This last weekend our program went to Seville. It was definitely one of my favorite excursions. Seville is about 3 hours from Granada via bus, so we left early Saturday morning to get there by 11:30. We spent the morning in Italica, ruins on the outskirts of Seville. It was the first Roman Colony outside of the Italian Peninsula. Then we had lunch at a … Continue reading Sevilla and Midterms
At the end of next week, I am officially halfway through my program. How is that possible? I feel like I have only begun to experience Spain and am only starting to understand the language. At the same time, I feel like another 10 weeks seems like an awfully long time before I can go home. It seems to be a constant battle- having the … Continue reading Halfway
Work at day, Play all night, and the Most Beautiful Place in the world My new host family is a huge improvement from before. They actually eat meals with me, and we discuss things like yoga, religion, travel, and the like. Marta and Jorge are an older couple that were the grandparents of the host family of my friends from the summer (Colleen!). Another big … Continue reading Work at day, Play all night, and the Most Beautiful Place in the world
This last week for my descanso, or 6 day break before new classes started, I traveled to London and Paris. I had a great time with the three girls who traveled with me. Our hostels were relatively clean and I saw almost everything I wanted to see in 5 days, which was pretty impressive, I must say. We only made it to one museum- the … Continue reading Mi descanso
When I was a junior in high school and was starting to think about applying to college, a family friend who was tutoring me through the process gave me an essay to read from a student that had been accepted to NYU. In the essay, which is apparently very well known in the world of college admissions counselors, the student responds to a question about … Continue reading Three cities, One week
Spain is so beautiful. Not in a local charm, only certain types of people will appreciate it type of way. It’s beautiful in a stop and stare, can’t wrap your mind around it, there are no words to explain it kind of way. The buildings, the people, the food, the history; just all of it. There have been so many moments this past week that … Continue reading BIENAVENTURADA
At the education abroad orientation we had in the Spring, they warned us that the study abroad experience would be like a bell curve. You start on this high of being in a new place and seeing new things and meeting new people. Then, like it has this week, reality sets in. You become more aware of the challenges that this new place brings and … Continue reading EXPECTATION VS. REALITY
Throughout my last three years of studying to become a teacher, I have often been told that no matter how much training you receive, nothing can fully prepare you for the first time you are given the responsibility of teaching your own class. Over the last week, I learned the reality of this statement as I began teaching my first ever course – a course … Continue reading Learning by Teaching
Redhawks Abroad 