Goodbyes: Pre-America The scary thing about this adventure is that some day it will come to an end. You go into it knowing that one day you will go back home, but you leave it without knowing when you will return. I can only hope that this won't be the... Continue reading

When I was applying to this program, approximately a year ago now, I would have never pictured myself the next year celebrating the holidays 5,000 miles away from my American family. One thing I can say is that without them it wasn't the same. Also, here in Spain the Christmas/holiday... Continue reading

After getting home from Malaga last Sunday night, I crashed from exhaustion. I think I slept about 13 hours, and it was a school night… that’s probably some kind of record or something. Our weekend was packed with lots of adventures through the beautiful, tropical city of Malaga. When we... Continue reading

First of all, I want to say that the beautiful city of Paris is in my thoughts, and all of the families who have lost loved ones are in my heart. Watching the events unfold live from a neighboring country, made this tragedy feel frighteningly close to home. I would... Continue reading

Is it really November?!?! I wish I could've written a lot more posts than I ended up doing in October, but time has been flying by so fast. Overall, this past month has an uneventful (but not boring!!) blur. When I think about it, I don't have many standout things... Continue reading

I’m proud to say that I’ve completed my first exam here in Spain! Well… not exactly completed because I still understood almost nothing on the paper, even after studying and trying to memorize formulas for velocity, acceleration, etc for about 2 hours the night before. One of my problems was... Continue reading

Two weeks! It has been two whole weeks since meeting my amazing, loving, and wonderful host family. So much has happened! (Especially since my family just moved from Las Rozas, Madrid, into the center of the city). Between school, homework, swimming, and moving, it has been very hard to keep... Continue reading

It is surreal to think that I am actually in Spain!! After so many months of dreaming about what it would be like, I am finally seeing it through my own eyes and not just google earth! Spain is beautiful, and I can’t wait to see more of it! When... Continue reading

My name is Eliza Brown, and I will be spending the first semester of my sophomore year in Madrid, Spain! I live between my two houses in Maine. One with my dad, stepmom, and two (adorable!!) half siblings on an island about 12 miles off the coast of Maine called... Continue reading