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El Pardo: Franco, the monarchy, and the political situation in Spain
I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted, but I’ve been slammed with work and traveling. (Yeah, occasionally we do experience the “study” in study abroad.) I’m gonna try to get as many blog posts in as a I … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, adolfo suárez, basque, car, catalan, catalonia, cataluña, catcholicism, catholic church, caudillo, civil war, democracy, desarrollismo, development, dictatorship, el pardo, felipe, francisco franco, franco, gay marriage, goya, herrera, homestay, juan carlos, mariano rajoy, oria, país vasco, palacio, palacio de el pardo, palacio real, palaco de la zarzuela, politics, protests, rajoy, referendum, religion, salamanca, same-sex marriage, san lorenzo de el escorial, señora, spanish civil war, suárez, transition, transition to democracy, valle de los caídos, zapatero, zarzuela
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Museo de América and Madrid’s Slaughterhouse
The busy Madrid-filled week continued with an adventure with Christy on Tuesday and a paseo with Kike on Wednesday. Like most Tuesdays, Christy and I had a bit of free time that we wanted to take advantage of to explore … Continue reading
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Tagged arco de la victoria, atleti, atlético, atlético de madrid, ayuntamiento, casa de campo, chipotle, ciudad universitaria, faro, faro de moncloa, francisco franco, franco, icade, kike, la latina, legazpi, m-30, m30, manzanares, manzanares river, matadero, moncloa, mudéjar, museo de américa, neo-mudéjar, ópera, palacio de moncloa, palacio real, park, paseo, paseos por madrid, pirámides, príncipe pío, puente de segovia, puerta de la moncloa, river, royal palace, sol, tierra, tierra burrito, universidad complutense, vicente calderón, walk, walkable
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A Week Full of Field Trips
This school week was full of field trips and experiential learning that took us outside of the classroom, including a class trip, a site visit with the program, and a paseo with Kike. After all the weekend trips we’ve been … Continue reading
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Tagged agency, ancient egypt, aswan dam, basketball, egypt, field trip, franco, fútbol, icade, impressionism, jerry maguire, joaquín sorolla, juan carlos, juan carlos I, kike, museo soralla, museum, palace, palacio real, palaco de la zarzuela, paseo, paseos por madrid, plaza de españa, royal family, royal palace, soccer, soralla, sports, sports agency, sports marketing, temple, temple of debod, unesco, you first sports
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Journalism field trip, Reina Sofía, and El Lobo de Wall Street
The last week has been pretty low-key. After staying up so late for the Super Bowl, the cold that I had been getting over came back with renewed fury and quite possibly a case of bronchitis, so I’ve been mostly … Continue reading
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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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