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Monthly Archives: January 2014
Paseo #2: Authentic Flamenco Performance
Unlike the typical Paseos por Madrid which take place during the day on Fridays, this week’s class took place at 9:30 on Wednesday night and didn’t finish until 11:30. Being out so late (though, honestly, midnight is not late in Spain) … Continue reading
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Tagged andalucía, andalusia, brazil, culture, dance, duende, duendes, flamenco, guitar, gypsies, gypsy, mudéjar, music, paseo, paseos por madrid, performance, phrygian scale, romani, samba, show, singing, song
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Snowy Mountain Hike in Cercedilla
As if we didn’t get our fill of the outdoors during our visit to the Retiro yesterday, today we decided to go on a hike in the Sierra de Guadarrama within the Cuenca Alta del Manzares regional park. This is actually … Continue reading
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Tagged cercanías, cercedilla, commuter rail, hike, hiking, nature, outdoors, sierra de guadarrama, snow
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First Paseo: Retiro Park and a Flamenco Class
Paseos por Madrid is another class offered as part of American University’s Iberian Experience that the Madrid Business Program students can participate in occasionally. Paseo is a Spanish word that means a walk or stroll, though its connotation is very … Continue reading
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Tagged andalucía, andalusia, art, atocha, boat, cats, class, dance, dance class, elena, franco, keke, monument, park, paseo, paseos por madrid, reina sofía, renfre, retiro, retiro park, tirso de molina
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Exploring from Plaza de España to Ciudad Universitaria
Today, my friend Christy and I had some free time outside of classes so we decided to explore the area north and south ICADE a little bit. We were trying to find some cool, non-touristy places to hang out and … Continue reading
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Tagged café, cake, ciudad universitaria, exploring, food, hipster, icade, j&j, j&j books and coffee, moncloa, mur, mür café, plaza de españa, starbucks, sweets
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Second Week of Class and Tour of Real Madrid’s Stadium
Though American University didn’t have classes on Monday because of Martin Luther King Day, Jr. Day (and actually had classes cancelled today as well because of snow!), Spain does not have such a holiday, so we still had to attend school.
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Tagged au, class, eu, european union, field trip, fútbol, journalism, martin luther king, real madrid, santiago bernabéu, school, snow, soccer, stadium, trip
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Atlético de Madrid vs. Sevilla
Last night we had the opportunity to attend our first Spanish partido de fútbol, or soccer game, with the match between Atlético de Madrid (“Madrid Athletics”) and Sevilla. It was definitely an experience to say the least.
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Tagged atleti, atlético, atlético de madrid, fútbol, real, real madrid, sevilla, soccer, sports
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Toledo and Segovia
One of the benefits of studying abroad in Madrid at the same time as the students doing American University’s Iberian Experience programs is that the ICADE students have the opportunity to attend the trips around Spain and Portugal that the others go … Continue reading
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Tagged alcázar, aqueduct, architecture, art, castilla y león, castilla-la mancha, castilla-león, castle, catcholic monarchs, catcholics, cathedral, christian, christianity, church, cochinillo, coexistence, culture, day trips, disney, el greco, engineering, fernando, harry potter, history, hogwarts, isabel, islam, jewish, judiaism, medieval, melting pot, monastery, moors, mosque, mountains, mudéjar, muslim, paco, patriarchy, religion, roman, rome, san antón, santo tomé, segovia, sierra de guadarrama, spanish language, suckling pig, synagogue, toledo, trip, visigoth
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Churros walking tour!
After we got out of classes today, my friends Christy, Sam, Haley, and I decided to go on a churros tour of Madrid, trying to check out the three of the best places in the city. If you don’t know, churros … Continue reading
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Tagged chocolate, churros, churros con chocolate, dogs, food, pets, puppies, snack, spain, tour, united states, walking, walking tour
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First week of classes
Because I only have classes Monday through Thursday, I have officially survived my first week of school in Madrid! I’m pretty excited for the semester. My classes don’t seem like they’ll be too hard, and they seem pretty interesting. I … Continue reading
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Tagged au, class, culture, daily life, eu, european union, film, icade, international, journalism, latin america, literature, marketing, no pasa nada, schedule, school, soccer, spain
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