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Running of the Bulls in Pamplona! By far, this is my most fun blog entry to make. I re-lived every moment of the chaos that took place, and loved every minute that I was there. Thank you to everyone who helped me out during my time in Spain and for everyone's great comments about my blog. I am still running into people who are saying that they had a great time reading it, and I don't even know how they knew about it! It really made my time there great! I had an amazing time in Spain, and I want to go back ASAP and keep on studying Spanish. This language is kind of fun once you get the hang of it. I think I'll keep my blog around for my next vacation...South America anyone?

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By jjbstallion
July 21st 2008

Pamplona-Running of the Bulls

Europe » Spain » Basque Country » Bilbao

Bilbao

Hello Everyone! My last week in Spain was a whirlwind vacation through the Basque Country to see a little of Bilbao and to run with the bulls in Pamplona. I left Malaga on Tuesday afternoon (7/8) and got to Pamplona that evening. I had to travel with all of my luggage since I was leaving from Bilbao on Friday morning to go back to Syracuse, so I weaved my way through the streets and massive crowds of people of Pamplona and found the bus station. I couldn't find a place to stay in Pamplona for a decent price, so I had [View Full Entry]

By jjbstallion
June 3rd 2008

Roma

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

City

OK so Roma was a blast, and here is how it all went down… I caught a direct flight to Roma at 1:00 in the afternoon from Málaga and arrived in there at about 3:30. Alitalia is Italy’s “official” airline, and they were very accommodating (but still not better than SwissAir). When I arrived in the airport, the hostel which I was staying at picked me up and brought me to their site. Club Castelfusano is a small village of bungalows and camping grounds for this hostel and they offer free shuttles to the Metro station to bring you into the [View Full Entry]

By jjbstallion
May 5th 2008

Switzerland

Europe » Switzerland » South-West » Geneva

Fountain

So Europe and the rest of the world (except the USA) had the day off Thursday due to the May holiday, and the University gave us Friday off too; so I decided that I would go to Switzerland for a long weekend. Málaga has direct flights to Geneva everyday so I hopped aboard the plane Thursday night and checked into my hotel. Geneva is situated on Lake Geneva (original, I know) and is bordered on both sides of the city by France and the Alps and Jura mountain ranges. My hotel was actually 10 meters over the border in France, so [View Full Entry]

By jjbstallion
March 27th 2008

Semana Santa

Europe » Spain » Andalusia

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Here is just a view of some city streets in Madrid

Hello Everyone! I hope everyone had a great and relaxing Easter Holiday together. I can imagine that everyone was pretty busy having some great food, staring intently at their March Madness Brackets, and oh yeah, celebrating the resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Spain does not have March Madness, but they do have an entire week dedicated to the last week of Christ’s life called: La Semana Santa (Holy Week). Maria and I had the opportunity to explore some of the biggest Semana Santa festivals in Andalusía during the week, and we were able to spend a few days in Madrid [View Full Entry]

By jjbstallion
March 11th 2008

Málaga

Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Málaga

Málaga
Here is a view of the city from the top of the Alcazaba

Hola Todos! Here is the beautiful city of Málaga! I have spent a little more than a month in Spain, and have been learning a lot about Spanish culture and language. However, speaking is still very difficult. It is tough to open yourself up to speak, when you have to think about how to formulate the sentence in Spanish. Each day is a little easier, but there is something new to learn everyday, so it feels like you are just spinning your wheels. I know that with more practice it will get easier. University classes have been underway for a couple [View Full Entry]

By jjbstallion
March 11th 2008

Ronda

Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Ronda

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Here are some really great pictures from the mountain-top city of Ronda. Ronda is about an hour and a half bus ride from Málaga, up a mountain. It was really cold and windy there that day, and it started to rain a little bit too. So, all the pictures make me look a little miserable, but it is ok. The program has planned out 3 excursions for our time in Spain, and this was the first of the three. Only a day trip, but that was all that was necessary for this place. The other 2 excursions are to Sevilla for [View Full Entry]

By jjbstallion
March 11th 2008

Marruecos

Africa » Morocco » Tangier-Tétouan » Tétouan

Mosque
Here is the entrance to the mosque

Ok, so it was Ronda one weekend, and then the following weekend I made a spur-of-the-moment trip to Morocco Africa with some of my IFSA-Butler friends. The trip was such a culture shock, and I would go back in a heart beat. Here is how it all went down: Our program director gave us the information for guided tours through Morocco so we would be safe and know where to go. The tour gave us 3 days in the cities of Tétouan, Tangier, and Chef-Chauquin (sp.). We took a tour bus from Málaga to Algeciras (1.5 hours) to catch a ferry [View Full Entry]

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