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Never heard of it? Don’t worry I hadn’t either. Even some of the Spanish people I’ve spoken to have had no idea where it is.  Location Huelva is a small, industrial city in the southern comunidad autónoma of Andalucía. It’s about 40 minutes away from the border of Portugal and is a short drive from the beach. AsContinue reading “Huelva”

Well I didn’t expect to be writing a blog post like this. I’ve been back in the UK for 7 and a half weeks now after the coronavirus hit Spain. The week of the 9th March was when I started feeling really anxious. We were hearing a lot about what was happening in Italy, and placesContinue reading “Coronavirus and the end of my year abroad :(“

Now this was my favourite trip. We spontaneously booked flights while they were cheap and found an Airbnb hostel that was even cheaper. We decided to spend as little as possible on accommodation because we were all aware of how expensive Barcelona would be in comparison to Huelva. We landed in Barcelona quite late onContinue reading “Barcelona trip: 7th-10th February”

Coming back to Spain after Christmas, I was desperate to go on another trip. Me and my friends decided that Granada would be perfect. We travelled by coach from Sevilla and arrived in Granada in time to have dinner. We were planning on doing a night out (two of my friends still went) but itContinue reading “Granada Trip: 17th-19th January”

Andalucía is full of so much history and culture, I’m so lucky that I always have a three-day weekend so I have plenty of free time to travel and make the most of this year. In late November, me and my friends decided to visit Córdoba. It took 3 and a half hours to getContinue reading “Córdoba trip: 22nd-24th November”

Hi, I’m Jess, I study French and Spanish at NTU and I’m currently working as an Auxiliar de conversación in Huelva, Andalucía.  Right, the last six weeks have been crazy. Now that I’ve settled in properly, I thought I’d use my first blog post to summarise the most important things that have happened so far.Continue reading “Quick catch-up”