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A day in El Escorial and Segovia

January 27, 2017

This past weekend I took a day trip to Segovia and El Escorial with Zoa, one of my close Spanish friends, and her father. Both Segovia and El Escorial are historical cities within an hour from Madrid, which make them popular candidates for day trips.

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Life in Spain christmas, daily life, holiday, madrid, spanish culture

A Spanish Christmas: Día de Los Reyes Magos

January 15, 2017

This year I was able to spend part of the Christmas season here in Spain and learn more about their culture and traditions during the holiday seasons, especially during the Día de Los Reyes Magos, so I wanted to share some of these experiences and what I’ve learned about it all.

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Food, Life in Spain daily life, holiday, madrid, thanksgiving

Friendsgiving in Madrid and quick update

November 26, 2016

Hey everyone! I wanted to write a quick post considering I haven’t wrote anything in a long time. The past couple weeks have been pretty routine, so there hasn’t been anything I could think of writing about. I’ve got a couple ideas in the works for some posts in another week or two. I don’t…

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Life in Spain daily life, europe, field trip, madrid, teaching

A day at La Granja: My first field trip

November 7, 2016

Today I got to accompany my classes on their first field trip of the year so I figured I would write about it now while the day is still fresh in my mind. Last week one of the other teachers told me that first and second grades were taking a trip to “La Granja” (Spanish…

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