When I was in Spain this past summer, I taught conversational English for a program called Pueblo Ingles. This means that Sofia, pictured here, speaks Spanish as her native language and she is learning to speak English. One day we decided to take a walk and work on her English as we trekked through the [...]
Travel Spain…It’s hard to describe Spain in simple terms. The culture,people,foods,festivals, and beautiful scenery all vie for attention in this wonderful vacation getaway. Spain, along with Portugal, is on the Iberian Peninsula and is located in southwest Europe. Spain makes up about 85% of the peninsula. The capital of the country is Madrid. Spain is [...]
A New Adventure Around Every Corner! Walking Around Madrid… Madrid is known as a walking city, because as you might have guessed, it’s easy to walk or hop just about anywhere! Don’t forget your walking shoes when you pack your suitcase. It’s handy to have a map and an idea of what you want to [...]
Hidden Away in the Spanish Mountains El Vallejo is an old abandoned village located in the Spanish Highlands of Soria. If you look at the map carefully, you can also see Valdelavilla, which is the village where we stayed. El Vallejo is an abandoned village of about 38 houses making it almost double the size [...]
An idyllic place located deep in the Spanish Mountains Valdelavilla was originally a farming village dating back to the 18th century and is located in the hills of Soria in northern Spain, about a three hour drive from Madrid. It had narrow streets, no running water and little opportunity for electricity because of the expense [...]
We were very lucky to have the chance to see El Rastro in Madrid. We originally didn’t think we’d be able to make it because it’s only open on Sunday and we didn’t know if we would have time to go. This is a street market where you can find almost anything you want to [...]
The Crystal Palace, located in the Retiro Park in Madrid, was designed by Ricardo Velazques in 1887. It was created to be used as a hothouse during an exhibition on Spain’s colonies. Exotic plants and flowers from the Philippines, which was still a Spanish colony at that time, were to be displayed. The palace, which [...]
August 2009 Come along and share my Valdelavilla experience. You’ll be glad you did! The day before we left for Valdelavilla, all the Anglos (and frogs) were treated to a luncheon in Madrid. Later that evening, several of us got together for dinner and the chance to get to know each other before leaving for [...]
The plazas of Madrid are important in the lives of the people that live in the city. Many times celebrations are held in them and they provide a meeting area for bringing the people together. Even though they would normally would be a square, they can actually be any shape such as rectangular, round or [...]
Who would have thought that part of the fun and games would be a “Frognapping”! After we were there a couple of days, I was so popular that people were constantly asking me to join them for the day. Well, one day I was hanging out with my friends Judith and Lucy when Pablo, the [...]
