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Photos from my weekend trip to Paris 2 weeks ago. We had very nice weather the first day, but the rest of the time it was pretty rainy, though we still got to take in a bunch of cool sights while we were there.... read more

I did take a weekend excursion to Barcelona, though I have nothing to show for it. I became one of the many people who get things stolen from them on the street called Las Ramblas there after getting my camera stolen. Luckily it is covered under traveler's insurance and I had all my other photos transferred so I did not lose much. At least I'll have the memories!... read more

After much delay, here are the photos from the 3rd and final day of our trip to Morocco. Our third day was spent in the city of Chefchaouen which is a rural city up in the mountains.... read more

This past weekend I took an excursion to Lagos, Portugal with 8 others from my CIEE program group. We traveled by bus since Google Maps approximated the travel time as 2 hours 34 minutes by car. In reality it took about 6 hours each way so that was pretty surprising. Luckily everyone was fine with sleeping for most of the ride after having gotten up around 6am that morning to catch the bus. When we arrived in Lagos it was raining pretty steadily so we had to figure out where our hostel was in the rain which took some work. After we got settled in the hostel, the rain stopped for a bit in the afternoon so we took the opportunity to run down to the beach and get thrown around by some pretty large waves. ... read more

Well this was the first week of real classes here for all students at the University of Sevilla including myself. I am taking 5 classes now, all in Spanish which is proving to be challenging to this point. Some professors are easier to understand than others. Also, it is obviously easier listening to subjects I have gone over previously than to learn new things and have to understand brand new concepts. I think things will gradually become easier as time goes by. On Friday I took a day trip with some other members from the CIEE group out to a city called Carmona which is just outside Sevilla. It was an amzing trip getting to see all of the many views of the city and getting to explore their castle they have their. It offered some ... read more

Today we took a day trip to Cadiz. Cadiz is a peninsula on the Atlantic Ocean in the southwest of Spain that is famous for their beaches. It is approximately a 1hr 45min bus ride to get to. This morning it was overcast, cloudy, and actually a little bit cool for the first time since I have gotten here. But maybe it's just my inexperience at waking up at 7:30am on Saturdays thusfar. In any case, once we got to the beach we set up shop as a group and grabbed some lunch. It did warm up significantly around 1pm and the sun was shining for the majority of the time following 1pm. Long story short, the beach was glorious and it was a good time. On the downside, I contracted a mean sunburn despite repeated ... read more