Posts by Natalie Smith

A highlight of my month was celebrating Halloween with some friends. To celebrate, we dressed up, prepared Halloween-themed food, and watched a movie together. Halloween is not traditionally as big in Spain as it is in the UK, and I noticed that the city had few decorations and the shops sold very few Halloween items…

The following weekend was a long one, as we had no classes on Friday or Monday. I decided to take advantage of this and travelled to Porto, Portugal which is one of the cities with a direct bus from Salamanca. Despite being in Portugal, I had the opportunity to use my Spanish such as taking…

After arriving in Salamanca on September 2nd, I had the opportunity to explore the city before my classes began in the Department of Filología, where I will take classes in linguistics and Spanish culture. I spent time walking around the city and admiring the historic streets and buildings. One of the highlights was visiting the…