El 21 de marzo, las alumnas y mentoras de Tufts-Skidmore Spain nos fuimos de hipotética excursión a la Sierra Norte, sierra de Somosierra, a una hora de Madrid. Salimos de Colón, madrugando mucho (a las 8:15 ya estábamos todas montadas en el autobús y saliendo hacia Plaza Castilla dirección Buitrago. Todxs se mostraban muy emocionad@s […]
Online classes started a little over a week ago and all things considered, I think they’re going well! Mensaje de esperanza, clase de lengua española con la profa Aída Rodriguez Initially when I learned that classes would be online, I was a little worried. All my life classes have been a physical space to engage […]
Viajes imaginarios, actividades por hacer, deseos, abrazos… Reseñas para la Esperanza, es una iniciativa de las mentoras y mentores de Tufts-Skidmore Spain para llenar un poco el vacío de la cuarentena que estamos viviendo en la ciudad de Madrid, desde que las universidades cerraran el 11 de marzo de 2020 por la alerta sanitaria del […]
It’s been two weeks since we left Madrid for our homes. The end of our time in Spain was quick and, for some, unexpected. Meghan, Anusha, and Sofia at the Retiro metro stop. The second week of March started as normal but I knew of the global pandemic going on and cases in Spain were […]
I planned on writing this blog on my experiences pole dancing at the gym. I planned on writing my last blog of the semester about the Tufts-Skidmore Spain staff and how wonderful they have all been. Needless to say, with all the chaos and madness that has gone on these last few weeks, many of my plans […]
¿No tienes plan para el SÁBADO 21 DE MARZO? Pues estás de suerte, tus mentores y mentoras te invitan a pasar el día a Buitrago del Lozoya, un pueblo precioso de la sierra norte de Madrid. En él, además de disfrutar de unas agradables vistas de este pueblo medieval (y quizás de un chocolate con […]
Hola! Today is my first day back in Madrid after attending the Eastern Sociological Conference in Philadelphia. As a senior, I was given the opportunity to present my research and listen to the projects of other researchers in the northeast. But before I go into detail about the conference, I often get the question: what […]
View from the trail. Living with a host family can be one of the most daunting aspects of study abroad. Last semester in Australia, I had a short stay with a host family and, unfortunately, had a bad experience with them. After spending the fall semester abroad, coming back home to my family, only to […]
This semester at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, I am taking one of the most interesting and unique classes I have taken in my college career. The class is called Paisajes Sonors (soundscapes), and it focuses on studying the neighborhood of Lavapiés through its soundscape and audiovisual characteristics. We are learning basic sound editing and […]
Este pasado martes 25 de febrero disfrutamos muchos de una fantástica noche de karaoke en el Club Nomad, muy cerca de Sol. Al no ser el local excesivamente grande, temíamos que no fuéramos a caber todos — ya que había más de 60 personas apuntadas a la actividad—, pero al final sí entramos todxs, claro, […]