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…
Update and technical difficulties
I have had so many problems with my Letters to America login, and am now finally again able to post. So I have to write twi posts. Papers are due, exams before exams, studying, and projects. School is getting hectic, and you know whats a great idea for that? To travel for an entire week…
Time flies
I cannot believe how fast this time has gone by. My parents visited last week for Thanksgiving which was really nice. I thought it would be a lot more difficult to say goodbye to them, but it was actually not too because I remembered how little time I have left until I return home. I…
Thanksgiving in another country
This was my first time ever being away from home and my family for thanksgiving, and any big “family” holiday for that matter. Which was kind of weird not being with them. Also thanksgiving is just an American holiday so it was weird going to class on a holiday that i usually spend the whole…
times running out
My time in London has absolutely flown by. I can believe we have just under a month left here until its time to go back to the USA. Which I am not complaining about going home. I’m actually excited to go home. I feel like time away from home makes you appreciate home and family…
The Final Countdown
There’s only a few more weeks left and although I’m anxiously trying to make sure that I get to do everything I wanted to do in Japan, I’m still incredibly happy to be coming home. There’s a lot of things that I’m going to miss here, but I feel like Japan is like a second…
Paris
This coming Friday, I will leave for my third weekend trip to Paris. The first trip I took was in October, as part of a field trip with my European City in Lit and Film class. We visited the Bonne Marche department store, Gallery Lafayette, Musee D’Orsay, and the Marais District of Paris, where we…
Letters of Future’s Past
It’s a little over halfway through my study abroad semester now. The semester is broken up in such a strange way for American students studying abroad at Lancaster; our orientation program was a month long, there’s a two-week break, and then the actual term is only ten weeks. It really is starting to feel like…
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…