Adelante Abroad

Montevideo, Uruguay | Wed Aug 25, 2010 | Views: 302

Okay, so it's time to revisit that holiday thing I mentioned before. Today is "un día feriado," meaning a holiday. There are no classes or work for most people today, which is basically the Uruguayan Independence Day. But, it's actually a false independence day. It is the anniversary of Uruguay's independence from Brazil, at which point it became part of Argentina...it wasn't until a few …

AbbyKlingle
Adventures of American Abby

Madrid, Spain | Thu Jul 29, 2010 | Views: 7844

So I think today it officially hit me that I really am leaving here in just a few days...not that I'm not excited to go to Malaga and London afterwards, but I've really enjoyed my time over here.  Yesterday after work, I hung out with Katie for a bit, and then got ready to meet up with my co-workers to go to Club Commo (forocio event)...it was really fun to …

EricaOverbeek
Stories from my Madrid Adventures!

Madrid, Spain | Tue Jul 13, 2010 | Views: 242

Can you say "hace calor?" I can, and it's hot. I am pretty sure that it's been at or around 100 degrees here in Madrid since my arrival last Saturday. It's been a great experience thus far, and I have some great roommates and new amigos in Melissa and Shane. Other than going to school and our internships we have pretty much explored what Madrid has to offer as a group, …

AndrewVaughn
Verano en Madrid

Madrid, Spain | Tue Jul 06, 2010 | Views: 116

So its day 4 in Madrid. So far so good. When I arrived on saturday, there was a huge gay rights parade happening downtown so I went with my roommates to check it out. There was so many people it was crazy. Later we watched the Spain game. At night we went out to this huge party thing where Kylie Minough was at. there had to be over 300,000 people …

ShaneNazareth
Madrid!

Madrid, Spain | Sat Jul 03, 2010 | Views: 185

This past week was interesting. I was done packing by tuesday and only need a converter to buy. So every day this past week was all about doing last minute things with everyone that wanted to see me before I left. Friday I went to San Diego to drop off papers and see everyone again since I had left from San Diego after graduation. It was a great day especially turning in papers …

MelissaAlfaro
Internship in Madrid