After getting off the train from London to Paris on Thursday April 16th, I had to get to the hotel a friend booked for us. I went to Paris with a girl from my program, her best friend, and that friend's home stay-mate. So there were 4 of us girls in the city of love, but they were flying in…
Tag: Travel
*ring ring* London calling
Taking a UK trip (plus Dublin) just isn't complete until you go to London! On Saturday April 11th mis padres y yo boarded a train in Cardiff bound for London. It was only a two hour ride across beautiful English countryside, and the train even had wifi. The views and little towns along the tracks…
To Dublin then Cardiff
Dublin After leaving Edinburgh, Scotland, we went to Dublin, Ireland. Dublin was interesting to say the least. Did I love it? No, but I didn't absolutely hate it either. The best part of Dublin was the hotel we were staying in, but that's only because it's listed as one of the top hotels in Ireland so of…
Edinburuh, Scotland
Yes, I know the city is spelled Edinburgh but that doesn't help us Americans pronounce it right so please say it with me - ED IN BURR UH. Now that that's out of the way, let me tell you a little about my favorite city in the whole entire world. I always get a little…
Beaches & Bikinis
Majorca? Mallorca? - Nobody actually knows the real spelling of it, only the pronunciation. The important thing is that we went there! So for our long March weekend starting the 19th, my friend and I decided to book a plane and a hotel on the sunny beach vacation island of Majorca, Spain. Too bad during…
Madrid vs. Barcelona
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…