By some miracle, my class stayed exactly the same this week: we had all of the same students, same teachers, same classroom. (This is not typical; all of us are in the school for varying time lengths with different start dates so classes typically see at some change each week.) Next week we won’t be […]
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Adventure Even in the Mundane
Today I moved out of the homestay and into a private apartment in the Albaicín neighborhood of Granada. I’m a stone’s throw away from the San Miguel Alto view point, which has spectacular views of the city and mountains. The move from the homestay where 2 meals per day were cooked for me to a […]
One Day in Sevilla
One of the perks of being at an immersive language school is the extracurricular activities. Each weekend the school (in concert with other local language schools) arranges an optional excursion. This weekend we went to Seville. Six hours is nowhere near enough time for Seville, but that was the time I had, and what I […]
Spanish Language School – Week One
Three and a half weeks and only one blog post so far… Off to a slow start, but it should be a little easier to write from here on out! On Monday I started taking Spanish classes at Escuela Delengua in Granada, Spain. I have about 3 hours of instruction per day (broken up into […]
And we’re off!
Journey officially begun with a nine hour flight to London! Not much happened today other than flying, finding the hotel, and dinner and a pint at a local pub. The final sunset colors over the Olympics were amazing. The flight went north over Canada, Greenland, and Iceland before heading down Great Britain north to south. Here’s […]