Tag: Barcelona
Battle of the Beaches: Barcelona vs. Valencia
Spain has plenty of beaches along its beautiful coast, however there were two that stood out amongst the students and staff of Nebrija University: Barcelona and Valencia. Barcelona’s one of the most touristy city’s that Spain has to offer, with many people from around the globe coming for weekend trips there. Valencia is not as ...
My Month in Madrid
So, after four weeks in the prettiest city I have ever been to, my time living in Spain has come to an end. It makes me emotional thinking about living back in Philly, since Madrid is a city that has made me so happy to be in every single day. I am sad that this ...
A Reflection on A Study Abroad: Barcelona
I have a fuzzy recollection of how I felt the first time I stepped out in Barcelona. First, non-jam-packed seeing as I had just come from the highly dense country of Hong Kong and was still reeling from the effects. Second, keen because I’d done little research about the city but I’d heard good stories ...
Barcelona Visit Recommendations
1. Tapas: Known for its variety of options and the social benefits it brings when consumers gather to eat it, tapas is a quintessential part of Spanish culture, so of course a tourist destination like Barcelona is going to have some great tapas locations. Three of the best I either tried, researched or both are ...
Cultural Celebrations in Spain: My Recount of Las Fallas
I’d heard of this Las Fallas celebration prior to arriving in Spain, seeing as all my Spanish friends deemed it a must, and it came highly recommended. Some research to understand its significance and aid my planning gave me some useful information as follows: Las Fallas is an annual festival that takes place in Valencia, ...
A Day in the Life Studying in Barcelona
A typical day anywhere isn’t super eventful; waking up and going to school is the baseline of most days, but an exciting ‘typical’ day… an exciting typical day has events and exploration and windings, and I’m going to take you through an exciting typical day studying in Barcelona. I wake up at about 8:30, I ...
Is Europe Racist…hmmmm?
I’m a black woman, so that’s two major identifiers that I have to research when I travel, I Google questions like ‘Is it safe for women to travel in {insert country name}’ or search TikTok for hashtags such as ‘Black in {insert country name}’. It’s necessary housekeeping that I’ve learnt to do because every once in a ...
Progress Update On My Spanish Learning Journey
Growing up, I learnt French for some 8 years, but as if I didn’t know it already, a recent trip to France proved to me that my years had been close to in vain. Going abroad and needing to learn Spanish got me scared, I’ve never been a linguist or capable of speaking anything but ...
5 of My Favorite Things I Saw/Visited in Barcelona
1. Cafes This had to come first because the cafes in Barcelona are a stone’s throw away from one another, and they may not all be premium quality but I can assure each and every one of them is well above satisfactory, and they all have ‘cafe con leche’s, cortados and croissants, and these are ...
How My Study Abroad Changed My View of My Academic Path
Before I got to study abroad, I was the most persnickety student I knew. The CCI building was my morning, afternoon, and evening; the library during finals week was my haven, and devotion like that came with good grades, but at the expense of my social life and basically any frivolities that a college student deserves. Very ...
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