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A Weekend in Valencia

For being the third largest city in Spain, Valencia is surprisingly walkable, and you can wander throughout most of the city center within a couple of days without much effort. One way to see a decent chunk of the city is to walk the length of Turia park, Valencia’s narrow but lengthy park that stretches 7 kilometers through the city and ends near the beach. On your stroll through the park, you’ll pass various little playgrounds, gardens, fountains, and many passersby enjoying a weekend jog or picnicking in the grass fields.

All of your mail should be addressed to you, care of the IES Abroad Center: Your name c/o IES Abroad Vienna Center Palais Corbelli Johannesgasse 7 A-1010 Vienna, AUSTRIA Student mail may be picked up in the IES Abroad Vienna Reception on the ground floor during posted hours. IES Abroad Vienna cannot accept packages sent through private mail carriers, as these carriers are subject to excessive customs charges. Instead, send packages through state-run national postal services. It is important to understand that packages valued at more than €9 will incur customs fees, which are due upon receipt...
Wall sockets/plugs are different in the UK. You will need an adapter to plug in your appliances as well as a converter to convert the voltage. Electricity in Britain operates at 240 volts AC, and the frequency of oscillation is 50 Hz (cycles) per second. Most modern cell phones, tablets, and laptops don’t need voltage converters, but other appliances such as hair dryers and hair curlers do! As they can explode and destroy the appliance when you plug them into the UK mains, we highly suggest bringing a voltage converter or buying these appliances once in the UK. A hair dryer, for example, is...

Spanish Cultural Surprises

Upon coming to Spain, I would see some TikToks on my “For You Page” with many things about Spain and most of them were about places that I should go visit. I pretty much had an idea of what I was getting myself into but seeing a video through a screen is nothing to a personal experience. I will provide some of the culture shocks I experienced, so upon arrival there won’t be too much of a shock!

Some of the Cultural Differneces:

Stateside Farewell: Journey to Spain

Not only was my visa process a nightmare but so was getting to Madrid. Something about me is that I tend to overthink things and get anxious because of it, especially since I was only brining a backpack and a carry on. At the time everyone thought I was crazy, and I even started to think that. But my plan was to just bring a backpack and carry-on, while I am in Spain buy a larger suitcase I can check in on the way back.

Mail Students are able to receive letter-sized mail to their assigned housing address. If you are shipping a debit or credit card, we recommend that you disguise it as regular mail (i.e., put it in a birthday card or use a cardboard FedEx or UPS envelope). IES Abroad cannot accept any packages on your behalf before you arrive in London, or after you leave London. We urge family and friends not to ship any packages to you while you are abroad. However, if necessary, packages should be sent to your housing address after you have confirmed with your housing provider that you can receive packages...
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