Abroad in Spain: Travel Blog

In a world where gas prices are rising more and more each day, finding an affordable airline ticket to Spain has become quite difficult. The key word here, however, is difficult – finding affordable airfare to Spain doesn’t have to be impossible. In this post, I hope to share some of the most basic “secrets” that I keep in mind when I’m looking for a cheap flight to Spain.  Continue reading this post…

Well, today I finally got my “official” letter which contained the information that I needed to apply for my visa to study abroad. More importantly, this letter contained my “official” placement for the scholarship: I found out that I am going to be going to the city of Burgos, Spain (see the map above). I was quite excited to get the letter and know once and for all where exactly in Spain I’m going.  Continue reading this post…

A lot of my regular readers have asked me to recommend some books/tools that they may be able to use to help them hone and practice their Spanish skills. It is for that reason that I’d like to tell you about a great book entitled “The Ultimate Spanish Review and Practice” by Ronni L. Gordon and David M. Stillman.

I purchased this book after completing four years of high school Spanish to review what I had learned over the past four years. I more or less felt as though I already had a good understanding of basic grammar; however, I wanted to “revisit” some of the things that I had learned and go more “in-depth” with the language. Over the summer between my high school graduation and my first year at college, I read this book cover-to-cover and, by the time I entered college in the fall as a Spanish major, this book had put me light-years ahead of my peers.  Continue reading this post…

The next step in preparing for the scholarship that I have been awarded is to apply for a Student Visa to go to Spain.  I have studied abroad in Spain before so this is actually the second time that I have had to apply for a Student Visa.  I’d like to outline the general process for applying for a visa to study abroad in Spain in this post.  Please remember that this information is just a guide which was written in June of 2008 – always check with your local consulate for updated information before applying for a visa. 

Find a Spanish Consulate in the USA:
In most cases, you must apply for a visa in person at the appropriate Spanish Consulate.  There are several Consulate Generals of Spain throughout the USA.  Each consulate has a different jurisdiction and it is your responsibility to get to the one that serves your state.  You can use this webpage (in Spanish) to look up the consulate in your jurisdiction.   Continue reading this post…