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Spanish Bullfight and Farewell Dinner
We didn’t really have much time to rest after we got back the Northern Spain trip on Wednesday night, because Thursday was another busy day. We had the farewell dinner that night and a bullfight to go to right before … Continue reading
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Tagged azahara, banderilleros, blood sport, bull, bullfight, bulls, corrida, corrida de toros, corte inglés, culture, día de los trabajadores, el corte inglés, elena, farewell dinner, fight, gifts, holiday, holidays, labor day, las ventas, maricarmen, matador, mozo de espada, paco, picadores, sport, torero, toreros, toro, toros
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Santiago de Compostela, Porto, and Salamanca
While the first half of our Northern Spain trip was full of relaxing and beach time, in the next three days we visited three different cities and made it back to Madrid. The driving trips were all very long, so we … Continue reading
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Tagged bodega, botafumeiro, camino de santiago, cathedral, cathedral of salamanca, cathedral of santiago, catholic, catholicism, censer, clérigos tower, douro river, food, francesinha, galicia, galician, gallego, harry potter, hazing, insense, livrario lello, mar de frades, mar de frades bodega, new cathedral, northern spain, old cathedral, pilgrim, pilgrimage, pilgrims, plaza mayor, porto, portugal, portuguese, rain, reflection, robes, saint james, salamanca, santiago, santiago de compostela, sirius black, sunburn, torre dos clérigos, trip, trips, university, university of salamanca, vineyard, way of st james, weather, wine, wine tasting, winery
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Spring Break Part 3: Istanbul, Turkey
Our third destination for spring break was probably my favorite: Istanbul, Turkey. Istanbul is a vibrant, beautiful city with a blend of east and west that makes it different from pretty much anywhere else in the world and that we … Continue reading
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Spring Break Part 2: Prague, Czech Republic
After a long 7-hour train ride from Budapest that may have given us food poisoning, we finally arrived in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. Though it took a while, traveling by train was definitely worth it because we … Continue reading
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Paseo to Lavapiés
On Wednesday, April 10, we had our last paseo. 🙁 With the week of Easter being our spring break, this week was the end of all of our classes at the AU Study Center. When we come back from spring … Continue reading
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Tagged aslim, bohemia, bohemian, castizo, catholic monarchs, cnt, community, confederación nacional de trabajo, immigrants, immigration, jewish, jews, kike, la latina, lavapiés, legazpi, paseo, paseos por madrid, reyes católicos, sephardi, sol, tabacalera
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A Rainy Trip to Porto with the best sandwich ever
We booked our trip to Porto, Portugal, expecting sun and beaches. When we checked the weather in the week up to our departure, we learned the reality would be far from it. Thanks to some open minds, we ends up … Continue reading
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Tagged aliados, beach, bookshop, bookstore, capa negra II, cathedral, church, clérigos, d, douro, duero, food, francesinha, gaia, harry potter, house, igreja do carmo, igreja dos carmelitas, j. k. rowling, jk rowling, liberdade quare, livrari lello, pedro, pedro IV, port, port wine, porto, portugal, railway station, ribera, river, sandwich, são bento, sirius black, sun, torre de clérigos, tripa, tripe, university of porto, weather, wine
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Archaeological Museum, Botanical Gardens, and Reina Sofía
The week following our trip to Valencia was another one filled with field trips and a paseo to sites around Madrid, including the Archaeological Museum and Reina Sofía with Paco and the Botanical Gardens with Kike. On Tuesday, Paco took … Continue reading
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