Leaving home to come home… & Roma :)

May 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Hey all~
Buona Sera, from Italia! I’m not sure if I ever mentioned that I had traveling plans after my semester ended… I’ve been here in Rome with my uncle this weekend, and tomorrow I’m leaving for Germany for 10 days! I feel EXTREMELY lucky to have this opportunity and I’m looking forward to it! I’m [...]

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Tags: Germany · Granada · Italy · Madrid · Roma · Spain · advice · classes · dance · food · going out · host family · reverse culture shock · travel

Llorando por Granada

May 20th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Okay, every entry I say that I’ll write about all the other stuff I need to write about, and that’s why I haven’t been writing much lately. Does that make sense? It’s the procrastinator’s mentality within me, heh. While I’ve decided that I DO still really need to talk about everything that’s happened over the [...]

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Tags: Granada · Spain · classes · music · reverse culture shock

Madrid!

April 6th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Hey all -
This is just a quick post to let you know how things are going. I haven´t fallen off the face of the earth, I promise!
Cordoba last weekend (or the weekend before? Don´t remember haha) was wonderful! I got lots of great pictures that I´ll post later if I can. My midterms all went [...]

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Tags: Madrid · Spain · classes · travel

Examenes parciales :S

March 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments

As a follow-up from last entry, I ended up not going to Fiesta de las Fallas (this would be when I direct you to Jhonni’s blog - a fellow BlogAbroad-er actually studying in Valencia!). I wasn’t feeling so well those few days anyway, so it was probably best I stay home.
Despite being disappointed about missing [...]

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Tags: Granada · Spain · classes · cultural differences · dance · going out · pictures & video · travel

Friday the 13th o.O

March 13th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Happy Friday 13th, for the second time this year! You know what’s funny, is that Friday the 13th doesn’t mean anything here! For Spaniards, their day of bad luck is Tuesday the 13th. I also learned last month in intensive month that another superstition/luck thing in Spain is that if you step in dog poop [...]

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Tags: Granada · Spain · classes · cultural differences · fashion · food · host family · travel · weather

Aventuras de cocer..

February 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment

I was going to write a few weeks ago, so happy late Valentine’s Day! If anyone is wondering, it actually is celebrated here too. As if the Spaniards needed another excuse for PDA! There were tons of couples being all lovey-dovey today, and all the shops have been selling flowers and cards and all that [...]

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Tags: France · Granada · Paris · Spain · advice · classes · food · host family

Back in Granada!

February 10th, 2009 · 5 Comments

Sorry for the delay in updates! I am back from my excursion and I must say that I had a wonderful time! It feels good to be back “home” though, and I’m getting a little nervous/excited to start classes, tomorrow!! I got my schedule today and was a little surprised to see the level that [...]

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Tags: Dublin · France · Granada · Ireland · Paris · Spain · advice · classes · cultural differences · host family · pictures & video · travel

Premio Gordo… jackpot :)

January 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments

First of all, today was the final exam for my intensive month, which means I am finished!! The test went pretty well I think, and I’m mostly just really happy to be done. This just means I am that much closer to leaving on my trip with Sarah!!! We still have to get a few [...]

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Tags: Granada · Spain · classes · music · travel

Flamenco!!

January 25th, 2009 · 5 Comments

Hola todos! I’m sorry it’s been awhile since updating, I just haven’t been doing much this week except classes. This week felt like it took forever for some reason… I think part of it is the fact that it has been raining a ton lately, pretty much everyday. Oh well, at least spring will be [...]

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Tags: Granada · Spain · classes · cultural differences · dance · food · going out · music · travel

Comida!

January 18th, 2009 · 4 Comments

I haven’t talked about the food here in awhile and thought I might. First of all, I am in absolute heaven because we have a bread at EVERY SINGLE MEAL. Between Samantha, Jennifer and I, we go through at least one or two baguettes every day. Those who know me well know that I would [...]

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Tags: Granada · Spain · classes · cultural differences · food · host family