There’s something I like to call small scale traveling versus large scale traveling. You could consider this the difference between spending a week in New York City seeing all the attractions and spending a week in Greenwich Village. I love both of these modes of travel. You kind of have to do the first type of touristy traveling to… Read more →
This post is probably going to be an amalgam of a few thoughts I’ve had in the past few days, but I guess that’s a good representation of this experience of studying abroad. So many things happen each day that it’s really hard to put it into words, but I’m going to try. On Tuesday, our group went to El… Read more →
Remember last time when I said that there will be bad days, well I didn’t exactly have a bad day, but I did feel my first wave of homesickness and feeling down about myself and my progress. And it’s all because of a sandwich…let me explain. Our group is spending a week in Granada, which is in the southern tip… Read more →
If there is one thing I learned from traveling Europe with my mom, it’s that travel is not easy. Sure, it’s fun and rewarding, but definitely not easy. Something that my mom said to me before I came to Madrid, and I think it’s pretty brilliant, is that not every day in Madrid is going to be good. Just because… Read more →
I’m still here. By here I mean Chicago. I was supposed to be board a 5pm flight yesterday to Madrid, but when the crew discovered a broken part that needed to be shipped from elsewhere, we were told to go home because we wouldn’t be going anywhere that night. So after a very emotional farewell right in line for security,… Read more →
I know it’s been a while since you’ve heard from me, trust me, I know. Everyday I didn’t write felt like I was betraying a little part of myself. It’s hard to feel inspired when you have three midterms in one week or 6 hours of course readings in a night. The moments I did have to spare, I spent… Read more →