So there are 5 weeks left until I return back to the U.S. and shocking to think how fast time flew by while abroad. Within these coming weeks, I will be country hopping; Portugal, Hungary and Austria. The weekend of November 18th, I visited Lisbon, Portugal. While in Lisbon, I visited Belem Tower, Jeronimo Monastery,…
Category: Spain: University of Oviedo
November 2nd – November 13th: León – Mining Museum & Sidra Museum
Well time has been moving pretty fast, we have a little over month left in Spain and I have had a blast thus far here in Europe. The first excursion of November was to León, which is south of Oviedo. The most significant building in León is the León Cathedral because of its Gothic architecture….
Lisbon, Budapest and Vienna
A lot has happened in the last two weeks! Where to I begin? The first trip began in Portugal, Lisbon specifically, when the boys decided they wanted to experience the Casino the night we go there. We ended up sort of stranded at the end… But the next day we toured our hearts away starting…
3 Weeks
We have less than three left! The past week was pretty busy for me. I spent my thanksgiving in class and going to an American restaurant In Oviedo. It wasn’t quite turkey and mash potatoes, but I was okay with a chicken burrito and a chocolate milkshake. That weekend, I flew to Munich with my…
October 17th – November 1st: Ribadesella – Real Oviedo Soccer Match – Valencia
Classes at the University are going well so far and I am enjoying each of them. The weekend of October 22nd, we had an excursion to Ribadesella, which is a very small and unique village in Asturias because of its inlet beach. While in Ribadesella, we visited Cuevas de Tito Bustillo, which contains prehistoric paintings….
October 3rd – October 16th: University of Oviedo – Picos de Europa – Covadonga
After a month-long crash course of learning Spanish basics at CBCE, we finally transferred to the University of Oviedo. The transition to the university was a bit stressful because we had to choose classes and which level we want to be in, but after the first week things moved smoothly. Aside from starting classes at…
Back to Back
Two weekends in a row of international traveling and one more coming up! Man, studying abroad is a rough life 😉 First weekend: Lisbon, Portugal First off, Portuguese is nothing like Spanish. As soon as I stepped foot in Portugal, I had no clue what anyone was saying to me. We landed in Lisbon Friday…
Oviedo, Spain
For the first time in awhile, my twin and I haven’t traveled out of the country in the last two weeks. After a lot of traveling through Brussels and Amsterdam, we wanted to relax and focus on school before taking our trip to Germany and Italy. Next week we leave for Munich, Germany where we…
The Calm Before the Travel
These last two weeks have been going by slowly. For one, I haven’t taken any trips on my own because they are all planned for November. Secondly, we have had excursions with our supervisor Ana. The first excursion we took was during the first weekend of November and we went to Leon! This was one…
Traveling 101
After all of the traveling I have been doing throughout Spain and Europe (stay tuned) I like to think that I have picked up some tricks of the trade. I have become a pro-packer. One backpack, a jacket, a purse and I am good for at least 3-4 days. There are plenty of options for…