JIYOUNG SIM- It feels like it has not been so long since I first came here but now we only have less than two weeks left in Madrid. I still have one more post to write but that one will be about my trip to Cuenca which will be later this week, so in today’s […]

JIYOUNG SIM- What I love about traveling in Spain is that every part of this country has something unique about it. Every part of Spain I have visited made a different impression from the others. This time I went to the northern part of Spain. I have heard from so many people that the northern […]

JIYOUNG SIM- Salamanca is a city located not so far away from Madrid. It takes three hours by bus to get there from Madrid, so it is a great place to take a one-day trip. I went to Salamanca last weekend and had a great time there so in today’s post I will write about […]

JIYOUNG SIM- Last weekend my best friend studying in Vienna visited Madrid so we had a great time together during the weekend. I wanted to write about the places we visited because my friend loved all of them and I think they are great places for all of you to visit as well! On the […]

JIYOUNG SIM- If you love art museums, Madrid is the perfect place to stay in. There are a lot of museums and art exhibitions in Madrid and many of them are free for students. Today I am going to write about the three most famous museums in Madrid. The three museums are National Museum of […]

JIYOUNG SIM- Málaga is a city in Andalucía, the Southern part of Spain. I have a friend studying there so I visited her last weekend, and I had a great time discovering a different part of Spain. Málaga is well known for its beautiful Malagueta Beach. Thousands of tourists from all over the world visit […]

JIYOUNG SIM- In the last post I wrote about the classes at the Spanish universities. In addition to the classes at the universities, you can also take courses at the program center to earn credits. Unlike the universities that are located outside of Madrid, our Madrid program center is located in the city. All the […]

JIYOUNG SIM- Through Tufts-Skidmore Spain there are four different ways that you can earn credits. You can take program classes at the program center, take classes at University Autonoma of Madrid or University of Alcala de Henares, do an internship for credit, or take an extracurricular class for credit. You can choose not to take […]

JIYOUNG SIM- Study abroad is exciting because you are away from things you are used to. But at the same time, this means that you are more likely to be exposed to crimes. Spain is relatively safer than other European countries and Madrid is the second safest city in Europe after Copenhagen so there is […]