Category: Europe
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Alhambra: Arabic Heaven
Alhambra means red one but it should just mean heaven. This place hold the summer and winter castles for the old Arabic rulers. People used to think the Arabians had special powers because this building was made of iron and when it rained it would run red, thus the name. Alhambra definitely mirrors a mythical…
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Madrid: Sin Para
Madrid. 6 million people. 32 JMU students and Jesús (our coordinator). Only allowing 2 days in the Capital of Spain required us to basically jet set through everything. After the 3 hour drive to Madrid we arrived at the Museo del Prado, one of the world’s most famous museums. Our tour guide Laura, walked us…
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Tryin to tapa that
One of my new favorite things: tapas. After my conversation class, filled with jokes and songs, and travel writing class, recently renamed travel raging, it is 12 o’clock. Now in Spain, 12 o’clock does not mean lunch time. Lunch happens at 230 with our families. Those 2.5 hours seem like weeks away when breakfast is…
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Santiago De Compostela: The Land of Shells
Hi Ho Hi Ho its off to Northern Spain we go! Some friends and I went to Santiago de Compostela for the weekend. El Camino de Santiago fell on the 5th of June. It is a religious pilgrimage starting in France and ending in Santiago de Compostela. The main attraction here is the Church of…
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European Fashion
It is 5 o´clock on the Plaza Mayor in Salamanca. I am sitting absorbing the rays and sweating in my summer dress. The average local wears jeans, boots, scarves, jackets and many layers. People across the Plaza seem impervious to the sun’s rays. The average European wears at least 5 layers. Scarves and a light…
my feet don't want to go to sleep 