Benjamin Streeter
Hey all you humans, my name's Ben, and I just happen to be living in Madrid, Spain! I'll be here total for 6 months (I came early for an internship), and I'll be sharing my explorations, the city, travels, school, highs, lows, I'm-not-quitesure- what's, friends, random people who I've never seen, and more! I've moved around a lot back home in the states, but currently I live around the corner from Milwaukee, WI, and go to Vanderbilt in Nashville, TN where I study Mechanical Engineering and (for now at least) Communications Studies and anything else that's interesting. Now I've gotta go and try and contain my excitement... I typically take headshots for other people, so a selfie will have to do...
Blogs by Benjamin Streeter
What I didn't know
I imagine I haven't gone abroad and see what I didn't expect knowing what I all know now. It really turns into a cliche fest...
2 weeks - 2 continents
I take a trip to Morocco and Ireland and make a video about it. And then talk about how life in Madrid is cool too even if I don't make videos about it...
Paris got me thinking...
Basically, I go to Paris and am reminded of how much I think I know stuff and then it ends up I don't really know them and stuff...
The 100 km stroll
For some reason, 4 dudes decide to do a part of El Camino de Santiago, a pilgrimage to the famous Cathedral of Santiago in northwest Spain. After walking from...
Oh the places you'll go
I talk about all the traveling to do and how there's so much it can make it hard to do any.
The inevitability of screwing up (and a glimpse at uni life)
You're gonna mess up while abroad. At the little things, at the big things. This is life, so just go with it. Also, the school system is a little different here...
Let's venture north
We travel to the northern coast of Spain and I take a few pictures.
Week 1: First Impressions and a trip to Segovia
It's been craziness. The program has been live for a week and a half now! I show some pictures and talk about the first week or so of it. And we have a nice...