Adapting to a new life… Having been in Spain now for just over a month, I thought I’d reflect on how it has been and what I wish I had expected before coming. 1 – the Spanish timetable Breakfast at 11:30, lunch at 3, tea at 6 and dinner at 10? In short, I can’t …
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Let’s start with the fact that IT IS A LIE that it doesn’t rain in Spain! Having expected to come to Spain to enjoy glorious amounts of sunshine and nothing else, I am almost pleasantly surprised that is rains here too (DUH). However, what I did not expect was the AMOUNT of rain and how …
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Let me start by apologising for the radio silence over the last two weeks, I have been so busy! Especially last week, where my attention was mainly drawn to the protests that have been taking place Catalonia-wide. These were sparked following the sentencing of the Catalonian politicians who organised the independence referendum in 2017, which …
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On my second weekend I had already planned to join the AEGEE excursion on a hike along all the beaches from Tarragona to Torredembarra, but on Friday evening my flatmate asked me if I’d like to go on a spontaneous trip to Barcelona with her and her coursemate and a couple of others. Of course …
As I said in my previous blog post, we had a city tour of tarragona on my first weekend. Valentina and I arrived late because plumbers had to come and fix our shower as it was leaking (at 8:30 on a SATURDAY MORNING) cri, but we found the rest of the group just after they …
Hello readers! Sorry for my lack of posting! Since arriving in Tarragona I feel like I haven’t stopped so I’ll give you a quick run-down of what I’ve been up to! I landed in Barcelona and managed to catch the bus from the right place, and on time (good start) from the airport direct to …
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