We had a great train ride through the Chunnel from Paris to London. It’s actually a rather “boring” ride in terms of the scenery (and at least 1/2 hour is spent in the tunnel). We enjoyed first class and were served a nice luncheon type meal while enjoying cozy seats. I was [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Learning Spanish'
England
May 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Itinerary, Learning Spanish, Sabbatical trip, Site Seeing, Uncategorized, eating
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Adios Espana!
May 7th, 2008 · No Comments · Learning Spanish, Sabbatical trip, travel
We leave tomorrow morning for Nice France. It’s been a wonderful wonderful time here in Spain. We’ve learned a great deal, met wonderful people, and experienced not only another culture; but had time to reflect on the “culture” we live in.
We had a great day and a half in Cadaques! I’ll post more [...]
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The doctor says, ?Como se llama…?
April 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Learning Spanish, Sabbatical trip
Well, what a busy few days! Although I want to put up a posting about our great day trip with the school to the towns of Segovia and Avila over the weekend; tonight I write about my being sick…
A couple of weeks ago in Madrid, hubby and I had a bad head cold. [...]
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Salamanca
April 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Learning Spanish, Sabbatical trip, Uncategorized
Here it is Thursday, and I haven’t managed to put up pictures of Salamanca as yet! Unfortunately, hubby and I have been recovering from really bad colds and it has been pouring cats and dogs all week. I thought I was getting better but Tuesday night laid me low again. So [...]
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Salud!
March 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Itinerary, Learning Spanish, Sabbatical trip, Site Seeing
I did it! I’m feeling very proud of myself this morning! I managed two “real” things using only Spanish – and the best part – I used a verb! Who knows if I used the correct form, but I succeeded in asking my homestay mother if she would wash our laundry today [...]
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How not to use your Spanish!
March 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Learning Spanish, Sabbatical trip, Site Seeing, eating
Buena dias!
Well, the two of us decided to take a little walk last night after classes until the tapas bars are open (You cannot eat anywhere until 8 pm here). A classmate had told us he had found a bar with Guiness on tap. We were up for a beer with some substance [...]
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Study, study, study, study…
March 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Itinerary, Learning Spanish, Sabbatical trip, Site Seeing
Hola!
Well it is Wednesday already and we have pretty regular days. We get up and eat at 9, go to school to use the wireless and do homework. Lunch at 1, and back to classes for 3 till 7.
Last night we went to a lecture in the school about Dali — understood about [...]
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Spanish school!
March 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Learning Spanish, Sabbatical trip, Site Seeing, Uncategorized
Today I can’t blame difficulty accessing the Internet (I might have said this before, but access to wireless is very hard to find and very pricey in Spain – we Americans clearly take it for granted!) for not posting for three days!
Today is our fifth day of classes in Spanish and we are exhausted [...]
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Trains, taxis and finally school!
March 4th, 2008 · No Comments · Learning Spanish, Sabbatical trip, Uncategorized, travel
Hola from Granada!
This past Saturday we enjoyed our last day in Seville with souvenir hunting (can’t tell you what we bought until the recipients receive them!), but thank goodness we left some extra room in our luggage.
We also, after some reading, choose a flamenco show to go to as our send off to Seville. [...]
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Laundry, train stations, fashion and more…
February 29th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Learning Spanish, Sabbatical trip, Site Seeing, eating
Although yesterday and today we did and will do some lovely sightseeing; we also had to deal with some practical matters. Thursday we had to go back to the train station to get our train reservation for Sunday when we go to Granada. What a madhouse!
Thursday was a state holiday – something about [...]
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