I thought I'd give a Madrid update since uh, well, it's where I've been living! I chose to study abroad in Madrid so that I could explore Europe as well as improve my Spanish. Plus, it's an amazing city! Honestly, in the last couple of weeks, I've been a little frustrated with my Spanish progress. All of my classes are in Spanish, and I live with a host family, so I thought that I would be way more comfortable with speaking the language at this point. I know par...

Oh hello there, It's around midnight in good ole Madrid. So much has happened in the last 10 days. I had a day off today! (#YayNationalDay). I was a busy bee and didn't get much rest, but I know I need to crank out this blog. Because....Next week I have midterms, so I want to get all of my thoughts down before the madness begins. I LOVE making lists, so I'm going to list some recent highlights. I also have an 8:30 am class tomorrow *sigh* so this just makes it...

I have been antsy to write another blog post because so much has happened in the past week! Classes started on Monday, but I have only had 2 out of 5 classes so far. Here, they block it so that you have the same classes Monday and Tuesday, a break on Wednesday, and different classes on Thursday and Friday. It's a nice way to break up the week. My professors are phenomenal, and I can tell that I am going to learn a lot. I am struggling with understanding everyth...

What a crazy and exciting week it has been! I've been busy with orientation, and in my free time, I explore the city. So when I sit down to write a blog post, I feel super tired. But that's not going to stop me from doing it! Since everyone is in the same dorm, it is easy to meet new people. I have yet to meet someone unfriendly in my program of 48 students! A few days ago, a big group of us took the metro to the Temple of Debod. This temple was from Egypt and r...

I made it to Spain safely! YAY! I am going to write another blog post about how everything has been going soon. But first, I just need to get this off my chest: Since I had to sit in the second to last row of the plane, the trip was not the smoothest. I wanted to sleep to try and get on track because the flight was during the middle of the night in Spain. I think I got a maximum of one hour of sleep on the flight. I landed at 9 am local Spain time, so I had a fu...