Blogs from Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain, Europe - page 14

So I haven’t really done any trips recently, but I figured I’d update you on the little things that have happened and the new stories that have arisen since the Barcelona trip. It’s been two weeks since my last update, so get ready for lots of stories! Let’s see… the week following Barcelona was pretty uneventful overall, minus the finals for my first block of grammar classes, which went pretty well, and The Office premiere (awesome!), so I’ll skip ahead. The following weekend was relaxing by night and stressful by day. Explain? Don’t mind if I do! NIGHTS. Friday night Adam, Daman, and I went and saw “Passengers,” the new Anne Hathaway movie in which she plays a therapist dealing with the surviving passengers of a plane crash, and slowly they begin to disappear. The movie ... read more

About a week ago, we had a group field trip to la Bodega Sierra Salina, located in the mountains in the south of Alicante Province. As we left behind the main highway and drove through winding, country roads with hardly any buildings (just miles and miles of grapes and olives being grown) I began to feel back in my element. All that was missing was some cows and a squirrel or two, although I did hear chickens crowing at the winery. Stepping off the bus, I was cold for the first time since I'v come to Spain as the winery is located at 600m above sea level. Feeling refreshed and invigorated by the crisp country air, I was ready for my wine tour. Disclaimer: I learned a lot about the wine making process during the tour, ... read more

Hola! Well, I’m in Spain, safe and sound. I’ve decided to start a travel blog to keep everyone updated on the big events here… travel, festivals, etc. Of course, I still plan to keep up on emails and whatnot, but I don’t have internet in my house, so personal replies are going to take a bit longer, and this way I don’t have to repeat myself on the major events. You can all just check them out here! For those of you who don’t know, if you subscribe to this blog, you’ll receive an email every time I update, so it works out pretty well. Alrighty, an update on what’s happened thus far (beware, I’m probably going to ramble; I have lots of stories and nobody to tell them to!): Flights. First off, I HIGHLY recommend ... read more

Well, today was our first day of our intensive Spanish course which we take for 3 hours a day, 5 days per week. I was placed in the middle of three possible levels (they divided ourselves up based on the results of our placement exam) which I consider an accomplishment seeing as I haven't taking a course in Spanish in almost 2 years and most of the people here are majoring in Spanish(more about the intelligence of my fellow Americans later on in the post). The class does not seem as if it is going to be very difficult and as my grades from abroad are going to be pass, fail on my williams transcript, I am not very worried at least about this first class. Part of the class was spent going over some colloquial ... read more

Geo: 38.346, -0.484756 GÜN 63 GÜNLERDEN CUMA Sabah 08:30 da yoldaydım. Bu kez Ayşe yi düşünerek paralı yola girdim. Rahat bir yol fakat sıcak bir gün. Yol ortasında masa aramak üzere bir süper markete girdim. İstediğim masayı bulamadım fakat işimiz görülsün diye çok komik bir ütü tahtası aldım. Ayşeciğimin sağduyusu galip geldi. Tıpış tıpış iade ettim. Alicantenin içinden geçtik. Alicante (Katalanca : Alacant). Valensiya'nın güneyinde il ve bu ilin merkezi olan şehir. Nüfusu 330.000 kişi olup tarihi bir Akdeniz limanına sahiptir. Şehir İspanya'nın en hızlı büyüyen şehirlerinden biridir. Ekonomisi turizme bağlıdır. Harika bir marinası var ve millet şehrin ortasından denize giri... read more