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Champion’s League Final: Real Madrid vs. Atlético de Madrid

As we’ve more than learned by now, Spain (and Europe) really cares about fútbol. It was completely awesome then, that our last night in Spain was the final match of the European Champions League between the best clubs in the continent. … Continue reading

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Adjusting to Madrid’s culture

Whenever you study or live in another area, there are bound to some differences in the culture and lifestyle of your new country compared to your old country. Our study abroad program tries to prepare us for this and remind … 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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Another Paseo and Another Atleti Game

Wednesday, March 26, was a pretty busy day. Beyond registering that morning for the first semester of my senior year (ahh!), I had my normal three classes, a paseo, and a soccer game with my class — and we were … Continue reading

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Visit to AS, a daily sports newspaper

We went on another field trip with our soccer class this past Monday. This time we went to the headquarters of AS, a Spanish daily newspaper focused completely on sports. As I’ve said before, Spain really loves their sports. The country … Continue reading

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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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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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Super Bowl XLVIII as an expat

Like the 111.5 million other people in the United States, some friends and I stayed up late on Sunday night to watch the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII. Kick-off was scheduled for 6:30pm… but that’s east coast … Continue reading

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Real Madrid Game

On Tuesday night, Christy, Hyunjin, and I finally had the chance to see the Real Madrid stadium filled with real people. It was a totally different experience to see the venue lit up at night with tons of people in … Continue reading

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Second Week of Class and Tour of Real Madrid’s Stadium

Though American University didn’t have classes on Monday because of Martin Luther King Day, Jr. Day (and actually had classes cancelled today as well because of snow!), Spain does not have such a holiday, so we still had to attend school.

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