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Dearest travelers, expats, study abroaders, locals, and everyone else! I'm temporarily in Spain and would like to get tested for STIs [not an emergency, just want to make sure everything's as I think it is] but am not sure where to go here. I also have no health insurance at all at the moment, much less anything European [I'm US American ( Read more... )

I'm planning to (hopefully) live in Seville for 20 weeks to enroll in a language immersion program. Since living in a homestay with half/full board costs about $3k more than merely living with a Spaniard without meals being prepared, I decided it'd be best to live with a local and prepare my own food ( Read more... )

I know I posted a few days ago about the Auxiliares de conversacion program in Spain, and thank you to everyone who gave me feedback/advice. However, I have a seemingly big problem with my application. Here's the situation ( Read more... )

I'm flying into Madrid the 14 of September to teach there for the academic year. I've been looking on loquo.com for apartments ( Read more... )

I work as an English assistant at a high school in Spain (specifically in middle-of-nowhere, Cordoba), and a friend/co-worker of mine here mentioned that she heard of performances of the Vagina Monologues in Spain. I'd LOVE to see that while I'm here, whether in English or Spanish- me da igual :) though I think it'd be cool to see them in Spanish ( Read more... )

My sister and her boyfriend are going to visit me in March during their spring break. We'll spend some time in Madrid then return to my pueblo in cordoba. Her boyfriend has expressed an interest in seeing a bull fight, so I'm looking at info on bull fights in Madrid and Seville especially. I'm finding plenty of information through zee Google no ( Read more... )

Here I am in Hinojosa del Duque- a tiny town in the province of Cordoba. (I'm teaching English at the secondary school here, if you're wondering, and I am on week 3 of living and working here) Internet is difficult to get, and I am a regular at the public library because of it ( Read more... )

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