{"id":10341,"date":"2020-02-04T16:38:45","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T16:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/?p=10341"},"modified":"2020-11-24T12:05:23","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T12:05:23","slug":"my-global-opportunities-experience-la-universidad-de-granada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/my-global-opportunities-experience-la-universidad-de-granada\/","title":{"rendered":"My Global Opportunities Experience: La Universidad de Granada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wow, what a semester I\u2019ve had! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking back at how much I\u2019ve done in three and a half months really is crazy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to Granada\u00b4s position in the south of Spain (a 50-minute drive in one direction to the beach and 45 minutes in the other to the snowy mountains) I\u2019ve visited M\u00e1laga, Salobre\u00f1a, Almu\u00f1ecar, Nerja, Sevilla and Sierra Nevada. I\u00b4ve also done plenty of exploring around Granada itself, sampling a tapa or two along the way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u00b4ve gotten really close to some new Spanish friends which is doing wonders for my language (and my social life of course!) Having said that, believe it or not, the year abroad isn\u2019t all about partying (although for many of us it plays a part) because I\u2019ve still got to make sure that I keep up with the demands of studying at a Spanish University. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My faculty at the University<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Attending La Universidad de Granada has taught me a lot of things this semester, including the importance of patience during the process (admin systems are far slower than we are used to back in the UK) and more importantly, resilience, as the whole journey has been a total rollercoaster (but thankfully with FAR more highs than lows). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, I received full marks on my first piece of work and it\u2019s safe to say that I was absolutely thrilled! However, a few weeks later I had a massive confidence knock after revising really hard for an exam and only getting 3%… 3%! Luckily, after a tough week, I was able to get an appointment with my lecturer to ask how I could improve my terrible mark, and it turns out that she\u2019d corrected it wrong (as it was a multiple-choice exam) and that I had in fact passed! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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M\u00e1laga with my Spanish amigos <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Speaking Spanish with my new friends has definitely been\nchallenging, but I couldn\u2019t have wished for a more supportive and patient group\nof people and chatting with them has been the best way to improve my language\nskills by far. Naturally I\u2019ve made some funny mistakes along the way, for\nexample, I told them all that I was going to \u201ccagar\u201d my mobile phone, instead\nof \u201ccargar\u201d \u2026 look it up! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A night of tapas with the Cardiff Squad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I still have to pinch myself sometimes, as it\u2019s crazy to\nwrap my head around the fact that I\u2019m actually living in Spain, but I\u2019m\nreminded daily by the gorgeous scenery and beautiful sunsets. I\u2019m really\nexcited to see what new adventures the next semester brings, and to travel\nSpain a little bit more, as I feel that I\u2019ve spent most of this semester in\nGranada settling in. Whilst some of my friends from British Universities are\njetting off to spend their second semester in different parts of the world,\nembarking on exciting new adventures, I for one couldn\u2019t be happier that I get\nto spend another 5 months in this incredible city, improving my language skills\nfurther and creating memories that will last a lifetime \ud83d\ude0a.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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