Hello! If you haven’t already read it, here is PART ONE of this post, where you can read and see pictures from our two days in Ghent, Belgium. Bruges The night we arrived in Bruges, we checked into our hostel and unloaded our bags. In Bruge, we stayed at Bauhaus, which is a St. Christopher’s […]
A Weekend in Belgium: Ghent and Bruges
Belgium Break-Down Where we went: Ghent, Belgium and Bruges, Belgium Cost of airfare: Since we ended up purchasing two sets of tickets, this was quite expensive- 106 Euro + 170 Euro = 276 Euro, round trip Cost of travel within Belgium: 43 Euro Cost of accommodations: About 75 Euro Cost of food: About 45 Euro, […]
Friendsgiving I & II 2015…and Lately.
I want to say Happy Monday! But no….I hate Mondays. (Started writing this Monday…it is now Wednesday morning and I forced myself out of bed an hour earlier to get this written and posted once and for all. I don’t mind, I get to enjoy my morning with a cup of hot coffee, listening to […]
The Budget: Feeling Less Poor.
Well, I have officially been here two months and it has taken just as long to feel like I have found “my groove” not only in my day-to-day life, but in my spending, as well. I still feel #poor, but not nearly as much as before. And I have since remedied that #homeless situation. Life, […]
Say What? II
When teaching a group of six 5-year-olds In the middle of a lesson about rooms in the house, one of them says, “What the f*ck!” And then they all repeat, “What the f*ck!” And they are cracking up. I tell them they can’t say that and it’s a bad word and they all look at […]
Cocinando III.
Like I said in my Toledo post, I spent much of this weekend cooking. So much cooking! This week, I spent 23 Euro (but actually closer to 40 Euro because I went for extra groceries). However, here is what I go for 23. Eggs // arugula // romaine Carrots // bananas // clementines // onion […]
Weekend Adventuring: Toledo & More.
I think it’s necessary to begin this post by commenting on the tragic events that occurred in Paris over the weekend. Terrorist attacks are scary and heartbreaking no matter what, but living in a European country so close to Paris has made it hit home that much more. It has, once again, reminded me of […]
El Escorial & Catching Up.
Good morning! I am typing up this blog post at 11 am, Sunday morning, drinking coffee and eating a big bowl of peanut butter oatmeal. I’m feeling quite perky since I slept 13 HOURS last night! After getting hardly any sleep on Friday night, my roommates and I were up early Saturday morning for a […]
Free Museums in Madrid
Madrid offers a great selection of art and cultural museums, and while most are not ALWAYS free, most of them are free at certain times during the week. In this post, I made a list of the best museums in Madrid as when as well as when the museums are free in Madrid. See below […]
The Magic Man: Getting Robbed in Madrid
Before coming to Spain, people will warn you over and over to “watch your things” because petty crime and theft is common here, especially in areas with a lot of tourists. We heard it over and over again, and yet, it’s easy to think “I’m on top of things and that won’t happen to me”. […]