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By Coopers
November 1st 2009

Southern Spain Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Alicante

Chillin in Valencia!

We have arrived in South Eastern Spain, a little resort town of Torreveija, south of Alicante, which is south of Valencia. We departed Figueres and drove 4 hours to Valencia...we survived a tire blow out on the super highway. Not alot different about changing a tire in Spanish than in English. The drive is very nice and bordered by mountains, orchards, and the sea. We decided to visit Valencia for a couple of days before hitting the resort for a week. Valencia is the orange growing area of Spain and the city is surrounded by groves of orange trees! You know [View Full Entry]

By spidermiss
September 8th 2009

Seeing Alicante, Tabarca Island & Elche Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Alicante

Explanada de Espanol

Sightseeing Highlights from my stay in Alicante Alicante One afternoon, we went downtown to Alicante. Alicante is the gateway to Costa Blanca and its popular beach resorts including Benidorm, Altea and Santa Pola. Me not being a big beach fan, I was not worried visiting the resorts where many travellers flock to. It was very hot exploring Alicante and we took a couple of breaks for drinks and icecream. We explored the old town (El Barrio) including Santa Maria Basilica and we saw some interesting historical buildings. We wandered along the Explanada de Espana whe [View Full Entry]

By spidermiss
September 6th 2009

Back to Class and tuvo mucho calor! Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Alicante

In Class!

With my end of course assessment looming for my beginners' Spanish course, I wanted to consolidate what I learnt so far. This gave me an opportunity to travel to Alicante where Spanish Intensives run one week courses at different levels for students during the summer. I signed up for a beginners course (starting on the 29th August 2009) and hoped this would give me the confidence for the assessment. We had 4.5 hours of Spanish classes each day. There were 15 of us and we were split into two groups. I was in the "advanced" class and some other [View Full Entry]

By Carly and Jez
July 31st 2009

Alicante.. the perfect sea temperature? Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Alicante

Alicante Beach

Day 462 After a fantastic sleep in our perfectly dark room (that will happen when there are no windows) we checked out of Pension Alicante (Valencia), got a taxi to the bus station and made our way to Alicante itself. Past the orchards of Valencia oranges and stunning scenery we arrived in hot and sunny Alicante passing our Hotel on the way. The 26 story hotel Tryp Gran Sol was easy to spot so with our rediculously overloaded backpacks we made it on foot, checked in to our airconditioned room and headed straight to the beach. The beach presumably filled with [View Full Entry]

By SILAXX
June 8th 2009

UN MES ANTES DE IRME A IRLANDA Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Alicante

MI FAMILIA IRLANDESA

HOLA!!! ESTE VA A SER EL BLOG QUE UTILICE CUANDO ESTE EN iRLANDA PARA QUE MIS AMIGOS Y FAMILIA SEPAN COMO ME ENCUENTRO ,YA QUE, LLAMARME SERIA UNA AUTENTICA LOCURA XD AUN QUEDA UN MES PARA QUE ME VAYA EL 23 DE JULIO, YA ESTOY UN POCO NERVIOSA SOLO DE PENSARLO. YA IRE ESCRIBIENDO MAS COSAS BESITOS PARA TODOS :-) [View Full Entry]

By Bernadette50
June 8th 2009

Zwei Kulturen, ein Auto, eine Katastrophe - auf den Weg nach Alicante Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Alicante

Friederike, Sebastian, ich und Doris

Am Sonntag in der Früh machten Doris, Frederike, Sebastian und ich mit dem Mietauto auf nach Alicante. Die Idee entstand durch einen kleinen Chat mit Sebastian der mir erzählte er müsse nach Alicante um Frederike zum Flughafen zu bringen. Daraufhin meinte ich, voll cool, da wollte ich auch schon seit Februar hin. Tja eine Stunde später war dann das Auto gebucht =) Auf der Hinfahrt fuhren wir die ganze Küste (Costa Blanca) auf der Landstraße ab, auch um die Autobahngebühr zu sparen. Unser erster Stopp war die Kleinstadt Calpe. Dort gingen wir gut essen. Das Menu war auch erschwinglich und di [View Full Entry]

By AJSchu
April 12th 2009

Sevilla/Semana Santa Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Alicante

Semana Santa

The week leading up to Easter is called “Semana Santa” in Spain, and it’s celebrated all throughout the country with religious processions through city streets. Most barrios (neighborhoods) in each city hold a procession of their own that contributes to the Semana Santa activities, so there are dozens of them throughout the week. I saw a few in Alicante at the beginning of the week and then left for Sevilla on Wednesday night to see the city and the processions there, which are supposed to be some of the most important in Spain. We took a night bus on Wednesday night [View Full Entry]

By mattandmegan
April 11th 2009

Espana...Parte Uno Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Alicante

view of Alicante

We arrived in Alicante after a short flight from London into the open arms of our good friend Bristol. Bristol was in my Master's program at UM and is now getting her PhD in neuroscience at a the University of Miguel Hernandez in Alicante, Spain. She took us back to her new apartment, where we made ourselves right at home eating her food and drinking her wine/beer. Her apartment is quite large and is right downtown in the small pueblo of San Juan de Alicante, with a view all the way to the ocean. She shares it with two other students, [View Full Entry]

By AJSchu
April 3rd 2009

Kayaks, Surfboards, and Sails - Oh My! Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Alicante

Last week, my deportes del mar (water sports) class changed activities from rowing to a mix of sports that take place in the Mediterranean on the Playa de San Juan, a beach much larger than the one I live by, located on the other side of Alicante. I missed last week’s class because I was in Valencia and Rome with Mom and Dad but should be in class every week until the end of May. Until then, the activities we will do in class are kayaking, windsurfing, paddle surfing, kite-surfing, snorkeling, and body-boarding. Exciting stuff! What activities we do each Wednesday [View Full Entry]

By Waffle
April 1st 2009

Mi normal vida Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Alicante

La Universidad

Hola amigos! I’ve decided to change the way I blog a little so that it is more interesting for you and more fun for me. I’m going to just blog about the trips that I take because the last two months that I am here I am doing a lot of traveling. I also will add random blogs like this one that is just general about what is going on. The big news academically for me is that the day I got back from Lisboa, I finally decided to move up another level in terms of Spanish classes, mean that I’ve [View Full Entry]

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