Category Archives: Europe

Donostia San Sebastian: A ‘Kimberly-Style’ Theme Park

Posted on 22 April 2010 by k

No…San Sebastian isn’t ‘really’ a theme park. But, in my world, it fits the bill… The city, with a native population of around 180k, is smallish compared to Barcelona and London. It’s situated on a lovely Bay along Spain’s North … Continue reading →

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The Ash Cloud

Posted on 21 April 2010 by k

After 4 weeks away in sunny Spain, we were meant to fly back to real life on Saturday, 17 April. As luck would have it, our flight was cancelled and we had to brave it Spain for yet another week…I … Continue reading →

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Barcelona: Bird’s Eye View

Posted on 21 April 2010 by k

Wow…how far we’ve come! It’s incredible to think that a month ago we could speak only in the present tense Now, a month and four tenses later, we’re well on our way to being able to carry on a semi-normal … Continue reading →

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Spanish Sentence Mapping…my personal hell!

Posted on 7 April 2010 by k

Rough day. Ugh. I’m a perfectionist. And I like to feel that I can hold my own…I think this is true of most of us. Today, I couldn’t and didn’t hold my own in Spanish class and felt a bit … Continue reading →

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Picnic in the Park…

Posted on 29 March 2010 by k

It’s amazing what a difference a few extra degrees makes. If in London today, we would have likely experienced temps in the 50’s. But, luckily for us, Barcelona’s experienced a bit of a warm weekend with temps in the 70’s! … Continue reading →

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Una Primera Semana Buena en Barcelona…

Posted on 28 March 2010 by k

Wow! What a great week! We learned 3 new tenses, loads of new vocab and passed our first exam! Now, we’ve officially upped-level. And to cap it all off, we spoke to each other (G&I) almost exclusively in Spanish yesterday … Continue reading →

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¡Barcelona dice hola!

Posted on 23 March 2010 by k

We’re now in sunny Spain and have successfully completed day two of our classes. And we have seen the sun, afterall. As we’ll be here for 4 weeks in total, and we’ve been in classes for 4 hours each day, … Continue reading →

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