Adelante Abroad

Montevideo, Uruguay | Sat Nov 12, 2011 | Views: 5464

Tonight we all went to the Uruguay vs. Chile World Cup qualifier match and it was magical.

SarahNolan
Uruguay

Calama, Chile | Fri Nov 11, 2011 | Views: 1111

"¡Definitivamente tienes que ir a San Pedro—valdrá la pena!" After stepping on el TurBus at 11:30 p.m. equipped with a day’s worth of PB&J, apples, crackers, carrots, chocolate, and a fully charged iPod in preparation for our 23-hour road trip up north and probably the longest ride of my life, I was certainly hoping the Chileans were right when they insisted that I couldn’t leave the country without visiting San …

IvanaFreitas
Life in Chile

Seville (Sevilla), Spain | Thu Oct 13, 2011 | Views: 1646

Ahhh, the siesta. That romantic, pastoral image associated with long ago and the ultimate example of a laid back culture. Surely in today’s modern, fast-paced society, full of Blackberry calendars, such a glorious time designated for relaxation couldn’t exist. Oh wait, it does. One of my first questions when I came to Spain was, “So, the siesta…is that actually real?” It may have sounded dumb, but for someone …

Lindsey_OConnor
Internship in Seville

Seville (Sevilla), Spain | Thu Oct 13, 2011 | Views: 156

It’s hard to imagine what Plaza de la Encarnación would’ve looked like years ago when there weren’t six giant mushroom shaped parasols rising above the busy plaza, before it became home to the largest wooden structure in the world. Plaza de la Encarnación was the setting of a food market (the same one there today in fact) but in 1973 when their facilities needed improvement …

Lindsey_OConnor
Internship in Seville

Madrid, Spain | Mon Aug 08, 2011 | Views: 1046

week one of August = increasingly hot but incredibly successful! Such a great start to what is clearly going to be another amazing month in Spain. Started off at internship with a busy week which I love! This week I worked on a project that kindof epitomizes a few of the points in my last entry, I was researching and making presentations of case studies of advertisements utilizing famous people/celebrity endorsements …

KaceyBurr
Tinto de Verano en Madrid