Aventura

Video Blog - Month 5

2012-02-20T16:51:00.000+01:00

Today has been a really nice day. The weather was perfect so I was able to record this blog from inside Parque Alonso Sanchez, not too far from where I live. It is in Spanish, of course.

Puestas de sol Onubenses / Huelvan Sunsets

2012-02-20T16:49:00.000+01:00

Aunque vivir en Huelva ha estado un poco aburrido, una de las mejoras cosas son las puestas del sol. Todavía no he visto la puesta desde la playa, solo desde el muelle del Rio Tinto y la puerta. Y claro, mi piso. La vista de la puesta desde mi piso cerca de La Merced La vista desde el puerto de Huelva La puesta del sol en enero desde El Muelle del Rio Tinto. Otra foto desde el rio.

February

2012-02-20T14:21:00.000+01:00

I really have not blogged much lately. It has been about two or three weeks since my last post, but not much is new. When I first started planning on coming to Spain, I thought I was going to travel a lot. I thought I was going to see most of the cities I wanted to in Spain and even some cities in Europe. I still want to see some, but with each passing weekend I have to re-prioritize. The

Surprises of Cadiz- English

2012-01-29T22:49:00.000+01:00

Five researched destinations, four hours of sleep, three hours of sitting on trains, two jackets and a one-way ticket later Cadiz awaited. With only five destinations in mind to visit it seemed like it would be a very short day-trip. There might even be time to explore a little in Seville. Nine hours later the hunt for a way back to Huelva was on. But that is another story.Cadiz had much more to

Practica Makes Perfecto

2012-01-29T18:00:00.001+01:00

Practice may make perfect but some things take more practice than others. Learning a new language is something that takes a lot of time, patience, practice and immersion. I think every university student should be required to live abroad for at least four to five months, whether they are learning a new language or not. Living opens up a new way of looking at the world and the people living in it

Video Blog 3 from Spain

2012-01-24T18:08:00.000+01:00

I made another V-log when I got back to Spain after break but I never posted it here. So here it is. I don't really feel like my speaking is getting any better, but I feel like my listening is getting a lot better. Who knew watching TV could be so educational. The weekends can get rather boring even with the TV, but hours upon hours of listening to Spanish definitely helps. It will be

Politics

2012-01-19T15:57:00.000+01:00

Usually there's nothing really going on that affects me enough to care to write a senator or representative. Little did I know one of those issues would be arising while I was over seas. Yesterday I was able to write Representative Ross along with encouraging other friends on Facebook to write their senator and/or representatives, especially those in the Little Rock area whose representative was

Speaking out while you can

2012-01-18T13:45:00.000+01:00

It is all over the news. It is all over the social media. Although, from Spain I see very little of the "protesting," that has been reported such as the Wikipedia blackout (this links to Wiki's explanation of the blackout and some more info about the whole idea.) and Google's photo of the day. However, I have read some articles and seen videos explaining the intent of a new bill/resolution

Geocacheando en España / Geocaching in Spain

2012-01-13T17:59:00.001+01:00

Primero, ahora que estoy en España mucha más gente están leyendo mi blog. Significa que mucha probable están preguntándose, "Que es geocacheando," y quiero explicar un poquito para empezar. Geocacheando es un juego/deporte mundial en que un participante mira al sitio de red, geocaching.com, para buscar el local de un "tesoro" escondido. Puede encontrar los coordinados, ponerlos en la Sistema

Flying

2012-01-09T17:26:00.000+01:00

One career path I can say I am glad I did not pursue now is that of an airline pilot. The more I fly the less I like it. Neither flight coming back to Spain was enjoyable. The first one was probably the worst overall. But the second one, being crowded and long made it pretty poor as well. Not to mention I was leaving my family again; that was even harder the second time. This time I know I won't

Flying By

2012-01-08T13:50:00.001+01:00

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Christmas Travels

2011-12-28T18:07:00.000+01:00

It has been quite a while since I last blogged. Most of my topics were Christmas secrets which I couldn't put out here on the web until today. Friday, December 23 began my long travel home. I got up at 11:30 Friday morning, caught a bus to Madrid at 10:15 Friday evening. I probably got 30 minutes of broken-up sleep on the ride to the airport. We arrived to Barajas at 6 a.m. and then I had to

The Evolution of Language

2011-12-15T19:52:00.000+01:00

If I ever write a serious research paper or book, I think it would most definately be about language. I find it interesting in how different accents and dialects can be. During my time in Spain, I am not only learning Spanish, but also learning more about my own language and it's history. Most English tourism in Spain is probably from the United Kingdom. It is a whole lot cheaper to fly to Spain

