Finally, we did the one-day trip to Rila Monastery and Boyana Church with TRAVENTURIA. It cost us 35€. The Boyana church's ticket was not included but for us, students it only cost 1€ if you presented the student card. Rila Monastery was what impressed me the most about all the trip. The colors, the paintings, the snow... everything made it lovely. Our guide explained us really good and recommended us a place to eat. I think there are only two so it is easy to choose. You can also bring your own meal but with the cold, we greeded some heat.

I wanted to explain what places I visited and what I did there and I couldn't find a better way to do it than with a video. Nevertheless, I will write some details.


Places I visited:

• -Botanic Garden
• -Tivoli
• -Den Bla Planet: Aquarium
• -Little Mermaid
• -Nyhavn
• -Carlsberg Factory
• -Round Tower
• -Rosenborg Palace
• -Amalienborg Palace
• -Chrisiansborg Palace
• -Free Town Christiania

Curiosities:

• Danish people leave their babies alone outside shops or restaurants for half an hour or an hour. They do that to make them stronger, to tolerate better the cold.
• Every university student in Denmark recibes 1200€ a month by the government that with taxes become 700€. Moreover, their education is free, they do not have to pay any university fee.
• Students can work in supermarkets or coffee shops from the age of 14.
• It is first country that have more bikes than cars.
• Showing their flag is a symbol of happiness. You can see that when they are waiting for someone in the airport they are with a flag.
• Christiania is self-proclaimed autonomous neighborhood. 

We did a Free Tour with the company SANDEMANs. They offer free tours around all the world in English and Spanish. At the end of the visit you can give them a tip if you like it. They are wonderful. They are, normally, young people that live in the city you are visiting so they will give you some amazing facts and explain the history of the city in an amusing way. We did the tour with them in Amsterdam and we loved it so we were looking forward to doing it here. They didn't let us down. It was so fun.

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I have always been a person who loves big cities full of people with a lot of things to visit and shops and to see how the people walk down the streets focused on their own businesses. I love the feeling of not being noticed.  I don't really enjoy the beach because I get bored when I'm there for more than two days so, when my parents told me that we were going to Malta, an island surrounded by the sea and which capital's population is close to 6000 hab, I wasn't so sure what to expect.

But I have to say that Malta made me enjoy the sea like never before. I don't not if it was because of the clear water that made me feel like I was in a huge pool or because all of the things you can do there. 



We stayed in an apartment in Mellieha, the north of Malta, and we were 50m away from the sea. The views were amazing. Now I will explain the little towns and cities we visited and what to visit there.


 So first of all the capital of the Island: LA VALLETTA. It is a really small city so the best way to get around is by foot. If you have rented a car try to find a parking in advance because the traffic is horrible and it is full of cars. The streets are very steep, they reminded me of San Francisco.









































We visited the Upper Barrakka Gardens and well the city itself if full on little churches and piazzas that you will discover if you walk around the city center. We ate in a really good restaurant called "Luciano", it was an italian and the pizzas were truly amazing, the bread was super thick and were so huge.

Upper Barrakka Gardens

The next city I will write about is MDNA, old capital of Malta, also called The Silent City. It is a walled city and really small so you can visit it just in an afternoon. If you have watched Game of Thrones you may recognize some scenarios from it because they recorded there!!!

We just walked around the walled streets and it was in completely silence, now we know why that name.  It was not really crowded,  so it was nice to just enjoy the silence, walk around and see the ancient part of the city, full of history.







Another city is ST JULIANS, well-known for being the city of party in Malta, it is full of young people and clubs so if you don't want like, go out and drink it might not be the better place to go. Nevertheless if you keep walking through the beach walk you will arrive to the town center that is less crowded. It is not that special.


GOZO, the island next to Malta, is worth visiting because of the landscape. We crossed with the ferry (15min) and we visited the most famous view of Malta that is the Azure Window. It was amazing. It is better if you go early in the moring because if not it gets really crowded.
We also went to Gozo's capital, Victoria and we visited the walled castle.

Azure Window

Another things we visited in Malta are:

-> Ħaġar Qim & Mnajdra temples   (go really early because of the heat) 



-> Blue Grotto (Boat trip 8€, go early) It is amazing. The own fishermen drive you around the caves in the sea and they explain the way they were formed and everything you need to know. 

