During the months of March and April, my mother, my siblings, and I all celebrate our birthdays. Although I had expected to be in Madrid for all of them, I got back home the day after my mother’s birthday and was able to cut a cake at home with her to celebrate it. My sister put a […]
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 […]
I have spent these past few weekends in Madrid, and I plan to spend the next couple of weekends here too, without complaints. I love to travel, and it is nice to get around Spain or even outside Spain. However, I learned that I am not the biggest fan of short travels, like the two-day […]
I hope the title of this blog doesn’t come off as something super sad that alludes to a rom-com gone wrong. This week I just wanted to share what my Valentine’s Day in Madrid was like. Maybe it’s because I am in Madrid and everything feels better here, but this Valentine’s Day was the best one I […]
The program has just completed our second trip of the spring semester! We spent a night in Toledo this weekend, and it was so refreshing. As I mentioned last semester, we had gone to El Escorial, Segovia, and Granada. This semester, we had the option of going to El Escorial again, we went to Toledo, and […]
It feels amazing to be back in Madrid for a second semester! The weather is much warmer than I expected it to be for the end of January/beginning of February, but coming from the oh-so-freezing New York City, I am not complaining whatsoever. I landed on Tuesday morning, as opposed to my prior expected arrival of Saturday […]