Little Rock Tourism

2011-12-08T16:04:00.000+01:00

Making a pamphlet for tourism in Little Rock proved to be a little bit difficult. At first I struggled finding places to mention. Then I found too many to list and include much information. Of course, I think one of the best things Arkansas has to offer are the Arkansas State Parks. If I were to make a brocure for the state, I think it would include some of the top State parks. But this was just

Hotel Continental Barcelona

2011-12-04T23:14:00.000+01:00

Barcelona has been great. I definately want to come back one day. I spent most of my time walking around just looking. But I also paid to see a few sights such as an IMAX film and La Sagrada Familia. I opted not to pay for one of the attractions such as the "Spanish Village." Why see that when I am living in one. I managed to pay only about 50 dollars in food and drinks while being here. It

Going to the movies

2011-12-04T21:58:00.000+01:00

Movies can be found probably in almost any culture. Often times they are translated into two or more languages. Today, I saw my second movie on the big screen translated into Spanish. Although the story and words were a huge disappointment. The first time I went to the theater was in Huelva and I saw "Golpe de Altura" or "Tower Heist." I wasn't sure what to expect, it could be in English with

Paying Cash

2011-12-04T16:15:00.001+01:00

I had a nice scare this morning which has lead to a change in plans, but at least this one was nothing compared to my experience in London. Tomorrow I will go to Madrid to visit a friend. I am taking the train to get there. I was trying to buy my ticket online because it is between two busy cities and I expected it to fill up pretty fast. But three times it wouldn't allow me. So I wrote down all

Stuffed

2011-12-04T11:08:00.000+01:00

Yesterday night, I ate out at the first real Spanish restaurant I've eaten at since being in Spain. Up until that point it had been cafe-bars, fast food joints, pizza shops, and foreign foods. I didn't go hungry. I only knew a few of the things I was eating. The first time I came to Spain, in 2006, I said I would try any food once. (I pretty much stuck to that, except for the one time I got

Do you speak English

2011-12-03T17:09:00.000+01:00

Mucha gente aquí en Barcelona me han preguntado, "Do you Speak English?" Si. Hablo ingles pero estoy aprendiendo Español y quiero practicar. Es el razón que vine a España. Y la verdad, he podrido entender el español aquí en Barcelona mucho mejor que en Andalucia, pero tal vez es porque hablan Catalán y español y no pueden hablar tan rápido. Hoy, fui a la Familia Sagrada, la basílica mas famosa

Metro Music

2011-12-03T16:19:00.000+01:00

I love traveling to the cities, even if I am more of a country person myself. I easily get lost in the cities; buildings block the sun and it is very easy to get turned around, especially when the streets are not numbers. I think I walked in three big circles today because one of the roads, properly named "Diagonal," goes diagonally through the area. Well, they may have been more like triangles

Communicating

2011-12-02T20:05:00.001+01:00

Communicating can be difficult in whatever language. Sometimes, there is even miscommunication between two speakers of a language. I can definitely communicate much better in Spanish now than when I first arrived in Spain. I remember when I first got off the airplane and had to enter Spanish mode in Madrid. Trying to find where to buy a bus ticket was my first complication. I spent an hour in

It's a small world / Es un mundo pequeno

2011-11-30T15:42:00.000+01:00

The staff of Cafe Bar Aqua took this photo and posted it on Facebook a few weeks ago. That was my first week to attend the language "tandem" or exchange here in Huelva. I have attended each week since then. I think I have attended four now, and the past three I have talked to the same group. This week I went early and ate beforehand. As soon as I walked up to the bar, one of the main employees

Another type of 'backpacking'

2011-11-29T19:51:00.000+01:00

I remember my first backpacking trip. I was about ten or eleven years old and it was with my boyscout troup. I don't remember where we went or four how long; I just remember being in pain from a cheap backpack that was overloaded. But now, it could be said I am backpacking in Europe, although I am not camping this time (not that I don't like the idea). Instead it has to do with luggage fees. As

Video Blog 2

2011-11-29T00:26:00.001+01:00

So, here are two more video blogs. The first is in English, the second in Spanish. I'm not so great at this video thing... // Bueno, aqui estan dos videos mas. El primer video esta en ingles y el segundo en espanol. No estoy tan bien con video...

Some things never change

2011-11-27T15:14:00.000+01:00

Most of my blogs the past two months have been about cultural differences between the United States and Spain. There are a lot of things that are really different, but as I have settled in over the last two months I have also noticed some things that are the same. The biggest example of this is children. By children I am referring to what the Spanish call "jovenes" or young people. That includes