Wanderlust Adventures

December 28-31, 2020 We had a bus ticket for noon to head to Córdoba. This was an important Roman city and large Islamic center under Muslim rule, evidenced by the major site in the city: La Mezquita, which I'll cover later. We started the day packing up our things, grabbing Starbucks, and arriving to the… Continue reading From Granada to Córdoba

December 24-28, 2020 December 27th was our second to last day in Granada, and our day dedicated to the most famous site in the city: the Alhambra. The tickets were 14€, and we had purchased them the day before. When you buy tickets, you have to indicate your entry time into one of the main… Continue reading Granada Day 4: Alhambra

December 24-28, 2020 December 26th was our third day in Granada. We had planned on going to Alhambra, but neither of us slept very well. Our alarms went off at 7 AM, and neither of us wanted to get up. We would end up getting separate rooms going forward to help us both sleep better,… Continue reading Granada: Day 3

December 24-28, 2020 Granada Day 1 At 5:30 PM, we got on our bus to take us to Granada, where we would settle in for five days. The bus took about an hour and a half, then we took a taxi to our hostal to drop off our belongings. The building is actually also used… Continue reading Granada: Day 1-2

December 23-24, 2020 Today was our second and final day in Málaga. Our next city would be Granada, which we would travel to via bus at 5:30 PM. We checked out of our hostal at 11 AM and headed on an adventure to find coffee and to visit the Catedral de la Encarnación de Málaga,… Continue reading Málaga Day 2

December 23-24, 2020 Around 12:30 on Wednesday, December 23, I headed to Estación de Autobuses de Pontevedra to take a bus to Santiago de Compostela. This is where I would hop on a flight to Málaga as the first stop in our trip to Andalucía. Gabrielle lives in Andalucía, so she would take a bus… Continue reading Málaga, Andalucía

A couple months back, I connected with an individual named Gabrielle in one of the auxiliar Facebook groups, and we both wanted to do some traveling over break. We hit it off and decided to go for it. Deciding to travel during COVID took a lot of time and reflection. We didn't decide on a… Continue reading Navidad 2020: Andalucía

On December 4, we started a five day weekend from school. Sunday, December 6, was Immaculate Conception Day (observed on Monday for some schools and businesses) and Tuesday, December 8, was Constitution Day. The week before was Thanksgiving in the US, although that is not observed in Spain. In addition to a much-needed break from… Continue reading Holiday Weekend

After the first month, I stopped doing a weekly day-by-day post. In part because I got busier once school started, and in part because things became a bit less blog-worthy. There was less "firsts" and more getting acclimated to a new place and new way of life. Now that it's the beginning of December, I… Continue reading Reflections on the First Two Months

I've been having a lot of mental health ups and downs and really struggling. Getting through it has felt quite impossible and each day is more of a struggle than the last. Yesterday, this cup of coffee was the only thing that sparked some joy. It was one of those low days, a lower than… Continue reading Gratitude