As we were getting into our third week, my roommates and I realized we should start traveling outside of Madrid. So, three of my roommates and I found a cheap bus ticket to a city called Cuenca and, with the reassurance of some cool photos on google, decided to make a day trip out of …
After two weeks of misty, cold weather, the sun decided to come out and warm up Madrid in time for the weekend. Taking advantage of the beautiful weather, my roommates and I decided to visit Parque del Buen Retiro, which means the Pleasant Retreat Park. It definitely was a place of a retreat for all of …
Today began with a multitude of mouth watering tapas and refreshing beer at a steal of 2.50 euro. All starving, my roommates and I searched for the tapas bar that everyone has spoken so well of, El Tigre. And now we know why everyone raved about this place.
So here I am, having completed my first week of school in Madrid. In celebration of an exercise from one of my classes, I decided to share a few culture shocks from my transition from Los Angeles to Madrid. You’d be surprised how different it is here.
On Orientation Day at the university, students were given the opportunity to sign up for trips organized by the school for the weekend. My roommate, Emily, and I both wanted to start visiting places in Spain, so we went over to the Financial Office where we could purchase our tickets. We were given a couple …
It was the first day of school…but unlike the usual first day of dread for a new year of endless assignments and nerves, it was a first day of living in Madrid. I was ecstatic. After our orientation at Saint Louis University, Madrid, one of my roommates and I tagged along in a tour of …
Everyone acts like packing should be no big deal, that you should start early and end within maybe two hours. Well, packing for me is the definition of horrors. So about an hour and a half before I was supposed to wake up, get ready, and leave for my flight at the LAX airport I …