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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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Spring Break Part 1: Budapest, Hungary
Since Spain is a very Catholic country, our spring break this year fell a little later than what we’re accustomed to in the United States. Here spring break is called Semana Santa, or Holy Week, and always take place the week … Continue reading →
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Tagged 96, airbnb, andrássy út, apartment, atleti, atlético, atlético de madrid, baths, buda, budapest, budapest castle, castle, castle hill, catholic, catholicism, champion's league, church, claustrophilia, crown jewels, currency, danube, eastern europe, escape games, europe, fisherman's bastion, flight, forint, fútbol, group ticket, group tickets, holy week, hungarian, hungarian forint, hungarian language, hungary, jews, la liga, language, london underground, lukács, lukács baths, matthias church, memorial, metro, metro line 1, millenium underground railway, óbuda, pariament, pest, procesiones, religion, roman, roman bath, ruin bars, saint stephen's basilica, semana santa, shoes, shoes memorial, soccer, spa, spa party, sparty, spas, spring break, st. stephen's basilica, stephen, széchenyi, széchenyi thermal bath, szimpla, thermal bath, transportation, turkish, turkish bath, wizz air, world war II
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Navigating Language Barriers
Ben, my homestay brother, had his parents visit him this weekend. It was cool to meet them and I’m sure they enjoyed meeting the people he’s been living with this semester. At the same time, the group dinner with me, … 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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El castellano, el vosotros y la distinción
Beware… this post is a little geeky! If you don’t speak Spanish or don’t like languages like I do, you might not be interested in this post. You might learn something new though!
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Tagged castellano, ceceo, distinción, grammar, language, latin america, linguistics, lisp, mexico, pronunciation, seseo, spain, spanish language, th, tú, united states, usted, vosotros, words, you
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