Amanda Krawczyk: AU Liberal Arts – Summer Program in Madrid, Spain Summer 2019 My earliest memories of Spanish language date back to learning the colors in elementary school. Little did I know that 15 years later, I would have completed a Spanish minor while studying abroad in Spain. As the 4th most spoken language in the…
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My Last Day in Madrid.
Amanda Krawczyk: AU Liberal Arts – Summer Program in Madrid, Spain Summer 2019 One of the most bittersweet moments is the final full day of your study abroad program. My friends and I wanted to make the most of our time left on the program, so we packed our last day with every activity imaginable….
A Summer in Spain
There are a lot of things in the world to see, so I hope I can go and see the world. I left my home to study in the United States. When I heard there was a study abroad program offered by the Herbert Business College to do an internship in Madrid in the…
Summer in Salamanca
At the young age of 8, I fell in love with the world and other cultures. I started begging my parents to let me travel anywhere and everywhere they would let me. Before college, I had already traveled abroad many times, so I knew that I wanted to Study Abroad to fully immerse myself into…
Learning, Loving, Living: My Month in Madrid
Before May 15th, my view of the world was extremely limited. Sure, I had seen the bathroom where Elvis died in Memphis, TN, walked the Edmund Pettus Bridge where Martin Luther King, Jr. and so many others began their march to Montgomery in Selma, AL, and even touched the chair William Faulkner sat in when…
My New Normal as a Spaniard
I knew from the first moment that I began to research Spain as the country of my choice for a high school Spanish project that I absolutely wanted to travel there one day. It seemed so far away and a little bit scary to my small-town mind, but it was something I longed to do,…
Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost
Since before I can remember, I was told that I had a strong trait called wanderlust. When I was a little girl, learning about my great-grandmother’s Spanish heritage sparked my initial interest in the language and culture. I began speaking Spanish in 8th grade and from there on I knew that one day I had…
Bucket List Busted: from Auburn to Madrid
As a sophomore in high school, I knew that I wanted to become fluent in Spanish and to study abroad during my undergraduate career. Auburn provided me with both of these opportunities, and I chose to spend the Spring semester of my Junior year in Alcalá de Henares, Spain. I lived with a host family that could…
From the Plains to Spain and Back Again
My whole life I had fantasized about Spain. I had read Hemingway’s romanticization of bullfighters, listened to the passionate rhythm of flamenco music, and seen the masterpieces of Picasso and Goya. I knew Spain would be an interesting place to study abroad, however the image and ideas I had of it before my semester there…