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…
Tag: Travel
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…
To answer your question…
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…
Weekend away in Valencia
I took my first trip of the semester! It was a very short trip - only 48 hours - but Valencia is an amazing city and we saw so much of it in that short amount of time! I went with two of my friends from our "Beginner Spanish" class. Our hotel was located in an older…
At least I got my luggage
Today was that day of many meltdowns. Right before we took off from SFO, I had a mental breakdown and basically cried my eyes out and tried not to think about what was going on. About an hour later I was ok, and then somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean I decided to have another meltdown.…