Back in Barcelona, Betty was eagerly awaiting my arrival. She really missed me, she said, and I missed her too. So I went to Llavaneras with her t...

¨I know, we lead such hard lives, don´t we?¨my friend Shannon sassed back to me after I complained to her about how tired I was from basking in ...

Bus ride number two from Cadiz to Marbella was lovely, as it took us along the southern coast of Spain, among mountain ranges on our left and the s...

We woke up early in Sevilla in order to catch a bus to Cadiz and enjoy the beach vacation part of our trip. After calling the bus company to find o...

First stop of our southern adventures: Sevilla. We arrived early Thursday morning after an overnight train ride to beautiful, sunny, HOT Sevilla. W...

Back in Barcelona, with my incredibly mixed feelings. Worked my butt off (wrote two papers, all in Spanish, of ten pages each in one week), and thi...

So about two days before I left for Morocco, naturally, I came down with tonsilitis. So I went to the doctor, got an antibiotic, packed my ...

After Ireland, life back in Barcelona has been pretty hectic, to say the least. I think five months is just a really long time to be so far a...

Well... yes, it´s been awhile and man, do I have stories. Some good, some bad, some ridiculously awful, some just... different. To say that I have...

As many of you know or have read by now, I live with a woman here named Betty. She cooks me yummy dinners, does my laundry, corrects my spanish w...

Another weekend with another visitor... Yes, it has now been five weekends in a row when I´ve either had visitors here or I´ve gone out of t...

Back in Barcelona, once again, but haven´t had classes at all this week (Spaniards don´t really believe in schoolwork... Okay, that´s a generali...

After the weekend in Barcelona with my friends who visited, I went to visit Steph in Vienna! I am aware that I went about two weeks ago and it´s b...

Post-Semana Santa life in Barcelona has been darn pretty good. I'm actually starting to have school work, which oddly enough, I like. Of course, it...

If I had to sum up the city of Palma (the capital city of Mallorca, on the southwest coast of the island) in one word, it would be "luxurious."...

Spring break has begun. I'm actually kind of bored, since all my friends have gone off to Italy or Portugal or Greece or Belgium or the Netherlands...

“La vida es como una montaña,” Betty told me yesterday. I don’t even remember how we got started on the topic, but I was sitting down to eat...

Hola... life´s pretty good here in Barcelona- here´s a little update on what I´ve been up to.Last week I finally found a yoga class that my...

Here are some of the things I learned in the past week from Betty, classes, and just life in Barcelona.1. Cómo coser Mom, I know once I tell you w...

Back from Andorra. Let´s just say, if you´re ever in western Europe and looking for a nice weekend excursion with a small town feel, relaxat...

Due to recent unfortunate situations, I have been feeling luke-warm towards my current hometown. As you may or may not know, my wallet was stolen l...

I recently began reading Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. It´s about travelling in Europe, so I can really identify with some of the experien...

Don´t have too much time to write, but here´s a quick update. I ate sardines. They´re gross. But luckily, that´s the only thing Betty´s made ...

On Saturday, I finally got to go with Betty to her second house (a condominium) in Llevaneras, a little town about 30 minutes outside of the city. ...

Life in Barcelona, at the moment, feels oddly comfortable. Although it´s a completely different city than either Milwaukee or Bloomington,...

I had my second anti-vegetarian moment. And I´m sure there are much more to come. Oh, well, when in Spain... We went out for tapas last night and...

Sooo much has happened since Monday I don´t know where to begin... Although I did talk to Mom last night so I´m sure half the world knows of my a...

I made it! Barcelona (or at least the little bit I've seen so far) is amazing. The flight was... entertaining, to say the least. I flew from Chicag...

I leave for Barcelona tomorrow! Thanks for reading my blog... I promise to keep you updated and let you know when I've arrived safely!