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6 cosas que ver en Madrid

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Today I will speak in Spanish because I would like to share with you a little bit more of my Spanish experience and make you feel like in Spain for a moment.

En Madrid, no puede aburrirse! Es una enorme pero accesible capital con fabulosas cosas que ver y hacer. Hice una lista de los monumentos y lugares que tenéis que ver en esta ciudad.

1.  El Palacio RealIMG_6466

El Palacio Real de Madrid es la residencia oficial del Rey, aunque no vive allí y básicamente se usa para ceremonias de Estado. Con 135.000 metros cuadrados y 3.418 habitaciones es el Palacio Real más grande de toda la Europa Occidental.

2.  La Plaza de Cibeles

Está situada en el centro de la ciudad y es uno de los espacios más representativos de Madrid. La Fuente de Cibeles es desde hace mucho tiempo el lugar de celebración de las victorias del Real Madrid. El Palacio de Comunicaciones que se sitúa al lado de la fuente es uno de los edificios más representativos del Madrid histórico. Hoy sirve para albergar el Ayuntamiento.

3.  El museo del Prado02-Museo-del-Prado

Este museo es el más importante del país. Dentro hay más de 7.600 cuadros y 1.000 esculturas del arte clásico. La colección de pintura española se considera como la mejor del mundo. Dentro hay las obras de Goya o de Velázquez, como por ejemplo las famosas “Meninas”.

4.  El Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina SofíaMuseo-Reina-Sofia

En este museo se trata del arte contemporáneo. Es un antiguo hospital neoclásico del siglo XVIII. En su colección permanente hay muchas cosas que ver, obras de grandes artistas españoles del siglo XX como Picasso con Gernika, Dalí, Miró o Gargallo.

 

5.  El Templo de DebodIMG_6439

El Templo de Debod es un templo egipcio de 2200 años dedicado a Amón de Isis. Se dice que hay las más bellas puestas de sol de Madrid. Se puede ver desde este lugar el Palacio Real y la Catedral de la Almudena.

6.  La Catedral de la Almudena0146e7301e94e84014cec1d87d9a1fc669c8243608

La Catedral de la Almudena es el edificio religioso más importante de Madrid. Es una catedral muy diferente de las otras: el exterior es del estilo clásico pero el interior tiene colores vivos y líneas rectas.

 

See you next week for the rest! 😉

Trip in England

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Hi everybody, this week I want to talk to you about different trips you can take around the U.K.

The nearest city to Keele is Stoke-on-Trent. To get there, you can take the 25 bus from Keele for 1.80£. It’s cheaper with your student card. We can also use this bus to go to the grocery store to buy some food. In my opinion I don’t find Stoke to be a very beautiful city. There isn’t lot of things to do there, but you can go shopping to buy some clothes and groceries. I mostly go into Stoke to go shopping or to the train station.

During my second weekend here I went in a theme park near Stoke with some of the International students, it was awesome. I used a coach from university to the park. Keele University gives the opportunity to make day-trips every week. By the way, I’m going to go to a rugby game in December with the university. In England you can find some really cheap train tickets if you buy yours early. There are some coach lines as well, the most famous company is ‘National Express’. I bought tickets for round way from Stoke to London for 18£!

I also used the train to go to Manchester. Manchester is a big city that has two very famous two football teams, Manchester United and Manchester City. I went to Liverpool as well. It’s the same distance as Manchester from Stoke (approximately 1 hour). These two cities are ex-industrial cities, so in my opinion it’s not really beautiful. They have a lot of free museum though. There’s a really good atmosphere in Liverpool because it’s the home of the Beatles and it has a really charming harbor!

A lot of people told me that London is the only beautiful city in England. I agree because London is more interesting because there are so many things to do and see. But I find the country side to be beautiful here, so I will look into making a trek in the next couple of weeks. Next week I will talk to you about food in England.

Enjoy your life !

Liverpool harbour

Liverpool Harbour

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In Liverpool with internationals students and… Beatles !!

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The Brexit

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Living in Scotland at the moment I heard a lot about the Brexit situation, it is a very hot topic especially over here where 62% of the voters voted to remain in the European Union.

I thought I should ask one Scottish and one English friends there thoughts about the Brexit.

I have asked them three questions :

  • What do you think about the Brexit situation ?
  • Do you think that Scotland should leave the UK to join the EU back ?
  • Do you think that leaving the EU will impact your life ? If yes how ?

 

Ailish 18 years old, form Isle of Bute (a small island on the west coast of Scotland) :

« I was not in favour of the Brexit vote as i voted to remain as part of the EU. I do not feel like Britain will be able to cope without some support from the EU, however, i have never lived in a Britain that was not part of the EU so i am somewhat inexperienced in a way.

I do not believe this would be the right time for Scotland to be independent from Britain. The EU have made it clear they would not welcome Scotland back into the EU even if we were independent from Britain anyway. In 2014 i voted for Scotland to be independent but that was because we would still be part of the EU. I do not believe Scotland would have the resources to survive on it’s own, separate from Britain and the EU.

I believe Brexit will have an impact on my life, especially as a student. When i get into my 3rd or 4th year i may get the opportunity to study abroad, like Alexandra. However this will be made more difficult and more expensive as it will not be as simple to travel abroad. »

 

Chris, 21 years old, from England :

” Terrible, I expected us to stay in and found out that we’re going to leave. Very disappointed.

I’d prefer Scotland to stay with us, but seeing our current situation, I wouldn’t surprised if they leave, it’s their decision after all.

To some degree, yes I think there will be a difference. Travel will be more expensive, and international job opportunities might be a little more awkward than if we were still in the EU.”

Welcome Week

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When we arrived in Bergen, just one week before started the lecture, the NHHS organized the welcome week. The NHHS is the organization which get together all the NHH’s student associations. The Welcome week is a mix of some information meetings, group activities and (lets be honest) some parties.

 

Lp ww

The meeting gave us all the techical information we need. It true that when you arrived you are a little bit lost and you don’t know how will be the lecture, how to apply, and all the administration formality you can have.

After the first meeting, alle the exchange student was split in group. Each group was lead by two mentors. The mentors was some norwegian students, so they could help us if we had some questions.

The meetins was, as you can see, mostly in the morning, so in the afternoon we had some activities like the shrimping diner, which is a traditionnal diner in Norway, you eat freezing shrimps. There was the fjord cruise too, which allowed us to discover the Norwegian landscape :

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