Blogs from Santander, Cantabria, Spain, Europe
January 30th 2012
Hey there. Well it´s about time I started writing a blog of my many adventures that started when I was seventeen. I´ve pretty much just been too lazy to write anything online but yeah, so here it goes... Well I got a scholarship through Banco Santander to study here in Spain for the year, for free (yes! for free!) which is kind of amazing since we´re in a recession in the U.S. I live in Santander, Spain, in the Cantabrian region of northern Spain. I´ve been here for almost six months. In these six months, I have managed to improve my spanish skills, learned to drink cheap red wine with coca-cola (a.k.a-- Kalimoxto), travel to 7 countries, and make a bunch of international friends (mostly from Mexico and Spain). Spanish skills- well, I´ve studied spanish for ... read more
January 8th 2012
Santander Finally! The last leg of our trip! Our early December trip... We had a blast and in this last beach town we only had one night left to spend. After visiting the town we now know that we could have spent more time there, but it was time to go back to work. Maybe we will visit again in the summer! It was beautiful! When we arrived to Santander it was siesta. Of course! Actually we arrived in the nick of time to grab a map from the tourist office. We also had to look up what hostel we reserved with so we found a bar with WIFI to find out where we needed to go. We are organized. Not too much later, we were able to set our heavy luggage down at our hostel ... read more
June 20th 2011
Well, after travelling from Portugal to Spain through 2 buses, we arrived to Vallolidid and figured out that it was cheaper and faster to take the train back to Santander, whoo hoo. We avoided another 2 bus rides and ended up getting a wonderful deal on our return journey at only E9. Our journey previously cost E30 and Begona had told me to expect E20 for the way home...so although our train journey was a little longer than the previous one, it was a good end of the trip. Almost – we caught another train that brought us from the city of Santander to the area where B lives, we walked for a while from there. It was funny for me because B was the one complaining about walking this time. She was always pushing me ... read more
June 10th 2011
Hey everyone! Well, my time in Spain has been very rainy. It has been quite cold and not suiting my taste for weather whatsoever! Besides that, things seem to be going well - visited a market, a bunch of shops, loads of beaches and two other towns in the province of Cantabria, Santillana del Mar and Comillas. I apologize, despite trying to get pictures uploaded to my blog, there was no success so I will post pictures at a later date... It is now Friday, it rained a lot this morning and I slept rather late but managed to see the bread man do the delivery. There is a guy that delivers fresh bread to the houses where Begona's parents live every day - pretty cool I think. We are in town for the day so ... read more
La Semana del Deporte en Santander
Published: October 13th 2010Europe » Spain » Cantabria » Santander
October 13th 2010
Hola a todos, The last week of September was "la semana del deporte" (sports week) in Santander. Various sports clubs and gyms worked with the city to organize a wide variety of free activities and I participated in several events. The Real Sociedad de Tenis de la Magdalena, a very elite tennis club in Santander with RED CLAY courts, was hosting an open city tennis championship. I entered the tournament so that I could play some tennis for free and experience playing on red clay courts for the first time! I was also curious to see what the level of play would be in the tournament and was thinking it would be great to perhaps have the chance to meet some players my level. The tournament started on Monday night and went all week through Saturday ... read more
Its the end of September/October N I'm still at the beach... BOO YA!
Published: October 10th 2010Europe » Spain » Cantabria » Santander
October 9th 2010
So after now of living in Spain for a month, you'd think i'd get adjusted to the heat or the fact that its still 24 degrees outside and thats not even with the sun out. Nope!! Just the other day we took my host family's sail boat out on the water. It was amazing. If you didn't know Santander is the coast for the Bay of Biscay and the Cantabrian Sea. So in the Bay there is a beautiful, white, silky smooth sand bar/beach with a small restaurant on it too. Only people with boats have access to this beach, therefore its a lot less crowded on hot days. We took the boat to this beach and anchored. Did i mention how this was a Tuesday. Now if i was ever to boast about one the ... read more
Another Year in Spain Begins...in Santander!
Published: October 1st 2010Europe » Spain » Cantabria » Santander
September 30th 2010
Hola a todos!! I've now been in Santander for almost 4 weeks and things have been going absolutely great! Until about a week and a half ago when I moved into an apartment I didn't have much internet access so now I can finally take the time for blog updates. Living in Santander is such a HUGE change from Guardo last year and I'm taking full advantage of it. I'm already playing on an ultimate frisbee team here and I've enrolled in an Italian class at the Official Language School which begins next week. There are Official Language schools in cities all over Spain where it's possible to take courses in English, German, French, Italian, and Portuguese. I had to apply to take the course outside of the regular registration period and I had a really ... read more
September 15th 2010
Santander Santander, the capital of Spain's Cantabria region in Northern Spain, is a beauty. This beautiful Spanish town provides a great base for touring the highest points of Europe. The city's location, sandwiched between the mountains and the sea, forced it to develop in a peculiarly elongated manner along the northern rim of the bay which opens out onto the Cantabrian Sea. There are two distinct sections to the city of Santander- the busy commercial centre where you can find the majority of shops, historic buildings and tourist attractions and the beach resort of El Sardinero which is home to the city's classiest suburbs, the former royal palace and the casino. (in which i now currently reside within a 3 minute walk of the casino and a 10 minute walk from the royal palace.) Unfortunately, due ... read more
September 15th 2010
September 15th So today was just a typical day, got the kids ready, took them to school, and picked them back up again. It was a beautiful day, so we decided to go to one of the many beaches in Santander. We end up at the Playa del Bikini on the Magdalena Peninsula, home to the English-style Magdalena Royal Palace. The Magdalena Peninsula is a 69 acre peninsula located near the entrance to the Bay of Santander in the city of Santander, Cantabria along the north coast of Spain. At the entrance of the bay of Santander, there is a small peninsula that is called La Magdalena. It has a beach and a park that is opened to the public, and it is very popular during summer. In the middle of the peninsula is a hill ... read more
August 1st 2010
Bilbao se stvarno pokazao kao super grad, pored toga sta ima jednu od najmocnijih gradjevina Muzej primenjenih umetnosti, ovo je jos jedan alternativan grad , gde se uvece skupila po barovima u uskim ulicam centra skroz neka super ekipa i tako cirkala sedeci po trotoarima. Inace Bilbao je na moru ali ga tu nismo videli jer se grad siri duboko u kopno uz reku gde se i nalazi centar grada. Tu prolazi gomila hodocasnika na putu za Santjago, i najzad nismo jedini backpackeri, a svaki put kad sretnemo nekog od njih srce nam se steze sto ne mozemo sa njima jer smo kratki sa vremenom i ne bi smo stigli na volonterski kamp u Porugalu, ali kako sad planiramo pridruzicemo im se u Oviedu odakle ostaje nekih 350km pesacenja. posle prvog spavanja u krevetu i dorucka ... read more
