21 days....Wow, the official countdown has begun. 21 days! Wow, not very much time left at all. The craziness that I will be living in Spain very soon has started to hit. I am starting to get very excited now. As of August 31st, I will no longer have a job in the US. I have been doing much packing of my apartment lately and I am taking a short break to update you all on the adventure of Spain. We have bought our plane tickets and we are leaving at noon on Monday, September 17th out of Minneapolis. After we arrive in Spain, Ben and I plan to take a bus or train, haven't decided what we would rather ride in, straight to Logroño. It will be a very long 2 days but very much worth it. We will head to Madrid after a few days of apartment searching to go through orientation with many different people from all over the world. It will be exciting!We received emails to say that we are both going to be teaching two different schools each. The 12-18 hours of teaching might grow to be even longer!
First of all, I want to tell you a little bit about the city that I am going to be living in. I have been doing a lot of research on the city itself as well as Spain for quite awhile now. Logroño is the capital of the province La Rioja. According to Wikipedia the population of Logroño was 147,036 in 2006. It is a very nice sized city. To read more about the city on Wikipedia you can go here.
Logroño is in the north eastern part of Spain. It is very close to Pamplona, for all of you that know of the Running of the Bulls. We plan to visit that city often.
Logroño is in the wine country of Spain. It is known for its great wine all around the world. The winery's close for the year on November 4th. I hope we get the chance to go tour some before the end of the season!
Most things I have been reading on the internet for Logroño have all been in Spanish. I have found one really great website in English that I thought I would share with you. It is the tourism website for Logroño. On that website you will find many different PDF's that will show the highlights of the city. Maybe after you read over some of them you will get the bug to come visit us. We are always welcoming all friends and family to come stay and visit! We would love to have guests. I am hoping to catch on to the Spanish culture and learn how to cook so when people come visit they can try some of our home cooking.
Since Logroño is in the valleys of Spain, we have a large river going through our city known as the Ebro River with a very pretty bridge that goes over it. Along the edges are beautiful mountains. I am very excited as there is a ski resort not too far away called Valdezcaray and I am hoping we may even get to go skiing some time!
Some of the links that I frequent to learn more about La Rioja and Logroño are located below. I will continue to write more about the city and culture. As for right now, I must keep packing my apartment as quoting my mom who I talked to earlier this evening said, I am in the final countdown. Only 21 more days. Hope you enjoy the links!
La Rioja Tourism
Spain Information
La Rioja
Valdezcaray Ski Resort
Rioja Sports
Logroño Tourism in English
Logrono Tourism in Spanish
Logrono - Wikipedia
Spanish Living
Ideal Spain
http://www.vcarious.com/Travel-Guide/Spain/LaRioja/Logrono.html
http://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/guides-spain/guide-to-rioja.htm
http://www.totallyspain.com/spain_travel_information.asp?id=12
http://www.davidandjuliecurran.me.uk/
http://www.wineintro.com/regions/spain/links.html
First of all, I want to tell you a little bit about the city that I am going to be living in. I have been doing a lot of research on the city itself as well as Spain for quite awhile now. Logroño is the capital of the province La Rioja. According to Wikipedia the population of Logroño was 147,036 in 2006. It is a very nice sized city. To read more about the city on Wikipedia you can go here.
Logroño is in the north eastern part of Spain. It is very close to Pamplona, for all of you that know of the Running of the Bulls. We plan to visit that city often.
Logroño is in the wine country of Spain. It is known for its great wine all around the world. The winery's close for the year on November 4th. I hope we get the chance to go tour some before the end of the season!
Most things I have been reading on the internet for Logroño have all been in Spanish. I have found one really great website in English that I thought I would share with you. It is the tourism website for Logroño. On that website you will find many different PDF's that will show the highlights of the city. Maybe after you read over some of them you will get the bug to come visit us. We are always welcoming all friends and family to come stay and visit! We would love to have guests. I am hoping to catch on to the Spanish culture and learn how to cook so when people come visit they can try some of our home cooking.
Since Logroño is in the valleys of Spain, we have a large river going through our city known as the Ebro River with a very pretty bridge that goes over it. Along the edges are beautiful mountains. I am very excited as there is a ski resort not too far away called Valdezcaray and I am hoping we may even get to go skiing some time!
Some of the links that I frequent to learn more about La Rioja and Logroño are located below. I will continue to write more about the city and culture. As for right now, I must keep packing my apartment as quoting my mom who I talked to earlier this evening said, I am in the final countdown. Only 21 more days. Hope you enjoy the links!
La Rioja Tourism
Spain Information
La Rioja
Valdezcaray Ski Resort
Rioja Sports
Logroño Tourism in English
Logrono Tourism in Spanish
Logrono - Wikipedia
Spanish Living
Ideal Spain
http://www.vcarious.com/Travel-Guide/Spain/LaRioja/Logrono.html
http://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/guides-spain/guide-to-rioja.htm
http://www.totallyspain.com/spain_travel_information.asp?id=12
http://www.davidandjuliecurran.me.uk/
http://www.wineintro.com/regions/spain/links.html
