Why is everyone asleep when I want to go shopping?!
February 4, 2014
Post written by Georgia Brookes. It is February 2014 and I am one week away from leaving Cádiz in Southern Spain forever; the setting of the first half of my Year Abroad. Although at first I found the Andalucían accent next to impossible to understand, and the people rather rude and candid, as time progressed …
If I can survive the Southern accent, I will be able to understand every Spanish accent in the world
January 2, 2014
Post written by Georgia Brookes. After finding out I was going to the Universidad de Cádiz but before arriving, when telling family and friends where I would be spending the winter months of my year abroad, I kept hearing about the infamous Andalucian accent and wondering how bad it really was. Well it turns out …
Appreciating the difference in language across Spain
December 31, 2013
Post written by Abigail Brown. Being one of the main aims of the Year Abroad language acquisition has certainly been a main concern during this first semester. One of the first things I wondered, as I mentioned in the previous blog, was whether I actually knew any Spanish at all when I spoke to people …
Laid back in Cadiz
October 23, 2013
Post by Georgia Brooks I have been in Cádiz, Spain for over a month now for the first half of my Year Abroad, and I finally feel like I belong, in this tiny and laid back little city. I flew over with two friends from university at the beginning of September and spent the first …
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