Spain In Review When reflecting on my adventures in Spain, I thought it would be fun to compile some numbers for an overview of my travels! After looking through photos and emails, I saw that I had: While these are only a few numbers, they really helped paint a picture of how much I was…
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Farewells
Like most people, I usually don’t look forward to Mondays, but today felt different. With it being my last week in Madrid, I caught myself soaking in the familiar sights on my commute, already feeling a rush of nostalgia for my now-familiar routine. The past week has been a whirlwind of exploration, tinged with the…
Breaking Routine: Bagels and Barcelona
My usual café visit last Friday quickly screeched to a halt when I saw a shuttered storefront accompanied by a handwritten sign saying they’d be back in a few hours. Having just walked 30 minutes and still craving something sweet, I decided to make the most of this setback and went searching for a new…
Limping, Leadership, and Late-night Tapas
After a sedentary week spent waiting for my foot to heal, I was starting to go a bit stir-crazy. Throughout the week, I gradually increased my step count, being careful not to disrupt the healing process. I walked around the neighborhood on Friday, went grocery shopping with my host mom on Saturday, and ended the…
¡Vamos a Valencia!
We’re officially over halfway through our time in Madrid! The feeling is bittersweet, but between a movie night, a cooking class, and a weekend trip to Valencia, this past week felt like a great start to the second half of my time in Spain. Beginning of the Week Finding time to talk with my friends…
Paws and Reflect
When I imagined my time in Madrid, I never expected a dog café to become my go-to spot. But without realizing, the 30-minute walk from work and hour of reading has become a cherished Friday ritual. As I sat in my usual seat, I realized that this upcoming Wednesday would mark the halfway point of…
The New Cardiac Hill?
Nothing brought me back to my freshman year at Pitt quite like climbing the steep incline into the heart of Toledo. I had flashbacks to my first month weathering the intense heat while trying to reach my Sutherland dorm room, despair setting in whenever the escalators were down and 50 more steps were added to…
Slow and Steady
Advice I have frequently heard from language-learners is to read in the target language. When I saw that my host mom had the entire Hunger Games series in Spanish, I became very eager to heed that advice. I scoured different places to visit and settled on a donut shop that was about a 25 minute…
Melting on the Metro: Mapping Madrid One Wrong Turn at a Time
This Saturday was the first time that I was genuinely envious of the 50 degree, rainy weather in Pennsylvania. Most of the days here have had temperatures in the 90s, and squeezing in the metro is always accompanied by the constant flutter of people fanning themselves, desperate for a reprieve from the heat. As someone…
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