CARNAVAL

Carnaval, Mardi Gras, Halloween - whatever you call it, it is crazy and so much fun! The Basics: Carnaval in Alicante is huge considering most of the time only college-aged people go out, and during Carnaval everyone from babies to grandmas are on the streets dancing! On Saturday night, Feb 14th, everybody dressed up in costumes,…

Not enough time in Granada

The CIEE program that I study through takes two trips during the semester, and the first was to Granada, Spain! We arrived Friday the 6th and took a tour of a cathedral, and then saw the tombs of Isabella and Ferdinand (the Queen and King who funded Columbus' excursion that discovered America). After dinner we…