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 […]
Entries Tagged as 'Learning Spanish'
Spanish school!
March 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Learning Spanish, Sabbatical trip, Site Seeing, Uncategorized
Tags: Alhambra·school·Spanish language
Trains, taxis and finally school!
March 4th, 2008 · No Comments · Learning Spanish, Sabbatical trip, travel, Uncategorized
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 […]
Tags: Mead School·school·train
Laundry, train stations, fashion and more…
February 29th, 2008 · 3 Comments · eating, Learning Spanish, Sabbatical trip, Site Seeing
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 Santa […]
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Endings and beginnings
December 21st, 2007 · No Comments · Learning Spanish, My Goals, travel
Well, here we go! Although I need to go to campus for a couple of days in January to finish up some paperwork, clear off the desk (and to clean out the snack drawer – apologies to the mouse), and finish the end of semester grading, I am very close to being officially on sabbatical! […]
Tags: learning·sabbatical·Spain·teaching·travel