In my previous post on my Granada trip, I spoke about how this place marked me in two different ways - Granada for me was my first real experience with Arab architecture and culture without being in an Arabic country and it was the first time I was in the audience to enjoy an authentic … Continue reading Erasmus Experiences: seeing a Flamenco performance in Granada (2012)
When you're young, you're a student, and you're in Erasmus, things such as sleep are not necessarily considered essential. The motto was something of the sort "you'll sleep when you're dead", which frankly is not healthy at all at any age or time of life. Still, in most cases, this didn't really apply. I would … Continue reading Erasmus Memories: a 24-hour visit to Zaragoza, Fiestas del Pilar (2012)
A couple years ago I wrote a post about the main differences between Portugal and Spain, from a native Portuguese perspective of course, so you need to take it with a pinch of salt (as you should with any content). One of the things I wrote was how from my point of view, Spanish people … Continue reading Erasmus Memories: celebrating El Día de la Hispanidad (2012)
My Erasmus adventure recollection continues. At the Universidad Complutense de Madrid there was an Erasmus association that would organise trips at very good prices for Erasmus students throughout Spain. Of course that often required long bus trips, nights badly slept in pretty strange hostels and surviving nights of partying (when you're not a partying person, … Continue reading Erasmus Memories: visiting Segovia, Spain (2012)
When I got to the city I was going to call home for six months, and after sorting out my housing situation, I felt for the first time the world was my oyster. I was really on a very tight budget, and I still had a week until classes started. Thankfully walking is free, and … Continue reading Erasmus Memories: the exploration begins
The Winged Bone 