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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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El Escorial and the Teleférico of Casa de Campo

As this was one of our last weekends in Madrid for the next month, we decided to take advantage of what the city and surrounding area had to offer, along with the great 23°C weather, with a short day trip to … Continue reading

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Granada: Spain’s Last Moorish Conquest

After spending almost all of Thursday driving through Consuegra’s windmills and visiting the mosque of Córdoba, we finally arrived in the city we’d be sleeping for the next two nights: Granada. We didn’t get there until around 8:00pm, so we … Continue reading

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The Windmills of Don Quixote and Mosque of Córdoba

We left early Thursday morning for our trip from Madrid to Andalucía, one of Spain’s largest autonomous communities, located along the southern coast of the country and dominated by its Islamic history and influence. This will be a very long trip — … Continue reading

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