On Saturday we went to the Louvre. It's so tiring to walk around, stand and look at paintings for three hours. We didn't even make it halfway through the museum. But it was still a great experience. We also saw Monalisa. I imagined it to be a little bit bigger.On...

On Sunday my host family decided to take me to a city in the North of Spain, which is called San Sebastián. It´s in the region of País Vasco and it took us about two hours by car to get there. The special thing about San Sebastián is the fact that it´s right by the...

We arrived in Seville on Wednesday afternoon and were immediately impressed by the hotel. The next morning after breakfast we took the bus to the plaza de España, our first programm point. Here we got an audio guide tour. The teachers kindly explained things to us...

On day 3 we went to Cordoba and visited the city centre as well as the famous and breathtakingly big mezquita de los musulmanes, which was built a long tima ago, in the 8th century. Back then Córdoba war ruled by Muslims and they built the mosque. Later on, when...

After the first impressions of the south of Spain we went the second day to the Alhambra, which is a very famous sight in Granada. When we arrived with fantastic weather, we got a bit of free time to go in the city on our own. The town centre was full of oriental...

On Sunday the students trip to Andalucía finally started. At 5:30 am all the students and teachers, who were going, met. In total it was about 90 students and 5 teachers. Since Andalucía is on the other side of Spain, we spent a lot of time in the bus that day. At...

During the week I experienced the usual routine and finally got used to my timetable and the classrooms I have to go to. On Friday the 8 of March was the international womens day and in Logroño there was a demonstration for the rights of women, which we attented. The...

My first week was quite stressful but also exciting. Everything is so much different here. School starts at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 5:30 p.m. The students are checked for their student ID cards in the morning so that they can enter the school. My host family is really...

It was an awesome experience climbing the Eifel Tower but also a bit exaughsting. We had to climb 674 steps. But the view was really worthy. There was an exhibition on the first floor. I learnd something about Gustave Eiffel, the architect of the Eifel Tower and...

Week: 22.01-26.01. This week was very exciting as the school celebrated Santo Tomas. Every day there was a different topic to dress up. On Monday it was pajamas day, on Tuesday you could come in sportswear from your favorite club, on Wednesday as a celebrity and on...

The second week On Tuesday all the Erasmus students went on a trio to the river in Logroño, which is called Ebro. A scientist specified in birds told us about the fascinating flora and fauna around and inside the river many different species nest here and we watched...

First week in Paris The first week in Paris was truly fascinating. It took a while for me to adapt to school and daily life, but once I got into the rhythm, everything went very smooth. On the first weekend, we ventured together into Paris for the first time. Even...

, , On Tuesday I was at the local English club and it was really fun learning with the other students. On Wednesday we went to the city hall of Logroño with our exchange students and got a guided tour trough it. The tour guide spoke a very clear Spanish, so I didn’t...

After the first few days that I spent with my host family and slowly got to know the different everyday life, we visited the centre of Logroño. Unfortunately the weather was very bad, but nevertheless it was an impressive city with lots of sights, such as various...

After having to wake up very early, me and my exchange partner, Andrea, arrived at the airport. Luckily, the flight went quite well. In Bilbao, Andrea´s parents were already waiting for us. We decided to stay in Bilbao for a few more hours, so that they could show me...

 January 15th  Our first week in Logroño is over and I can say it's been quite a week. Going to Spain, living in a new family, speaking another language and meeting so many new people has been very exciting. Speaking Spanish in Spain is very different from speaking...

Sunday, 9th April: The last week was the famous “Semana Santa”, the week before Easter, when many prozessions take place. As it was my last week, I wanted to enjoy it as much as possible and so I didn’t write any blog. We went to “San Sebastian”, did a hiking and a...

Wednesday, 5th April: Finally I also went to Madrid! Together with my host-aunt I was spending the last four days in Madrid where we lived in the house of some friends. Everyday from the morning until the evening we made excursions to famous sights in Madrid, like for...

Thursday, 30th March: A village in one of the smallest federal states of Spain, not located at the Camino de Santigo and with just about one main street and two hundred residents, seems boring to you? Well I can tell, that San Millán de la Cogolla, a village...

Friday, 17th March: Even if there already are some blog entries about wine cellars, in Spanish "bodegas", I want to write about my visit in a "bodega" yesterday because the "bodegas" are the most famous things of La Rioja. Since a friend of my host-aunt is the owner...

Sunday, 26th of March: It's just a small, but important sign that makes the difference between a German and a Spanish fountain: "Agua potable" is what they write in Spain, in Germany it mostly says: "Kein Trinkwasser". Until now, in the three month I have been here, I...

Wednesday, 21th of March: Everything I eat here in Spain is soo delicious! Each day after school, Rebeca, Ángel and I eat in the house of Rebeca’s mother. She is a brilliant cook and offers us at least three dishes. In the beginning I thought she wants us to eat of...

Wednesday, the 22nd of MarchLast weekend my host family and I went on a hike in the mountain range called Sierra de Codés in the west of Navarra. It took us about 40 minutes to get there by car and luckily we had great weather that day!Hiking to the top of the...