Erasmus blog Madrid
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How my Exchange has Changed My World
So let me introduce myself. My name is Daniele, I am from Montreal, Canada, and I am studying in Madrid for the entire 2015-2016 school year. I am currently majoring in journalism at Concordia University in Montreal, though I am unsure if I still want to be a...
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Sara I miss you!
Sara I miss you!
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any help, cualquier cosa, ajuda
If someone have any doubt about study abroad or just have a simple chat about this experience i'll be very happy if i can help in anything! si alguien tiene alguna duda sobre estudiar al estranjero o quiero simplismente hablar sobre el tema me alegraré si puedo ayudar...
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Plaza Mayor
Definitely one of my favorite places in Madrid, always full of life... and also full of tourists!;-) Indeed, during the peak season, is difficult to find local people among the multitudes that congregate there, sitting at the terraces of the square, or just enjoying...
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The Puerta del Sol (Spanish for; Gate of the Sun; ) is one of the best known and busiest places in Madrid. This is the centre (Km 0) of the radial network of Spanish roads.
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CASINO DE MADRID
The crème de la crème of the Madrid well-to-do consider this one of their regular haunts and the most luxurious in the past 170 years.
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Temple of Debod
The Temple of Debod is an ancient Egyptian temple which was rebuilt in Madrid. The temple was built originally in Egypt. It's a very nice place, every tourist in Madrid must see it and enjoy the amazing sunset.
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Madrid II
Right, here it is, the second part of my post about the must-see places in Madrid. La Gran Vía All Spanish cities have their own 'Gran Via', but Madrid's has an even greater significance, being the most important, as well as the most complicated to build. You can find...
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Madrid
Today I’ll be giving you a little advice and a short guide about Madrid. Madrid is the capital of Spain, as you already know from my post about the autonomous regions. It sits in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula and for more than 500 years has been the centre of...
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Last days
I miss Madrid. It’s been only two weeks since I moved out. It’s not as hard as it would be if I was now in my home country, in my parent’s house, back to reality. Luckily for me, I am still living my experience abroad, and hopefully it will stay this way for a...
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My birthday
We have already somehow established a tradition in our class that whenever it is somebody’s birthday, we would each give 2 euros to the class “birthday president”, who will then go and buy some sodas, plates and cakes with the help of two or three volunteers and...
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Ice skating in Madrid
A few days ago, I went with some of my friends from school ice skating. I used to do a lot of ice skating back when I was still a little girl and I was going to ice skating classes. My mom still has some photos of me doing some weird figures while skating in a Mickey...
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Templo de Debod
So, yesterday I discovered a new place in Madrid. I didn't think I could discover anything else here - I actually thought I have seen everything there is to see. But it turns out that I forgot about one place. I remembered about it when I saw some of my friends' photos...
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New Year's Eve in London (Part II)
New Year’s Eve We met early at the usual underground station with Emily’s boyfriend and some of his Hindi friends. There were already a lot of people, trying to make their way to the already full trains. It was around 10 pm, and as it resulted later, it was already...
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New Year's Eve in London (Part I)
I am lucky to have a very close friend who lives in London now. Her name is Emily and we’ve been friends for like 8 years now. Before she went there, we had a huge fight. We stopped talking to each other for a few months, and then she called me one day, from her...
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Why am I here...
I am not a religious person, and although I do believe in God, or rather some divine, inexplicable force that guides us and that we call God, I do not follow any religion in particular. I do firmly believe in something else though: destiny. Destiny, intuition and karma....
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Sightseeing in Madrid
Let me tell a bit about the city. Madrid is divided into a lot of neighborhoods, but the most important ones are: the area of Sol, Salamanca – the most expensive and fancy one, Callao – the more modern city center with Plaza de Espana, Retiro – that’s the...
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My first impression of Madrid
Do you know this feeling when you get out of the plane, put your feet on the new ground, breathe the air and smile to yourself at the thought of the adventure that you are about to begin? This is what I felt the first moment when I landed in Madrid. I am a traveler, I...
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Patio de Maravillas
El Patio de Maravillas is an independent social center. What does that mean? It is a so-called casa okupada or okupa. The translation in English would be "squat". In most places squats are old, abandoned buildings, occupied by people who live there illegaly. The...
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A weekend in Madrid
Evening, everyone! Its Monday, Nov. 18th and I finally get to tell you about my weekend in Europe's 3rd biggest city, capital city of Spain: Madrid. The reason for my stay initially was a concert of my favourite band, Alter Bridge (♡) on friday evening; at some point...
0 1 , 11 years ago