InterExchange Working Abroad Ambassador Sonia, Teach English, Spain What I love best about living in Spain with a family is how my everyday life is similar to that of a Spanish native. After only a few weeks in the city of Caceres, I was taking classes at the local college; shopping at the supermarket; I knew [...]
InterExchange Working Abroad Ambassador Sonia, Teach English, Spain This weekend, I decided to stay local and head to two nearby towns. On Saturday, I took the train with Emile, my friend from France, to Merida. Merida used to be an important nucleus when Spain was under the rule of the Roman Empire. It was one of the [...]
InterExchange Working Abroad Ambassador Sonia, Teach English, Spain I woke up bright and early at six a.m. to get ready to meet the girls from my class at seven. We are two Germans, a French girl and an American traveling together to Lisboa, Portugal. Our only method of communication between each other is to speak Spanish [...]
InterExchange Working Abroad Ambassador Sonia, Teach English, Spain Before I even graduated high school, I knew that I wanted to study abroad at some point in my undergraduate career. I also knew that I wanted to improve my Spanish speaking skills at the same time. However, with the ever-changing educational landscape, it quickly became apparent that studying [...]
InterExchange Working Abroad Ambassador Sonia, Teach English, Spain The bus left from Caceres to go to Telavera de la Reina at 6 a.m. I slept for the entire 3 hours (except for 15 minutes at a random stop where they made us all get out) until we reached Telavera around 8:40 a.m. as expected. I [...]
InterExchange Working Abroad Ambassador Sonia, Teach English, Spain I wake up, quickly get dressed and grab some toast with tomato marmalade for breakfast before leaving for class. Although I’m in Spain to teach English, classes at a local language school are the perfect supplement to help me master Spanish while I am here. Class is a [...]
InterExchange Working Abroad Ambassador Sonia, Teach English, Spain Time for another trip to Andalusia! I left for Cordoba by bus on Friday evening from Caceres and reached Cordoba around 10 p.m. I hopped into a taxi which pulled up right into Plaza del Las Tendillas, where my hotel was located. The plaza was in full fiesta mode [...]
InterExchange Working Abroad Ambassador Sonia, Teach English, Spain Sevilla was the largest and richest city of Spain in the 17th century. It housed famous artists such as Murillo and Velazquez and Magellan sailed out from it’s harbor. Although it crashed with the stock market in 1929 and has never reclaimed it’s former glory, Sevilla is still [...]
InterExchange Working Abroad Ambassador Sonia, Teach English, Spain After a yummy breakfast of churros and chocolate, Jose drove me to the bus station. I was a bit nervous about using public transportation in Spain but the bus proved to be comfortable and uneventful. Spain is shaped like an upside down bowl, higher in altitude in [...]
InterExchange Working Abroad Ambassador Sonia, Teach English, Spain Hola de Espana!!! I’m finally here!! and what an exciting and almost unreal day it was! When I finally sat on the plane from Chicago to Madrid, I basically started hyperventilating. The lady sitting next to me, who, after watching me fidget for a few hours, asked [...]
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