Blogs from Salamanca, Castile & León, Spain, Europe - page 16

I just wanted to post a quick blog about Rafa-mania!!! If I thought the EuroCup was a crazy spectacle in Spain... well, I guess I had yet to see a 5 hour tennis match in a college town!! What a fun night! The people are crazy about Rafa! :) Once again, there was a big screen TV out in the plaza mayor and crowds of people watching and cheering. Who knew they would do that for tennis!! I chose to watch the game out of the crowd a bit, and hung out at the irish pub again... a much more laid back environment. I´m done with day two of classes for the week. Exams are next week (after my Pamplona running with the bulls experience), so I´m gearing up for studying more than I have already. ... read more

Wow... has it been an interesting few days! Where did I leave off??? :) I left from Granada, taking the 3 hour bus ride to Sevilla. Upon arriving to Sevilla, I made it into the Alcazar just in time (before closing hours)... I think the guard was really annoyed, but the American blue eyes might have helped for the first time this trip! The Alcazar was amazing. Yet again, I was struck by the influence of the Moors in southern Spain. They began construction of the building in 1364, but it has had a few additions over the years. It consisted of so many neat rooms. Most of the modern Alcázar was built over Moorish ruins for King Pedro of Castile. He Moorish workers to build his palace giving it a distinctly Islamic design. The palace ... read more

Im März haben wir einen 1 Tagesausflug gemacht nach Salamanca. Wir mussten ganz schön früh aufstehen, weil man doch 2 Stunden dort hinauffährt. Aber es war das sicher wert - wir hatten so ein Glück mit dem Wetter, weil es war einer der ersten Tage wo es warm war und wir wirklich nur im T-shirt rum gegangen sind :) Salamanca, wie ihr sehen werdet ist ein kleines Städtchen das nur aus Kirchen und Uni besteht, und der arme Michi musste mit mir so gut wie alle Kirchen abklappern ;) waren dafür aber sehr hübsch, seht selbst....... read more

Well, as a continuation to my last pathetic little entry, my Carnaval began on Sunday morning. I was still sick, but feeling better, as I finally broke down and took an ibuprofen for my fever. Ruso & I left early for Ciudad Rodrigo. I was excited as it was our first trip together & was pleasantly surprised that we had a blast & had no problems travelling together...even though I tend to get grouchy when i'm travelling & am hungry, tired, etc.... We took the bus to Rodrigo, which is a small pueblo outside of Salamanca (a much bigger, well-known, tourist location). I have to say that CIUDAD RODRIGO is one of the most charming places I've been to & I would like to go back. It's very small, but it's a walled city, so Ruso ... read more

I went to Salamanca this year for Christmas break. It was a tough decision because of course it would be great to go home, but our break is only 2 weeks here and it's a really long trip between here and Maine. I lived with a family and had the entire "student apartment" to myself because everyone else had gone home for Christmas. I took a Spanish course while I was there to try to improve my proficiency a little over the break. There were only a couple of other students in my class (which I should have expected, considering it's Christmas and all). In the morning from 9 to 10:40 we had Grammar and Vocabulary class and then after a 20 minute break we had Conversation and Composition. Once a week we had a Culture ... read more