Category: Spain: University of Oviedo

Things are pretty crazy here in Oviedo right now. The festival of San Mateo just began. It lasts about a week and each night there’s new activities, movies and concerts. I’m hoping that I can try to Karaoke at some point, but we’ll have to see. Anyways, I haven’t had time to blog for awhile,…

*English begins in fourth paragraph* Estaba tan cansada después del vuelo y lo que sucedió con mi equipaje que, por un momento, me olvide mi español casi completamente. Cuando llegue al hostel donde me quedaría por dos días en Madrid, la recepcionista me pregunto para mi reservación. Yo, pensaba que ella estaba ofreciéndome una cerveza,…

Here we go, today’s the day!! I can’t believe its finally here. When people would ask where I was going after having to try to explain to them where Oviedo is, when I barely knew myself, they would always follow up with “are you nervous?”. My immediate response would be, “no not at all”. I…

When I was little, I loved flying. I loved the airports with their magical moving walkways, the planes with their brightly dressed flight attendants and, most importantly, the little pair of plastic wings I used to be given which basically made me the captain of the flight. Unfortunately, with many repeated years of traveling, the…

I cannot believe that a day from now I will be in a plane flying over the Atlantic. I know it sounds cliche, but I can’t believe this is actually happening. My bags are packed (very tightly), my tickets have been bought for months now, and I’ve said goodbye to everyone expect my family. I’ve…

It has only been two weeks since I returned from my time in Spain but it feels like forever ago- partly due to the fact that I have been going non-stop since I stepped foot in Texas. In my short time back I have managed to tackle the holidays, take a trip to Florida, attend…

So I have been home for a little over a week now and I can say I haven’t had that hard of a time adjusting. Besides the obvious jet lag and adjusting to being back in a different time zone, I haven’t struggled with being home at all. I went back to my normal diet…

After 107 in Europe, you don’t realize how much you have learned till you get home. After sharing stories with friends and family, you realize you experienced once in a life time memories with certain people. Before this semester, I have only been out of the country for cruises. Now I know how much there…

Now that I am back home in the states, I finally have a chance to write about my last adventure and final week in Spain. The first weekend in December I took a BlaBlaCar to Madrid to meet my good friend, Ada, who was studying abroad in Ireland. After a little bit of confusion and…