Author Archives: adamjw02

Intro My trip to Barcelona was from September 16 – 21. A friend of my mother’s lives in Barcelona. He was going on a business trip and offered us his apartment for a few days. We happily accepted. I would like to take this opportunity to thank him for allowing this amazing trip to be […]

Introduction I had to go to the US for about a month to get my visa, take the SAT, help my dad and brother move in, and see some friends and family. Then, on August 28, my mom and I flew back to Malaga to start our year in Spain. Flight We flew on Aer […]

Introduction I feel like while I was in Spain (for the vacation portion of my year abroad) I learned a lot of lessons for travel in general, too many to write in one blog post, so I want to share the 5 most important ones. Lesson one: Learn some of the language When traveling to […]

Introduction My family and I stayed in Fuengirola for almost three weeks to end our monthlong stay in Spain. Food Having gone to many restaurants, it would be hard to talk about all the ones I’ve been to so I’ll talk about two of my favorite places: Europa (see https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g315915-d5969563-Reviews-Restaurante_Europa-Fuengirola_Costa_del_Sol_Province_of_Malaga_Andalucia.html on trip advisor) and Munchies […]

Introduction When I first came to Spain, I was in Madrid. That was June 17. I feel like I can’t tell the story of my year abroad without talking about where it all started: Madrid. Apartments A lot of apartments in Madrid are very nice. I have personally only stayed in two, however, when looking […]

Introduction After our two day stay in Torremolinos, my family and I went Fuengirola, where we will be staying until the 15th of July. While in Fuengirola, we took 4 day trips (as of July 4, 2019) to Malaga, Mijas Pueblo, Marbella, and took a second trip to Malaga Malaga (part 1) Fuengirola is maybe […]

Introduction After deciding that we didn’t want to stay in Madrid and wanted to explore some of Spain’s coast, we rented a car and drove to Valencia, Cartagena, Torremolinos and finally Fuengirola Valencia In Valencia we rented an apartment about 3 miles from the town square. Our first night we got there at around 5:00 […]

On my first day in Madrid, I went to an apartment I had rented for the summer. I was excited. It was a gorgeous apartment with two bedrooms, two bathrooms and two kitchens. The videos and pictures had IMPLIED that we would basically have two adjacent apartments. When we walked in I immediately felt lied […]