Spain

Ser un jóven en el España de hoy.

Posted on 18 January 2018 by Katie Elgie

Hola, buenas. Bienvenidos a mi primera ´Routes into Languages blog´. I have been provided with the broad subject of ´Being a young person in Spanish speaking society´. Castillo Almodover del […]

LingoMap: School and College life

Posted on 3 July 2017 by Sarah Gregory

Finally I am back with another LingoMap blog! I hope you have enjoyed reading about my year abroad journey so far! For this blog I am focusing on school and […]

What next?..

Posted on 7 June 2017 by Harriet Codd

Well, well, well. We have reached our final post in the LingoMap program. I hope you have all enjoyed these blogs and can at least take something away from each […]

Cuestiones sociales – El paro en España

Posted on 17 May 2017 by Liam Barrett

In this month's blog, I am going to talk about some of the social issues which have to be faced in the country in which I am currently living, so […]

A cultural/historical snapshot of «El país de Quijote»

Posted on 15 May 2017 by Liam Barrett

¡Buenos días! It’s been a few months since I last wrote for LingoMap, and since then I have moved from Brussels in Belgium, to Ciudad Real in Spain. Firstly, I […]

Lingomap: El sistema educativo español

Posted on 15 May 2017 by Melissa Tavares

Hola a todos!! Hope you’re all doing well! I'm loving life in very sunny Granada! This month’s topic is school and college studies. Funnily enough 5 years ago today, I […]

LingoMap: Travel and Transport in Valencia

Posted on 22 March 2017 by Sarah Gregory

Welcome back to my LingoMap Blog! I have been living in Valencia for five months now! The time is flying by, and I am having the best time. This blog […]

¡Festivales Españoles!

Posted on 13 February 2017 by Harriet Codd

Buenosss a todos... I hope you have all enjoyed your New Year and have had a great start to 2017. Now the year has got well underway and we're back […]

Accommodation: What you need to know!

Posted on 8 February 2017 by Sarah Gregory

Having moved to Valencia in September 2016 to start my year abroad, and finding the hunt for accommodation such a struggle, I thought I would write a list of my […]

You Know You’re In Barcelona When…

Posted on 13 November 2016 by Llewelyn

As I'm coming towards the last few weeks of my stay in Barcelona, I thought I'd take this opportunity to reflect on a few things I've learnt whilst living here […]

5 Ways to get the most out of a British council teaching assistanship

Posted on 26 October 2016 by Sarah Gregory

As I walked up to the school gates on my first day as a teaching assistant, I truly felt like it was my first day at school again. A new […]

Andalusian Adventures

Posted on 17 October 2016 by Chloe Walker

So this week began with a Monday spent perusing the shops with Helena and then meeting Maria for a tandem in the most beautiful park just behind our […]

Dinner Parties, Eyebrows and Sagunto

Posted on 10 October 2016 by Chloe Walker

This week has been quite a busy one, involving various excursions and other lovely days with friends. So on Tuesday, we held our first dinner party at the flat. I […]

A DAY AT THE OCEANOGRAFIC

Posted on 5 October 2016 by Simona Dundova

Last week I visited the place I had been dreaming to go into since I first saw pictures of Valencia - one of the biggest and most astonishing aquariums in […]

Football, Kettles and Bridget Jones

Posted on 26 September 2016 by Chloe Walker

This week has been a good one, which was prompted by my exciting purchase early on in the week of dun dun dun: a KETTLE. I mean it doesn't […]

Sun, Sea and Schedules

Posted on 19 September 2016 by Chloe Walker

Today marks two weeks since my arrival in Valencia and I am only just getting around to writing this blog post. Valencia is a beautiful city of glorious sunshine, which […]

Working All Hours

Posted on 15 September 2016 by Llewelyn

I'm currently coming to the end of my first two weeks of work here in Barcelona, so I thought it'd be a good time to share how it's all been […]

Tour Around Valencia, Tapas Evening and First Lectures

Posted on 13 September 2016 by Simona Dundova

As I mentioned in my previous post, there are a lot of activities organised for Erasmus students here in Valencia. One of the many organisations that deal with this is […]

ARRIVAL TO VALENCIA AND FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Posted on 8 September 2016 by Simona Dundova

No words can ever describe the excitement I felt in the last few days before heading off to Spain. Visiting this beautiful country has been my dream since I was […]

First Impressions

Posted on 4 September 2016 by Llewelyn

So I finally got to Barcelona Friday evening, after a long, long train ride all the way from home, but now I'm all settled in, I thought I'd update you […]