I’m sitting on my first international flight right now, waiting for the plane to take off. I feel different from the people around me, but not because I speak a different language – I feel out of place because I’m the only one not on my cell phone. The flight hasn’t even taken off, but already the vast majority of people are deciding what movies to watch and updating their Snapchat stories. I don’t have room to talk: I probably would be doing something on my phone, too, but I’m not taking my cell phone to France this summer.

The final day of IES Madrid was undoubtedly a sad one, students were heavy hearted and everyone was putting off their goodbyes until the last possible moment. From countless previous experiences, the IES Madrid was prepared for the emotional day and planned a final day that was packed with bonding experiences and one that I will truly never forget.

For my final travel adventure abroad, my friends and I wanted to visit a warm place that was entirely unknown to all of us. Luckily for us, one of our friends was told that Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands was the place to go for beautiful beaches and water sports. We immediately we sold and booked the trip.

            Today is the 14^th of June, and the end of our 4^th week abroad!  It’s been a long week, and we’ve accomplished an awful lot.

Hello, folks! It seems I have an overwhelming number of stories and photos to share with you this week. Dublin has been very busy; yesterday, June sixteenth, was Bloomsday, a day dedicated to celebrating and retracing the steps of Leopold Bloom. For those who don't know, Leopold Bloom is one of three central characters in the modern epic Ulysses, written by Irishman James Joyce. The book covers one day within the limits of Dublin, and the date it takes place on actually is June sixteenth.

We arrived in Glasgow, Scotland at around 9:30 on Friday morning. Exhausted from a late night learning about traditional Gaelic games, and an early morning prepping for our flight, we thought we might take it easy and spend the morning eating breakfast in a beautiful park near the national museum of art and history.

This week, I decided to stay in Barcelona and check out some places within the city and surrounding parts of Catalonia.