Simon Wallace

In this post I reflect on my time in Madrid and the longterm benefits I experienced from travelling abroad.

Madrid is a great city for traveling, both within Spain and internationally. This post contains some advice for weekend trips, or at least ways for planning...

Packing for a semester abroad seemed like such a daunting task, but I realized as long as I had some clothes and my essentials I would be fine. Here are some...

While I am a proponent of traveling without a concrete itinerary, I do think helps to go into the weekend with somewhat of a plan. For ideas, here is an...

While I didn't go into this Amsterdam-Bruges-Brussels trip with an itinerary, these are the activities that I ended up doing and roughly the order in which I...

This semester I've been able to play basketball at local parks in Madrid. In this post I talk about some differences between European and American basketball.

My family and I did a day trip to Barcelona, touring the famous Gaudi structures like Casa Batlló and Parc Güell.

In this post I talk about my short two-day trip to Valencia, and explain why its gastronomy, architecture, and activities make it worth a visit.

In this blog I write about different cultural novelties I've experienced during my first few weeks in Madrid. I talk about some things that struck me...

In this post I talk about why I chose to study abroad. There were many reasons, but one weighed heavier than the rest. The life lessons I will learn and new...