Year Abroad

This page details the blog posts relating to my Year Abroad in France, Spain and Portugal.

A map detailling everywhere I travelled during my Year Abroad. It was a busy year! Made with http://www.travellerspoint.com/

Year Abroad: General

• What My Year Abroad Has Taught Me
• Comparisions: My Year Abroad destinations
• The Year Abroad: My Favourite Moments
• My French university timetable
• Registering at a French university: la galère!
• 11 Months of Travel in 11 Pictures

Perpignan, France

• 7 Facts About Perpignan
• 9 Things I Want to Do Around Perpignan
• La première semaine – Perpignan
• Au revoir Perpignan: 6 Things I will miss
• Things to do in the region Pyrénées-Orientales!
• Ma dernière semaine à Perpignan (en français)

Travels when living in France

• Trips to Barcelona [HERE] and [HERE]
• Day trip to Girona
• Visiting friends in Provence (Aix, Marseille and Avignon)
• Montpellier (day trip)
• Weekend in Nîmes and see Émilie Simon in concert [HERE] and [en français]
• See the sights in Perpignan (Palais des rois de Majorque)
• Day trip to Carcassonne
• See a theatre production (Carmen ballet)
• *Beach day in Collioure
• Visit Villefranche-de-Conflent (one of the Most Beautiful Villages in France) and Grotte des Grandes Canalettes
  
• Walk around Banyuls-sur-Mer
• Go to a yoga class on the beach
• Go somewhere by covoiturage (Carcassonne, Nimes)
  
• *Take a trip to La Vallée des tortues

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Salamanca: General

• Arrived in Salamanca
• Salamanca Bucket List
• The Stunning Casa Lis, Salamanca
• Saludos from Salamanca
• Semana Santa in Salamanca
• Lunes de Aguas in Salamanca
• The Best Panoramic View: Salamanca
• Salamanca, te echaré de menos

Travels when living in Spain

• Visit the Casa Lis in Salamanca
• Segovia & Alcázar de Segovia 
• Find the frog on the facade of the Universidad de Salamanca It is so small!
• Ciudad Rodrigo for Carnaval
• Toledo (day trip)
• *Weekend in Lisbon: Post 1, Belém, Fado and Sintra
• *Experience Las Fallas in Valencia [HERE], [HERE] and [HERE]
• *Weekend in Bilbao
• Experience Semana Santa in Salamanca 
• Go to the cinema in Spanish (Saw: La Teoría de todo, Cenicienta, La Familia Bélier)
• Visit historical Mérida in Extremadura Part 1, Culinary delights and Part 3
• Weekend in Andalucía: Sevilla and Granada + Hammam Al Ándalus
• 5 days in Porto, Portugal
• Tick off some of my final To-Do List in Salamanca 
• Visit the capital! Madrid

Lisbon:

• Saudade de Lisboa | Part One
• [Pastéis de] Belém | Lisbon Part 2
• [Tudo isto é] Fado | Lisbon Part 3
• Lisbon Update
• Bem-vindo a Lisboa!
• Sintra: An Enchanting World
• Sintra and the Pálacio da Pena at night
• Lisbon: Underground Chinese Restaurant Scene
• Lisbon from Above: Guide to the BEST miradouros
• Essential Lisbon: Mercado da Ribeira
• Where to Find the Best Street Art in Lisbon
• I have completed B1 Portuguese!