Adventures of a Traveler's Heart
"…tengo un cierto espiritillo acá dentro, que a grandes cosas me lleva." -Miguel de Cervantes
For Part II and the main event for my Model UN trip to the Czech Republic, the team took the Hogwarts Express to a smaller city (population nearly 100,000) in the western part of the country called Olomouc, the capital of the province of Moravia. Okay, so it wasn't quite the Hogwarts Express, but it... Continue Reading →
I won't even apologize for the terrible pun in the title. After studying abroad in Spain for a semester, I returned to TCU for my senior year with a terrible case of wanderlust. It's a disease, really. But I never want to be cured of it 🙂 Fortunately, I did not have to wait long... Continue Reading →
Perhaps one of the most fun parts of traveling is sampling new food and drink. I mean, who doesn't like to find the best wine and chocolate in every country? Living for a semester in Spain was a completely different food lifestyle from my American routines. Some of the food I was happy to say adios to... Continue Reading →
This blog post is the first since my revival of Adventures of a Traveler's Heart for my New Year's Eve resolution. My first goal is to finish writing about the trips I took while studying abroad in 2015, when I put blogging on hiatus towards the end of the semester as I attempted to soak... Continue Reading →
I couldn't very well live in Spain for five months without attending at least one fútbol game, now could I? I have never been particularly into soccer since a) I'm an American, and b) I didn't play YMCA soccer as a kid like many of my classmates. Nevertheless, this was a part of Spanish culture that I... Continue Reading →
If there is one time of year that defines the heart of Sevilla, Spain, it's la Feria de abril. This April festival, celebrated in various cities but most famously in Sevilla, originated in the 1800s as a livestock trade, with shared food and drink in true Spanish fashion. Since then, it has evolved into a week-long... Continue Reading →
(Posted a bit late because airport wi-fi didn't work and because I was too exhausted after 24 hours of traveling to post.) I confess that I am a bit behind on travel blogging. Since my last post, I’ve traveled to Barcelona and Granada, experienced Sevilla’s defining Feria de Abril, cheered on both of the city’s... Continue Reading →
(My other working title was "Stephanie finished her homework due tomorrow and doesn't want to work on her paper anymore.") I still have to catch up and fill y'all in on my Barcelona trip (amazing...one of my favorite cities) and la Feria de Abril, a huge festival in Sevilla. But tonight I thought I'd reflect... Continue Reading →
La Semana Santa, Holy Week, is an important holiday throughout Spain, but most of all in Andalucía. Thousands of people flock to Sevilla for the festivities, which is one of the reasons I took most of that week to travel to Portugal. However, I returned late Thursday before Good Friday and was in Sevilla through... Continue Reading →
A couple weeks ago (yes, I’m still behind on blogging my adventures, I know), Semana Santa took Sevilla by storm, which meant spring break #1 for us. Yes, we have two spring breaks; it’s kind of wonderful. TCU students went all over for break, but Alayna and I decided to slow down a bit and vacation... Continue Reading →
Adventures of a Traveler's Heart 