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Adventure #1

Today we started school! I had two classes: Business Spanish and Basque Language and Culture. Both were only 50 minutes long, and I was home by 2 in time for lunch and a nap. Since it was a beautiful day yesterday (sunny and about 60 degrees) Summer and I had our friends Arielle and John come up...

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Laura Hanson on January 18, 2010 from Algorta, Spain

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Fútbol, Clubs, and Cool Kids

The other night I was talking about how we were able to see Real Madrid, one of my favorite teams, enter their hotel amongst a huge crowd of fans and onlookers. Well yesterday was the big game, and it was a very interesting experience. Summer and I were leaving the metro in the main Plaza, right...

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Laura Hanson on January 17, 2010 from Bilbao, Spain

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The First Important Aspect of Spanish Culture: Art

Yesterday the weather was horrible! Not only was it cold and rainy, but we had to battle pretty much straight line wind and ended up seeing broken umbrellas strewn all over the sidewalks and in the garbage all over the city. To avoid the weather outside, we took a tour of the Guggenheim...

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Laura Hanson on January 15, 2010 from Guernica y Luno, Spain

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Lugares para visitar

Hola amigos, familia, que tal, como va todo?, extrañándome?, seguro que sí... ( y si no, ya verán cuando llegue ehhh!). Pues nada, ahora escribo para recomendarles unos lugares buenísimos si es que algún día deciden andar por tierras catalanas, aquí la lista de lo que a mí me ha parecido...

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Tania Sossa on January 14, 2010 from Barcelona, Spain

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First Impressions of Bilbao Continued

So today I had a new first...I took my first metro/subway ride! At first I was nervous, but we ended up riding it so much today, by this evening I was feeling like an old pro. Summer and I met up with the other Bilbao girls: Arielle, Brittany, and Natasha this morning and took a little walking...

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Laura Hanson on January 11, 2010 from Bilbao, Spain

from the travel blog: Un Semestre en España

Nuevas noticias

Hola amigos, familia, que tal, cómo os va?... ah verdaaaad... eso de andar en tierras catalanas jajaja, vamos,que se pega un poco su castellano. En fin, pues nada, aún ando por acá, la próxima semana sale el próximo vuelo,destino a Inglaterra, específicamente llegaré a Londres, así que...

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Tania Sossa on January 11, 2010 from Barcelona, Spain

from the travel blog: Vagabundeando

First Impressions of Bilbao

This morning we woke up around 7am in Toledo and after breakfast, we took the coach bus back to Madrid, and were dropped of at the public bus station. We took the ALSA bus, a Spanish version of the Greyhound, to Bilbao, which is about a 4 1/2 hour bus ride. As we started to approach Bilbao, I...

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Laura Hanson on January 10, 2010 from Bilbao, Spain

from the travel blog: Un Semestre en España

Holy Toledo!

So we woke up this morning and went to Toledo, which is about an hour south of Madrid. It was really beautiful there and they said the city has existed for thousands of years. We took a walking tour, and I learned quickly why the term "Holy Toledo" was coined because the whole tour was basically...

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Laura Hanson on January 9, 2010 from Toledo, Spain

from the travel blog: Un Semestre en España

Orientation in Madrid

So I finally made it to Spain! Yesterday I landed in Madrid, after barely making my connection from JFK to Madrid, only to find that all of my luggage was left behind in New York. Thankfully my luggage arrived at the hotel today, which was perfect because I was starting to feel very smelly!...

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Laura Hanson on January 8, 2010 from Madrid, Spain

from the travel blog: Un Semestre en España

Roscón

Bueno, otro dia más del otro lado del continente y ahora les cuento algo: Comenzó el día y yo sentí que no había dormido nadaa, claro el cambio de horario jeje, pero bueno, salí a la calle y toda la cosa y paré en una Xocolateria y Xurreria (catalán), me he comido un chocolate con churros más...

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Tania Sossa on January 6, 2010 from Barcelona, Spain

from the travel blog: Vagabundeando

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