One of the caves we visited.

Crystal clear water

-> SILEMA (best city in Malta to go shopping)

-> Another "must" is COMINO and the Blue Lagoon but we didn't plan it well so we lost the ferry.


We also did scuba diving and it was the best experience ever!!!!!! We did it in a place called Sea Shell in Mellieha and the staff was super kind. We went 4 people with 3 instructors. They taught us in the beach first and then, we went to dive with a boat deeper in the sea. We saw a lot of fishes, the water was so clean than it looked like we were in an aquarium. The more relaxed you get the better is the experience, seriously, that's the key to really enjoy diving. An experience I hope I repeat again!
http://www.seashell-divecove.com



So this is it.  you can also see a little summery of the trip on this video!!

Hiiii everybody!
I've been a little bit off because i didn't know what to post and I was so busy with school that i did't have time to think. As I have just come back from Italy I will post some photos and explain some fun stuff I did there. I went to see my Italian friend that I met this last summer in Los Angeles, it's crazy, isn't it?

DAY 1: TURIN

We took a bus to Turin because they had cancelled our train. We had some difficulties in our journey but we arrived safe and sound. Once we were in the city we went to eat and we ate a kono-pizza. And Omg, it was amazing, I had never heard nothing about it until I saw it but I loved it.


The second photo is in the main square and after finishing our lunch we went to Turin Eye that is balloon that goes 150m high. It was great to see the amazing view but I was frozen because of the wind up there. Besides we stayed there just a couple of minutes and for us the price was a little bit too much. (15€ for 5 minutes) But I liked it.


  Then, we went to the Cinema Museum and this was the part I loved the most. It was so much fun, it had a lot of things to try and see and crazy stuff such as a huge fridge and a room full of toilets to watch a video and more. We bought the lift's ticket too that goes to the top of the Turin's tower and the view was really beautiful.
This day which was Saturday, we had a bday party of my friend's best friend so we had to run to his house to get changed and my friend lost the phone during the run but it was just too late to turn back. 

It was a crazy day but we had a lot of fun and we did a lot of things.

DAY 2: NORMAL DAY

We stayed at home and we went out for dinner with 
some friends and we ate a delicious Italian pizza.

DAY 3: FUN DAY

We went to do the Fly Experience and we flied together but with the instructors too. The way that you feel when you fly so high it is amazing, it was like I was weightless. We flied with a helmet, glasses the special suit and a ponytail and because of the potence you face changed its shape and omg, the photos were so funny. I have to say that it is absolutely expensive but it is something that you do once and you really have to try someday if you have the chance. After it we went to a mall and did some shopping.    

DAY 4: ORANGE BATTLE

You can imagine my face when my friend told me that we were going to an orange battle... But let me explain it. So the thing is that in Ivrea, they celebrate Carnival doing an orange battle. They have like 9 teams on the floor who fight against nine teams on trucks and each team on the floor is signed with a part of the town so the trucks move around and you have to throw oranges to them. They do a parade too with people riding horses and it is really beautiful and I was so scared of being hit with an orange but I had a lot of fun. My friend let me some clothes because each team has an uniform which they pay for. So yeah, I was in an ORANGE battle and I survived. (They hit me once and oh god, they hurt! haha)

DAY 5: MILAN 

Okay, the day started by us taking a train to Milan and it took us two hours to arrive. Once there we met my friend's brother, who is studying in Milan. He showed us the main streets such us Via de la Spiga which has shops such as D&G, Chanel, Valentino with pretty windows.


We went to eat to a Sicilian Restaurant close to Piazza Duomo and I ate the most strange dish of pasta but it was amazing, a mix of flavors. After eating we went to the square to see the Cathedral and I have to say that it impressed me a lot. It is huge and the sun reflects and it is so bright. I loved it. We took tons of pictures and then we went to the Galleria (Idk if you know what it is but it has a lot of expensive shops and it has the roof made of crystal. It is in one of the pics but the light was really bad.)

So after taking pictures we went to do some shoppings and we walked around Milan's streets.














