Being at home and practicing social distancing has made me miss being active. My mother andI have not leftour home in almost twenty days. During that time, I have spent a lot of time eitherbinge-watching my favorite seriesor completing assignments in my kitchen. When I was in Madrid, I joined a gym called El Horno. While I had friends that joined […]
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 […]
This past Sunday was March 8, International Women’s Day, and the day Madrid’s yearly feminist protest take place for women’s rights. The protest started at 5pm at Atocha, and roads were blocked off all the way until Plaza de España, where thousands of people of all ages and genders would make their way past the […]
One of my favorite things about this program is that we get refunded for any travel in Spain, cultural activities, and extracurricular activities. This allows low-income students like me to really live a study abroad experience with fewer setbacks. More specifically it allowed me to have one of the most beautiful weekends of my life […]
Today, I am gonna take you with me throughout my Monday. The start of my week is pretty hectic, especially Tuesdays, when I have classes pretty much straight through from 9am to 8pm. However, Monday is a pretty easy start to the week. My commute sometimes involves walking down pretty streets depending on where I’m coming […]
Every student in our program is required to take an advanced Spanish language course. This includes students like me, who are already fluent in Spanish. I was born and raised in the Dominican Republic and completed my education until the first half of 7th grade there. After doing so I moved to New York where […]
When I was a young girl, I went with my best friend to skating lessons every Saturday. It was the most unorganized skating lessons you can imagine with kids of all levels roaming around. So naturally, my friend and I did what any two novice skaters would do: cling to the wall. Step by step […]
Hand selecting a host family for each of 75 students is probably as hard as it sounds. I think this becomes especially hard when trying to place students with different needs who are already putting themselves through a gratifying but tumultuous change in their lives. I, for example, wanted to be in a family with […]
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 […]