Saludos de Sevilla! Its unreal to think that just over a month ago, I was in the United States. Since touching down in Madrid on January 10, we have seen amazing sights, eaten delicious food, and begun to understand more Spanish than we did on our first shell-shocked and jet-lagged day trying to navigate our […]
Pepe Saves the Day
Finding my future home: Well, here comes the inevitable “I got lost” story. I carpooled with two other friends who live near me, and our taxi driver hit a garbage receptacle in the street and swore in Spanish like a sailor the whole time! I don’t think he knew that we understood…but he was not […]
Ariana in Triana
omygatos. I have officially set my feet on the soil of the Spanish lands. I have been here for a Month now and this is my first post. Seville is beautiful, actually everywhere we have traveled has been. There is so much more history here than I am used to in my daily life and […]
One Month Down, Not Enough To Go
Today is February 10th, and we have officially been in Spain for one whole month. Thinking all the way back to Portland on January 9th, saying some really hard goodbyes, it is surprising to realize that a month has already gone by. The first month has not only gone by, it has flown by!! Madrid […]
Segovia and the legend of the aqueduct
Hello everyone! It´s been three weeks in Spain now, and in the first week before we arrived in Sevilla, we were in Madrid exploring the city and various museums. We also took a day trip to Segovia and Toledo. Segovia has a legendary aqueduct that spans the entire city. I wanted to share with you […]