Expect the Unexpected
Amy Donegan
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Hoping after you read this you might not end up as lost as I was when you're far away from home!
Blog posts
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Prosecute Pablo!
Arriving in a new country all by yourself is definitely a daunting prospect, made even more so when you have to begin searching for flats in such a short space of time! I had a terrible experience with my first landlord here - if you haven't guessed, his name is Pablo -...
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Student travel in Madrid
I'm going to introduce you to the greatest invention of all time: The ABONO! Unless you choose to live in Moncloa (which I've heard is a little bit boring! ), you are inevitably going to need to get the metro to uni, assuming you choose Complutense! 1. 50 doesn't seem...
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Spanish Omelette
So we figured since we can't afford to go for tapas every night (boohoo) we would attempt to make our own at home! I have attempted Tapas dishes before, such as Paella and Patatas Bravas and there have been disastrous consequences, so we decided to opt for something a...
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Monster Metro
This post is somewhat of a warning and somewhat of an embarrassing confession...and it has to do with the brutal Metro de Madrid! Now, you can probably see from my previous post about the metro, that I’m a big fan. Well, that was perhaps true before, but now I’m...
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
It´s safe to say I didn't expect much in the way of organisation when I decided to go to university in Spain, in fact, if my experiences with Birmingham´s Spanish department were anything to go by, I knew any chance of getting things done on time was pretty much...
