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andrea-janine
andrea-janine aka andrea davidson is a 25.53 year old girl, has been a member since December 5, 2006, has scored 5,102 submissions, giving an average score of 2.09, helping 102 designs get printed.
Well I never been to Spain...
There is a very good chance that I will be going to Spain in November as an Au pair (childcare-ish, live with a family) for three months and I'm psyched!

Does anybody have any tips of what I should bring with me, from experience either in spain or doing volunteering/working somehwere in Europe. Or if you have any great suggestions of what I should try to see while I'm there, I wont have a huge budget but I'm sure I can fit in some little adventures here and there. I like quirky/unique and/or nature things more than typical tourist things.

Also I'm thinking of bringing a gift with me as I will be there over Christmas to give to the family or kids, hopefully something Canadian, but I'm not sure what... so far what I'm thinking is a bottle of "real maple syrup" that I can get at the local farmer's market.


I super excited and would ove any insights or advice you guys have...

and for no reason: the song I'm listening to and loving right now is Don MacLean's Castle in the Air...

ladykat
ladykat on Oct 12 '07 at 12:45pm
Where in Spain?



My husband studies Spain and he's spent a lot of time in Sevilla, Madrid, and Asturias.



I can probably get all sorts of good recommendations from him. :-)
andrea-janine
andrea-janine on Oct 12 '07 at 12:46pm
I don't have the information yet about the host family but in or very near to Madrid
andrea-janine
andrea-janine on Oct 12 '07 at 12:47pm
any reccommendations would be awesome!
MooseDinner
MooseDinner on Oct 12 '07 at 12:48pm
The Alamillo Bridge in Sevilla is beautiful. Actually, Sevilla has several awesome bridges.
ladykat
ladykat on Oct 12 '07 at 12:49pm
Cool, I'll ask him!



... and yeah, Sevilla is just beautiful in general. You should go visit it at some point.
andrea-janine
andrea-janine on Oct 12 '07 at 12:50pm
wow, that is really cool (i wonder if giant robots could play the harp on it?)
andrea-janine
andrea-janine on Oct 12 '07 at 12:51pm
how far is it from madrid?
Roostersauce
Roostersauce on Oct 12 '07 at 12:52pm
yea sevilla is really pretty. i loooove barcelona though. if you get the chance to take a trip there, do it. beautiful city
andrea-janine
andrea-janine on Oct 12 '07 at 12:53pm
the bridge reminds me of this bridge building game one of my roommates used to have it was for engineers adn you had to solve all these bridge dilemmas, it was an incredibly simply designed game (likely made in the early 90s) buit it was lots of fun and you often had to think of strange bridge solutions
ladykat
ladykat on Oct 12 '07 at 12:55pm
I think it's a 6 hour bus ride, probably a shorter train ride... I can't really remember! Another thing I'll ask my husband about :-)
squintygirl
squintygirl on Oct 12 '07 at 12:57pm
I've only been to Sevilla, and it was quite magical.



If you're bringing Canadian gifts, I'd bring something very stereotypical. My European relatives only smile and nod when I bring them Canadian music, but fall all over themselves for the stuffed moose dressed like a Mountie.
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