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Tag Archives: salamanca
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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Tagged bodega, botafumeiro, camino de santiago, cathedral, cathedral of salamanca, cathedral of santiago, catholic, catholicism, censer, clérigos tower, douro river, food, francesinha, galicia, galician, gallego, harry potter, hazing, insense, livrario lello, mar de frades, mar de frades bodega, new cathedral, northern spain, old cathedral, pilgrim, pilgrimage, pilgrims, plaza mayor, porto, portugal, portuguese, rain, reflection, robes, saint james, salamanca, santiago, santiago de compostela, sirius black, sunburn, torre dos clérigos, trip, trips, university, university of salamanca, vineyard, way of st james, weather, wine, wine tasting, winery
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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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My homestay
I’ll be living with a local family while in Madrid, which should help me get a taste of what it means to experience everyday life in Madrid. During the homestay, the señoras, or a house mothers, do laundry for the students, … Continue reading
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Tagged au, daily life, food, goya, homestay, icade, metro, salamanca
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First week in Madrid
As most of you already know, I’ll be spending the next few months studying abroad in Madrid, Spain. I had already been in Europe traveling with my family beforehand, but my program officially started on January 6. As we near … Continue reading
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Tagged bocadillo, class, food, goya, holiday, homestay, introduction, metro, orientation, salamanca, school, spanish language, three king's day
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