Madrid Our second CIEE group trip was to Madrid at the end of February, and they let us have an extremely long weekend for the trip too. The bus left Plaza Luceros, Alicante, Thursday morning and we got to Madrid a little before 2pm. The area our hotel was in was perfect for walking around and…
Whelp I have now reached the beginning of the best years of my life, so I've been told. I am no longer and will never again be a dreaded teenager (whoa) and the most crucial and fun years of my life await me! To say I'm excited for what is to come is an understatement,…
The weekend of February 19th, three friends and I went to Munich, Germany. You can call it a case of poor planning or mistrust, but we had planned to stay in a random guy's house via CouchSurf before he decided to turn our 3 night stay into a 2 night stay, which he informed us of two…
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,…
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…
I've been asked the questions "Why did you choose Alicante," "Do you wish you chose a different city," and "Have you learned anything since you got here" a few times now, and I think it's worth sharing my answers. Why did I choose Alicante? Well I know myself pretty well and I know that I…
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