Today is November 27, 2016. I’ve been in Granada for nearly three months now. In the beginning, walking around Granada, everything seemed completely new and spectacular. Nowadays, I still appreciate the everyday beauty of the city, but at times I think that I’ve seen and done everything there is to do here already.

This semester, through my IES Abroad class I studied polity, gender, and economics in Southern Africa. I was able to learn about people, and their ability to change the world they live in. In South Africa, women are often disregarded as weak members of their community because of their gender and place in society.

While studying abroad, one of the greatest allures is the opportunity to travel outside of your host country, especially if you're in Europe where it's very east to hop over to another country. But don’t forget to explore the culturally vibrant lands of where you are staying, too.

One Saturday, I really had to get some homework done but I also wanted to get out of the house, so I packed up my laptop and notebooks and headed out to find a café to post up at. I remembered a café that I’ve studied at before with a friend, and knew they had good hot chocolate at. After I got to the café, I sat down and after ordering, asked for the wifi password for my computer.

The British Museum, one dedicated to art and human culture, is just one of many free museums offered throughout London. Located in Bloomsburry, London, the permanent collection housed at the British Museum today totals over 8 million individual items. The current collection includes items from all corners of the globe and covers all major continents, from African to Asia and Europe. Since its establishment in 1753 the British Museum has been collecting artifacts for the purpose of preserving human culture and history.

You can get sick at any time. Last January, after proudly not setting foot in a hospital for fifteen years, I found myself in the ER three times within two weeks (let’s give it up for stomach flus that spread through an entire university). While that experience was scary, at least I knew the American health care system and had insurance. But what about when you’re abroad?

This past week went by so quickly and was a whirlwind because I felt like my two worlds, my one here and my one from home, collided together (but in a good way)! My uncle, aunt, and family friend came to visit me on Thanksgiving and for the weekend. It was so comforting to see them, and have family here, as this was the first time that I was away from home for Thanksgiving. My uncle and aunt have been to Barcelona in the past, so I tried to come up with an itinerary that was not for the typical first-timer tourist.

Hola a todos! Recently I've been whinning ovHola a todos! El pasado fin de semana mis amigos y yo viajamos a Amsterdam. Mi español esta mejorando? Jaja?

Día de Gracias