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By Rasmusonthego
February 6th 2009

Besøg fra Danmark Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

Anja and Johanne
Anja and Johanne in Turia with the opera house in the background.

Anja og Johanne jeg har lige haft mit første besøg fra Danmark, hvilket resulterede i at jeg bliver nød til at sove i tre dage, og mine venner hernede tror at danskere drikker og fester hele ugen lang. Men det var mega sjovt!! Det betyder meget at få besøg, men jeg tror nu også at Johanne og Anja nød det, da vejret var helt fantastisk de dage de var her. Det var meget interessant at være guide i Valencia, men heldigvis skulle jeg bare vise vej til den nærmeste Zara, og så hyggede Anja og Johanne sig fint. Vi så dog [View Full Entry]

By Bernadette50
February 5th 2009

llegar en Valencia Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

Boby
Danke das du mit mir nach München bist :)

So schnell noch die ersten Eindrücke! Kann jetzt sowieso nicht schlafen. Also hier in Valencia bin ich jetzt genau 4 Stunden. Es ist warm =) ca. 16 Grad und fühlen sich an wie 20, echt unglaublich. Nur jetzt ohne Heizung im sitzen wird mir grad etwas kalt, aber kenne ich das nicht von Südamerika? Und war es da nicht viel kälter? ;-) Mein Zimmer ist echt sehr nett, gelbe Wände so wie zuhause, nur ein Minifenster aus dem man nicht raus sehen kann. Naja aber Internet funktioniert schon mal und sonst sind Lorenzo und Teresa auch sehr nett (nach dem esten [View Full Entry]

By court jensen
February 5th 2009

mi piso Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

wall art
What is this? We have no idea. These are the pictures that hang on our wall...

I finally got a moment without Elvira or Ricardo in the house this morning. Enjoy.... Lizzy and I have gotten used to the size but I think you all will find these pictures amusing :) I got a gym membership yesterday and went for the first time this morning, I guess I'm staying awhile! [View Full Entry]

By court jensen
February 3rd 2009

a busy viernes Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

The city of arts and sciences
Lizzy and I looking ridiculous after running out of the taxi with our excitement of how cool everything looked haha

Last week flew by and we had a crazy Friday! For our Spanish Culture class we took a field trip to La Lonja; it's really not that exciting or pretty so I didn't take any pictures of it. But right across the street was "el mercado central." It's this huge building filled with meat, seafood, pastry, fruit, and vegetable shops. Everything is so fresh; maybe too fresh! The seafood was still crawling, eyes remain on the FULL bodies of animals, along with fur and eyelashes! Mom and Dad, I am taking you there when you visit Valencia, it is an experience [View Full Entry]

By nataliefech
February 1st 2009

¡Saludos de Valencia! Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

Smart Car
This picture is for Holly

I LOVE SPAIN! ;) It’s so hard to explain how wonderful it is in Valencia…sea, sun, mountains, palm trees, what else could a girl ask for? It is the perfect mix. A few days ago I went to the Botanical Gardens in the city…so lovely. The energy of the city is exciting, but as soon as you get into the garden you feel this calming peace. It’s amazing. The garden was created about a hundred years ago when it was in the middle of nowhere. They originally planned for [View Full Entry]

By court jensen
January 30th 2009

translating Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

This one will be short. A long and fun entry with lots of pictures is coming next! The first week here I was stressing over my ultimate goal of studying abroad to come back fluent. A good number of the students are more advanced than I am in speaking skills and it was discouraging me. But I've realized those who speak well have traveled A LOT. To keep it short, point is: I can already tell that my ability to translate into English will be better just from hearing people talk around me and reading more. It's hard to explain if [View Full Entry]

By court jensen
January 29th 2009

palmeras Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

Photo 1

I still can't believe I'm living next to palm trees for the next 4 months! [View Full Entry]

By court jensen
January 28th 2009

cuentitos Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

I just got done eating the most delicious orange ever. A family member of a girl from another homestay somehow gets a lot of oranges so she brought Lizzy a whole bag today! We're hiding them in our closet for snacks haha :) It was exactly what I anticipated a real Valencia orange to taste like. Lizzy and I went to a bar last night that offers Salsa lessons. It was kind of hard but very fun. It was also nice not to see a lot of Americans! Right as we were leaving a couple Colombian boys asked us to come [View Full Entry]

By nataliefech
January 26th 2009

Valencia Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

My View!
This is what I see everyday when I look out my bedroom window! See that blue near the horizon? That's the MEDITERRANEAN SEA!!

Finally in Valencia! ¡Saludos de España! I’m here in Valencia, Spain where I will be spending the next four months! I love it so far…it is the perfect mix of everything I wanted in a study abroad city. The fusion of innovation and tradition is surprising. Valencia’s downtown area consists of buildings 200 years or older, and definitely looks like the Europe I’d been picturing in my head. There is so much to explore and always something to do. There are internet cafes and clubs in these ancient buildings, which may sound strange, but in Valencia [View Full Entry]

By court jensen
January 25th 2009

new discoveries Europe » Spain » Valencian Community » Valencia

my apartment
A gorgeous, sunny day view outside my window

I saw the most adorable thing the other day when I was outside using the street phone. This dog ran out of his apartment complex with his owner, grabbed a palm tree branch and shook it around in his mouth like he had just caught a bunny rabbit. It was just too cute to see a dog carrying around a palm tree branch instead of a stick. On Friday ISA held a “rally” for us. It was supposed to be some sort of scavenger hunt around Valencia but I just went along to see new places and it was amazing. They [View Full Entry]

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