FRANCE | Friday, 27 Jul 2007 | Views [884]
Here's just an update on what has been going here in Nantes. This week some of the people on the team put together a bondage drama which is really good. They performed it in the plazas a few times yesterday and we were able to have a lot of spiritual ... Read more >
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FRANCE | Thursday, 19 Jul 2007 | Views [575]
Hello everyone! Sorry I have not been able to write very often! Lots of exciting things are happening in France, but we really barely ever have access to computers so I am doing what I can. Nantes is a really beautiful city. We use the tram public ... Read more >
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SOUTH KOREA | Friday, 6 Jul 2007 | Views [1048] | Comments [1]
Greetings from Korea! This week has been so absolutely amazing! I wanted to be able to write and update everyone on the daily stuff that is happening here, but we basically have no computer access so it’s been hard. Anyway, I am ... Read more >
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SPAIN | Saturday, 2 Jun 2007 | Views [711]
The whole next week was midterm week. I absolutely could not believe that considering that we had only had two and a half weeks of class because of Semana Santa (a week and a half off). There was barely even any information to put ... Read more >
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SPAIN | Saturday, 2 Jun 2007 | Views [1247] | Video
The next weekend was my birthday. I thought it would be weird to be here for my birthday instead of celebrating with my family and friends, but it ended up being pretty nice. On Sunday, I woke up and went to the kitchen to eat breakfast ... Read more >
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SPAIN | Saturday, 2 Jun 2007 | Photo Gallery
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SPAIN | Wednesday, 30 May 2007 | Views [680]
On Friday, I woke up and went downstairs to wake the girls up for breakfast. They had been out basically all night and hadn’t slept at all so Erin was the only one who woke up and ate with me. After breakfast she went back to bed ... Read more >
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SPAIN | Wednesday, 30 May 2007 | Views [633]
On Thursday we wanted to go to the Spanish Village and walk around, but everything is outside and it was raining. I thought it sounded cool because supposedly there was food and other stuff there from every autonomous community in ... Read more >
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SPAIN | Wednesday, 30 May 2007 | Views [2581]
Before we headed out to dinner, we hung out in the lobby. The girls drank the wine they had bought on the way back to the hostel. Two guys were sitting at the table next to us. They asked us for a corkscrew to drink their wine, ... Read more >
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SPAIN | Wednesday, 30 May 2007 | Views [656]
On Wednesday, we woke up and went to breakfast at 9:30. One of the reasons we chose this hostel was because of the free breakfast. I had some pan (bread) with butter and jelly, a bowl of some very plain (but not terrible) cork flake-... Read more >
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SPAIN | Monday, 30 Apr 2007 | Views [906] | Comments [1]
On Tuesday, our bus left for Barcelona at 8:05am so we met at the train station at 7:45am. A lady heard me talking on the phone in English (oops!) and introduced herself because she was American too. Her daughter Elizabeth is studying at the private ... Read more >
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SPAIN | Monday, 30 Apr 2007 | Views [730]
On Saturday I decide to go to the park to do my homework. It was a really nice little walk and the park was cute. The middle section was fenced off and it had all types of animals. There were flowers everywhere and benches for enjoying the ... Read more >
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SPAIN | Thursday, 26 Apr 2007 | Photo Gallery
Semana Santa on the coast
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SPAIN | Tuesday, 24 Apr 2007 | Views [511]
Mis Padres On Monday nights, Amparo has a cooking class so she makes dinner before she leaves. I kind of like Mondays because they are bonding nights for Miguel and me. This past Monday was great because he told me all kinds of stories ... Read more >
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SPAIN | Tuesday, 24 Apr 2007 | Views [550]
Wow, so it’s been forever since I updated this. Lots of stuff has been happening here so you would think I would write more, but I just haven’t been able to find the time or the motivation lately. I’m just going to pick up where I left off and ... Read more >
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SPAIN | Sunday, 8 Apr 2007 | Views [525] | Comments [1]
On Wednesday, I had my first meeting with one of my intercambios. An intercambio is a Spanish student conversation partner who is trying to learn English. We each have 2 intercambios and we have to meet with them for a total of 12 ... Read more >
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SPAIN | Sunday, 8 Apr 2007 | Views [453]
On Monday, I realized that I still didn’t have any plans for Semana Santa. Semana Santa is Holy Week and it includes Good Friday and Easter along with the week afterward. This is basically my spring break since I had to leave to come here the ... Read more >
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SPAIN | Sunday, 8 Apr 2007 | Views [540] | Comments [1]
I survived my first week of classes here. I thought it would be impossible to take four Spanish classes at once, but it looks like it might not be too bad after all. I mean, really I’m used to taking 19-20 credit hours with 5 classes and this quarter ... Read more >
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SPAIN | Monday, 2 Apr 2007 | Views [737]
On Thursday, we had an orientation with all of our classes. We got all of our syllabi and talked about what to expect during the quarter. My two professors Ana and Nekane seem really nice and I think I’m going to like them a lot. Around 2:00pm ... Read more >
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SPAIN | Thursday, 29 Mar 2007 | Views [648] | Comments [1]
My first night in my new casa was good. I ended up waking up at midnight thinking it was the morning. I looked at the clock and it said 00:43 (military time) and I couldn’t believe it. I went back to bed, but woke up again at 4:00am thinking ... Read more >
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