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 ...
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, ...
I step off the bus and into the brightly-lit Plaza España. Waiting there is the group’s Señoras: the women who have so graciously agreed to host us in their homes. In turn, each Señora calls off the names of the students who will be living with her. When Señora Roldan calls off the names of my roommates and me, we eagerly walk forward to ...
Firstly, I would just like to say that I’m proud of myself for being able to function yesterday after twenty-four hours of no sleep (ok, maybe I cheated a little and got 2 hours in during the flight from New York to Madrid). Secondly, I have never seen a cuter city in my entire life. If you go on google right now and type in “Cadiz, ...
There is saying that goes somewhere along the lines of you need to find a place to call home that can be your Paris. What this means is that you need to find a location to live and work that is as awesome to you as Paris is to the rest of the world. But there is one problem, what do you do when people can’t make a mid-sized town with a ...
Everyone loves traveling. I love it. It’s really easy to see a picture online or read about someplace and become super excited about it. And because I get so easily excited, I've developed some guidelines to help me pick the places in the world I really want to go. My list is too long even with those criteria, but it helps me make a ...
This summer in Cádiz, in the south of Spain, I got used to a few things. For three weeks I would get out of bed and see this cathedral standing right in front of me, lit up with the morning sun just like this. This is the view from the apartment where I stayed with a roommate and a homestay mom during my time in Cádiz. The view’s not ...
by Riley H. I first heard the song "Despair in the Departure Lounge" by Arctic Monkeys on a CD that a wonderful friend made for me. At first, I couldn’t associate a melancholy feeling with travel. What could be better than seeing the world from a literal bird's eye view or feeling the immense heat of the sun at a beach with water as blue as ...
by Marissa Muller, AR student reporter Wanderlust is a strong desire for or impulse to wander or travel and explore the world. This can be sparked by any number of things. It could be from seeing a beautiful city in a film or catching the glimpse of a plane flying by over-head. Travel is my ultimate passion. It inspires me, moves ...