I went to Logroño last weekend and LOVED IT. Honestly, the best thing to do there is just hit up the tapas bars at night and enjoy "pintxos" and good red wine- either "vino verde" (younger wine) or "crianzas" (older wine... and in my opinion, the best ( Read more... )

I'm about to go to Logroño with a friend of mine (also American). I'm so excited! I just booked us a Pension. I was hoping we'd get to couch surf, but the CSers in Logroño seem to be booked/busy this weekend. But that's what I get for waiting last minute!!! But at least our pension is cheap AND central- 30 euros per night for a double. It's ( Read more... )

As promised, here are photos!

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Sorry I haven't updated in so long everyone! I've been so busy... Madrid is a city that's always moving. It's almost overwhelming, so it's important to find ways to relax. I feel like I work harder as an auxiliar this year than I did last year. I am at school from 9-3, which includes a 2-hour break. It takes me almost an hour to get between ( Read more... )

You can see the album on facbeook now!

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Yesterday I did the walking tour and tapas tour. Today I was going to do the bike tour but decided I'd gotten a good enough tour from the walking one which was free whereas the bike tour would have cost 25 euros. So instead, I paid about the same amount to go to L'Oceanografic, which was soooooooooooo awesome! They have these awesome aquarium ( Read more... )

Check out this website: MEC: North American Language and Culture AssistantsThe deadline is April 15th, so if you pull some materials together VERY FAST you might make the deadline. Hell, even if the deadline has past, just apply, it doesn´t hurt to try, as there is no application fee. The only thing you lose is the time you spent putting together ( Read more... )

The basic gist of Sunday: We spent about 2 hours in the Palacio Real, then checked out the ENORMOUS Sunday out-door market at Plaza de Cascorro, went book shopping at the Corte Ingles bookshop at Puerta del Sol, intended to go to Museo El Prado but ended up skipping it because of the long line, walked through the huge parque del buen retiro, and ( Read more... )

I've been too busy to post!! We had an intense week, so I'll write a few posts now, recounting our adventures. Keep checking back! Basic outline of the week ( Read more... )

OK, so meeting up with them was a little bit of a mess, but we eventually found each other! We had paella for lunch, where Max was scared by the prawns with their eyes remaining in the paella. lol ( Read more... )