Category: Spain
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Couch Hopping Through Europe
My final lesson learned last summer while backpacking around Europe was follow the signs. The more open your plans are the more beautiful moments the universe can send you. My plans all started with a wedding invite. Austeja invited me to her wedding in Lithuania, which lead to me to England to crash on Ale’s…
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How to Backpack through Europe
Summer 2022, everyone decided that Covid was not a severe threat anymore. After 2 years of not booking the flight, it seemed like everyone hit purchase together. Thus kicked off the summer of revenge travel in Europe. From May through July I jumped country to country amongst the throngs of people. 9 countries in 2…
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No… the Plaza Mayor in MADRID
This day was one to live in infamy. We awoke with London, Indian food in our bellies and sadness in our hearts. Leaving was definitely not something we wanted on our schedule. Packed and ready to catch the bus to the tube, we knew that today would be a day of traveling. Bus to tube,…
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The World Cup
T-30 hours until the bus comes to my door to take me away from my home for the past 6 weeks. Although it has been about 2 months I feel like I have spent years here. The each street of Salamanca holds separate memories. From the streets that take me home, to school, to clubs,…
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The “Studying” Part of Studying Abroad
Finals began today. The “reason” I came to Spain is coming to an end and the test was this morning. Walking to my 9am literature final I had more than one emotion flowing through me; confusion with the different names of poem authors in my head and sadness from the fact that this is my…
my feet don't want to go to sleep 