Monthly Archive: December 2012

Christmas lights, Puerta del Sol, Madrid, Spain

Christmas in Madrid

It’s Christmas time in Spain once again. The city is filled with lights, my students have been devoting their days to making holiday crafts and learning Christmas carols, and I was eagerly counting down...

Berlin: Beyond the Wall

After visiting Poland, the next destination on our 6-stop Central Europe was Berlin, Germany. Despite all my travels throughout Europe, I had yet to visit one of the continent’s most popular tourist destinations, and...

The Adventure Begins in Wrocław

15 days. That’s how long I had given myself to spend doing whatever the heck I wanted around Europe after finishing teaching last year. Not a lot of time, but, doggone it, I was...