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Taya Briggs

Thoughts of a semester gone by

Posted on April 25, 2019

I think I can speak for almost all college students when I say that the idea of summer, the ending being oh-so-near, is often one of the best parts of Spring semester. However, being abroad …

Posted in Academic Year 2018-2019, Europe, Returned Student, Spain, Spring 2019, Taya BriggsTagged end of program, Granada, International Academic Programs, semester abroad, Spain, study abroad, Taya Briggs, UW-madison3 Comments

Europe, Africa, and Westeros

Posted on April 15, 2019

As any Game-of-Thrones watcher will know, the hit HBO show is finally returning! As a superfan, I knew that, despite being abroad, I will need to watch the show when it airs live. When I …

Posted in Academic Year 2018-2019, Europe, Returned Student, Spain, Spring 2019, Taya BriggsTagged Granada, International Academic Programs, Spain, study abroad, Taya Briggs, travel, UW-madison1 Comment

Halfway Highlights

Posted on March 14, 2019

While studying abroad isn’t always roses and sunshine (think brain exhaustion from speaking in a foreign language 24/7, and a time difference that makes it impossible to watch The Bachelor or Grey’s Anatomy live), Granada …

Posted in Academic Year 2018-2019, Europe, Returned Student, Spain, Spring 2019, Taya BriggsTagged Granada, International Academic Programs, semester abroad, Spain, Taya Briggs, UW-madison1 Comment

The Great Wide Somewhere

Posted on February 27, 2019

One of the many insane perks of my semester abroad thus far is the fact that I have, essentially, two and a half spring breaks. Semana Blanca came and went very early on in February, …

Posted in Academic Year 2018-2019, Europe, Returned Student, Spain, Spring 2019, Taya BriggsTagged Granada, International Academic Programs, Spain, study abroad, Taya Briggs, UW-madison4 Comments

22,670 Steps to the Alhambra, and Other Realities of Granada

Posted on January 31, 2019

The quote “Que no hay en la vida nada como la pena de ser ciego en Granada” perfectly sums up how I feel about this stunning city after living here for two weeks. In English, …

Posted in Academic Year 2018-2019, Europe, Returned Student, Spain, Spring 2019, Taya BriggsTagged Granada, International Academic Programs, Spain, study abroad, Taya Briggs, UW-madison5 Comments

My mom broke her leg so I’m studying in Spain

Posted on December 10, 2018

It sounds like a tale straight out of a soap opera, or, maybe more precisely, from a horror film — my mom got on the back of a moped with a boy she had just …

Posted in Academic Year 2018-2019, Europe, Returned Student, Spain, Spring 2019, Taya BriggsTagged Granada, International Academic Programs, semester abroad, Spain, study abroad, Taya Briggs, UW-madison6 Comments

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