Day 3 in the greatest place on Earth… and the last day 🙁 We started the morning at mass at the most beautiful church right by our hotel. I was astonished how even this little community church was so intricate and beautiful. Read more…
And the adventure continues! Day 2 was filled with tourist activities… all while trying to fit in! Our first stop was the Trevi Fountain to try and avoid the crowds, which was successful! It was a little rainy which also helped us out. Then, Read more…
Today, I started the greatest adventure of my life. After only 30 minutes of sleep, I was up to hop on a flight to Rome, Italy. The airport was empty when we arrived so we flew through security and got a quick bite to eat before our 6am flight. I Read more…
A look behind the scenes at a music festival! Out of all of the lectures on this trip, I felt that this was the most digestible for me. It was likely because the content was applicable to my life, not to mention Marta Salicru had a vibrant PowerPoint to accompany Read more…
While this trip has been extremely education, not one second of it has felt like formal education, which I believe is all related to the value of studying abroad! Today we had our last lecture by Josep Ortega, the founder and creative director of Kings of Mambo. I really enjoyed Read more…
Yup – you read that right! Today, we made towers out of people! But before that, we went on a visit to a modernism museum right in the heart of Barcelona. I’ll be honest, I was expecting something more like the MoMA, but it was super interesting nonetheless! Read more…
Another day, another day trip. This day was LONG but amazing nonetheless! We started bright and early by boarding a bus to drive to Girona, Spain; another city in the region of Catalonia. In Barcelona, we met our tour guide Sylvia and all made in to Girona together after about Read more…
On our two free days following Madrid, we were not wasting any time! Jessie, Katie, Sabrina, and I woke up bright and early (3am!) to top on a flight to Palma de Mallorca, Spain. We were a little nervous about the lines at the airport, but ended up flying through Read more…
After a very good night sleep, I woke up ready to explore for our second and final day in Madrid! Our morning started fairly early with an AMAZING breakfast buffet. The spread was one of the widest I had ever seen and it was nice to sit down and eat Read more…
Just when I though I could not fall more in love with Spain, we went to Madrid. I will be honest – I was not all that excited for the early morning and the three hour train ride. But, I managed to sleep for the majority of the train and Read more…