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Fiestas of San Isidro and final days in Madrid

May 15, the day before I left for Israel, is known as “Madrid Day”, because it’s the feast of San Isidro, the patron saint of Madrid. Usually the entire weekend is full of fun events that most people go to … Continue reading

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Last minute touristy things

Because we’ve all finally finished exams and are preparing to have even more people slowly trickle out of Madrid, we’ve been trying to fit in some last minute touristy things that we either missed throughout the semester or are a … Continue reading

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The Basque Country: Bilbao and San Sebastián

One of the few places in Spain that our program didn’t have the chance to bring us was the Basque Country. Since we had a few days between exams, Hyunjin, Ben, Christy, and I decided to take a two day … Continue reading

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Day trip to Palma, Mallorca

On Friday, a few friends and I decided to go on a day trip to Palma, Mallorca. Mallorca is an island off the eastern coast of Spain and is part of the Balearic Islands autonomous community and archipelago. The island also … Continue reading

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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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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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Valencia and the hanging houses of Cuenca

Our day started early on Thursday, March 26, with a meetup time of 8:45am in Príncipe Pío for our second to last weekend trip, this time to Cuenca and Valencia towards the east. The central city of Cuenca in Castilla-La … Continue reading

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Barcelona and Catalonia through Picasso, Dalí, and Gaudí

As you can see from all of these travel blog posts, a lot of our time abroad is spent outside of Madrid. I actually only have two weekends left in the city with no trips at all! This past weekend … Continue reading

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Lisbon and the Ancient Roman City of Mérida

If we thought we had spent a lot of time traveling by bus on our trip through southern Spain, we were definitely in for a surprise. It took us around four hours to get from our previous stop, Sevilla, to … Continue reading

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Sevilla

We had lots of fun in Granada, but by this point our trip was not even halfway over yet, so we left Granada at 9:30 to make the three and a half our trek to Sevilla, the capital of the … Continue reading

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