Train stations, beaches, and lots of fun activity filled our day yesterday, July 7th. We started off in the classroom for the first time and surprisingly it was air-conditioned, which was pretty awesome. You forget how much of a luxury that is when you’re without it for a while! During class, we took a short written French test and an oral ...
Today was our first day of French classes. We spent an hour in the classroom, then spent the rest of the class period talking to people we found in town. Counterintuititively, class was one of my favorite parts of the day; everyone came back with great stories about people they talked to and places they went in town. I came into the ...
The first set of classes started today (Tuesday). They were wonderful, we split off into two groups to learn. After a while of learning, we all visited a candy factory where we were given a tour, all in French. I'd be lying if I said it was not difficult but I did get the overall ideas. Then after our residence meal, we went to our first ...
The classes have been one of the best parts of my Cadiz experience, so far. On Tuesday, my class discussed the structure of the public education system in Spain and then moved onto a review of the different verb tenses. In a school Spanish class, we’d most likely try to cement our understanding of the verb tenses by filling out yet another ...
This first weekend of our Nice trip was amazing. Although we got there to find out there is a heat wave going on currently, the heat did not make a dent in our fun. On Saturday once we got to the residence, unpacked and freshened up it was time to meet all of our peers. We did this while having a snack (with the best croissants I have ever ...
On Saturday the group ventured to the beach in New Cadiz: our first excursion out of the old city. We took the city bus to get there, learning valuable cultural lessons along the way, such as to have your money ready when you board the bus and avoid paying with a large bill. At the beach, we lay in the sun and soaked in the clear blue waves. At ...
On our first day in Florence, the group settled down into our apartments. In addition to the necessities of a bedroom and bathroom, our new homes for the next month were equipped with a living room and kitchen along with a washing machine, fridge, freezer, and many fans to keep cool during the heat wave. We started out our day jet lagged and ...
On Friday July 3rd I touch down in Florence. After an evening of unpacking, meeting my 7 roommates and exploring our apartment, we went out into the city for our first taste of Italy. We didn't have to go far till we reached one of the many piazzas in the city, Piazza della Santissima Annunziata, where we enjoyed some authentic Florentine ...
Today, my “real” family dropped me off at the Nice airport after a wonderful week of vacationing throughout Paris and the south of France. It was sunny and absolutely beautiful outside, no doubt a preface for the wonderful weather and experiences to come. After waiting in the airport for a short while, eating a Kit Kat or 3 in the meantime, ...
Monday July 6, 2015 Okay, so in my last blog I know I expressed how much I love this city, but I LOVE.THIS.CITY. Each morning I wake up thinking that I’m going to be at a loss of things to do here because of how small Cadiz is, but what it lacks in size, it makes up for in richness of culture. Saturday just happened to be the ...