Bonjour! This past weekend was filled with markets, shopping, quite a few boats (including a kayak), fireworks, and oh yeah, a prison. Starting off the weekend with Friday evening, our whole group went out for a nice dinner at the Bistro Romain on the Cours Mirabeau, and it was delicious! After eating too much and …
Yes, I got to turn 21 while in Rome and it was awesome! I was worried about being away on my birthday for the first time, but I had an amazing night with my peeps at JFRC. I won’t bore you will ALLLL of the details of my night, but I will give you the …
I was feeling a day trip after our weekend trip to Sorrento last week. I didn’t want to deal with finding a hostel and worrying about getting back and all the chaos that comes with the weekend trips. So my room mate, Mallory, and I decided to take a day trip to the lovely little …
MARDI (TUESDAY) Baroque concert at La Chapelle de Sacré Coeur Lemon sugar butter crèpe! Cappuccino <3 Cappuccino à la awesome! Or a cappuccino with whipped cream and coco powder. “Un Monaco” – beer, fizzy lemonade, and grenadine MERCREDI (WEDNESDAY) Vendome Pavillion Le Vendome Pavillion Gardens Vendome Pavillion Sculpture (The Vendome Pavilion was commissioned by …
“If you are going to Malaga that weekend, you have to be there for Sunday night for Festival de San Juan”. And that was exactly what we did! After sleeping in on Sunday after La Noche Blanca de Flamenco, we got on the bus and made the 3 hour ride to Malaga, which is located …
Cordoba has their own version of a music festival- NOCHE BLANCA DE FLAMENCO. This spectacular night take place on a Saturday evening beginning at 10:30 pm until 6 am. Every plaza has a different musical or dancing act at various times throughout the night. It was easy to see where a different act was about …
No one throws a pool party quite like the Spaniards. Especially when that said pool requires us to drive up the mountain, through the mountain and onto the other side of the mountain. After classes, about 6 cars pulled up in the school parking lot to drive all 17 of us to Alvaro’s house …
Bulls are often associated with Spain, and with good reason. Spain is known for having bull shows where there are toreros and toreras involved. Thanks to the amazing people at Loyola Andalucia- Etea, Loyola Chicago students got to tour the arena in Córdoba where young men and women train and take lessons on bull fighting. …
Ahhh my first official weekend without “jet-lag.” 🙂 A great thing about study abroad is the trips that the school plans for you that are included in your tuition. In my case, I got 2 day trips included in my tuition for JFRC. Our first trip was to Herculaneum, which is a town that was …
Bonjour mes amis! SAMEDI Saturday we spent the whole day in Marseille, which is about a 30 minute drive from Aix-en-Provence. We had absolutely fabulous weather and a day filled with sightseeing, shopping, and more than enough walking. We started out at the highest point of Marseille, at Basilique Notre-Dame de la Garde, and were …