Buenos dias amigos! If you are just checking in, start with Part I of Our Trip Down South- Sevilla. After two nights in Seville, we hop, skipped, and jumped our way over to Cordoba, a small town worth seeing, even just for a day. We didn’t realize when we planned (really, my mom didn’t realize […]
Our Trip Down South: Sevilla
Hi! Things have been kind of silent around here for the last two weeks, largely due to the fact that my favorite people in the entire world have been here in Spain with me! My parents arrived two weeks ago and during the first week, we hung low and explored Madrid. It was like seeing […]
Weekend in Belgium: Ghent and Bruges, Part II
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, […]
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, […]
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”. […]
The Great Relaxer Hunt: RESULTS!
**If you don’t want to see a bunch of selfies of me, then exit this post now (Ollin…) and I will see you tomorrow, maybe..maybe not.** A few weeks ago, I went on The Great Relaxer Hunt here in Madrid. After two impossibly long weeks of waiting, I FINALLY had my hair done at Corte […]