Second Day in Spain

The Royal Palace

In the kitchen of the Royal Palace

We visited a bar that stuffs the heads of bulls that were killed in bullfights

Mercado de San Miguel

Olives that we tried at the Mercado

An Egyptian temple we visited

First Day in Spain

Today was our first full day in Spain!

We got some pastries for breakfast in Puerta del Sol 

 

Then we went on to the ghost metro which is a metro station that was restored to how it originally looked in the 1910s.

After that, my mom and I went to Retiro Park and we had a lovely boat ride on the lake. 

After a little rest, we decided to go to Plaza Mayor for a squid sandwich which Madrid is known for. It was very interesting!

Plaza Mayor

Hello!

Hello everyone! Welcome to The Next Page. I created this blog to share pictures of my time abroad in the next 10 weeks. This is the first time I will be living in a different country and I am very excited! 😄

Here's what I will be doing:

First of all, my mom and I will be visiting Spain for about 5 days. We will be going to Madrid and Toledo!

Then we will head to my first host family's home in Montpellier, France. I will be staying with Emilie (the girl who I'm doing the exchange with) and her family for a month!

Place de la Comédie in Montpellier
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After my time with Emilie in Montpellier, I will go to my next host family's home in La Motte-Servolex which is near Chambéry. I will be doing an exchange with a girl named Oriane for another month.

Chambery
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From Oriane's home, I will travel to Paris and stay there with a local family for a few days!

I'm doing the two exchanges using a site called Lingoo. It is a website to find exchange partners as well as language teachers and paid homestays. The best thing about the exchanges that I am doing is that they are free (except for the plane tickets, of course) and that the French girls will come here in the summer for a month each!