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Spanish cuisine

Over the last few months we’ve learned a lot about Spanish cuisine and have grown to really enjoy it. One of the best parts of living with a host family is that we get to eat healthy, home-cooked meals and not … Continue reading

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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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Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and the West Bank

For my last trip before heading back home from study abroad, I decided to visit Israel with Elyssa, my friend from high school who’s currently studying abroad in Jordan. I originally wanted to visit her in Amman, but it was expensive … Continue reading

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Nightlife and Leisure in Madrid

Okay, now that school’s officially over (I finished my last final on Tuesday), I can talk about what you’ve all been really wanting to find out: nightlife in Madrid. Though we’ve been studying a lot and traveling, we’ve still had … 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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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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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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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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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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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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