On Wednesday, May 31st I visited the home of Real Madrid, who are known as one of the best and most successful soccer teams in the world. The Santiago Bernabeu Stadium can fit up to 82000 people and is almost full at the home games especially during major tournaments or matches. The stadium hosted four…
A weekend in Alicante, Spain
After spending two weeks in Madrid during our Verano Espanol program, my cousin and our two homestay roommates Jawaad and Albert, decided to take a train and travel 2 hours east towards Alicante, Spain for the weekend. We were hesitant at first due to the fact that we would be traveling not only through a…
The City of Granada
This past weekend, a couple of friends and I took a trip to Granada. A few people had mentioned how beautiful it was, but it completely exceeded my already high expectations! Since the town was the last in Spain to be conquered by the Spaniards, it still displays Arabian vibes. The streets were picturesque rather than modern, with…
The North Island
A few weeks ago, some of my best friends from Rollins visited me in New Zealand. We all went on a road trip in the North Island. I went to Auckland for the first time (unless you count the hour I was in the airport there in February). Since my phone malfunctioned a while ago and…
Weekend in Granada, Spain
This past weekend, several of my friends and I visited the city of Granada in Spain. After five hours of travel from Madrid, our bus finally pulled into the station Friday evening. With luggage in hand, all of us made our way to the Airbnb we had booked for the weekend and found ourselves in…
Post-trip Reflection
This semester really flew by, my time in Ireland is one that I will remember for many years to come as it is my first experience abroad by myself. Studying abroad has been a valuable experience for my life. Adjusting back to everything back home will be a little difficult, as everything in Ireland is…
Final Two Weeks
During my final two weeks in Ireland I had my finals, which are done over a much longer period than at Rollins. The finals regulations and overall atmosphere around the campus were tense and taken very seriously. Along with my finals I had a final paper for one of my classes that I was working…
Blue Mountain state _ of mind
One of the classes that I took this semester was called Outdoor Education, and as the title suggests the class included bunch of field trips to the great outdoors. The last trip was to the Blue Mountains, in which we stayed in cabins with a nice fireplace, and hiked for 3 days straight. I liked…
Be Robin Hood, Across the World
For the past year, I’ve been involved as an ambassador for my friend’s start-up company, Be Robin Hood. Be Robin Hood is an online merchandise site, where every purchase gives back to those in need, twice. My friend founded this company on the basis that anyone can be a hero, and together we can help…
It’s May yet somehow I loved the fact this whole month was Autumn?! Why not. My first few months here were full of travel, May was my month to take a brief pause, to reflect on all the adventures I’ve had so far, and I got to explore my city just a bit more. Dunedin…