We went to have dinner to a McDonald's that was in the main square and we went to the station to take a train to go back home and I had to say goodbye to my friend's BFF who I met in LA too, the bday boy.

DAY 5: PACKING DAY

 DAY 6: BACK HOME :(

Why LA? Well, first of all I have to say that I booked for NY but it was cancelled so I had to change my destination and I chose Los Angeles. I'm so glad I did it because who knows if in New York I would have had so much fun...

Travel, you should travel as much as you can because traveling really opens your mind in a way you can’t imagine, you become another different person and you learn so many new things that will change the way you think. It gives you the opportunity to disconnect from your regular life.

Sometimes you will like some places more than others or you will have some not so great experiences but you will learn something about them so they would have been worth it anyways and sometimes you will have the time of your life, you will live experiences that you will remember forever and when you’ll be older you will tell to everyone. You can also meet amazing people who can become friends, lovers, etc… 

So if you have the opportunity to travel to any part of the world, do it, do it for you, do it for the memories, do it for the new experiences this world offers you. 

Don’t wait or tell yourself there will be a better time to go. Take the risk, the opportunity and buy your plane ticket right now and leave. When you come back you won’t be sorry that you left, on the contrary you will be thinking of your next trip the second you come back from the airport, you know why? Because traveling is the best thing you can do.

I should start saying that I'm going to LA this next month so WEEEEE!!!! I'm so excited.

I'm going with EF (Here is the link of the agency-> ef.com), which is an agency that organize trips to different countries in order to learn English.They have a lot of destinations all over the world.

And well, two years ago I went to London during 3 weeks with them and I stayed with a host family and it didn't turn out to be as good as I expected. They were good but I don't know, I expected to feel like I was part of the family? I think in England they do it like a job, to earn money because they are paid around 1000 pounds for each student so... and yes, they give you food, accommodation but I imagined another thing but maybe it was supposed to be like that. (I'm Spanish and I am a very close to my family and we all talk about everything so it shocked me that they were very cold and that, but it didn't stopped me to have an amazing experience I will never be able to forget about!)
I visited Brighton, Oxford, we went to museums, the Harry Potter Studios... I met so many people and I fell in love with London.
(I insert some pics)

Brighton's pier which is absolutely amazing.

Oxford.

Harry Potter Studios.

Due to my experience with the host family in London I wasn't so sure about picking a host family again or going to a residence but I looked in some people's blog and they all agree that American families are so much more nicer than English families and maybe this is because Americans do it because they want to and they are not exactly paid for it. It took  me a while to decide but I realized that if I go to a residence I will be all the time with the Spanish people and of course I'll may have more  fun but nevertheless if I go to a host family I will learn about the American culture and maybe they are nicer this time.
 You may imagine what I have choose, right? Host family again. In 20 days they will tell me about them and I'm leaving the 30th so I am so freaking nervous and I can't wait to go to LA, San Francisco and to discover the USA.
Have you ever been in any kind of trip like this? Comment!!

Hiii, it's been a while, I know, but i have just come back from my School trip. We went to Italy and we did a tour,  I had an amazing time! I'm going to resume you my trip and I'll post some photos I took during it.

Romeo and Juliet's balcony

(In case you want to know we went 63 students, 4 teachers and ! guide and we went from one city to another by bus.)

We went by plane to Verona and we visited the Romeo and Juliet's house and the Verona Stadium (if you are a 1D's fan you might recognize it because of the This Is Us movie)

This is de Verona Stadium.

Verone

The day after we went to Venice and we visited the famous Piazza San Marcos and the Rialto bridge. (It started raining so I couldn't take so many photos there.)

I bought this magnet and it is so cool,

Venice.

Then we went to Montecatini that is very close to Florence but we just went there to sleep because it was cheaper than being in Florence city.  We went to Florence and we did a tour around the city and we visited the museum where it is the David by Michelangelo.

This is the Cathedral and it is amazing, so big and so beautiful.

The David.

After Florence we went to Rome and we visited the Coliseum and we did a guide tour around the city and unfortunately we couldn't visit the Fontana di Trevi due to the fact that it was being repaired :(
and in Piazza Navona we had dinner and we ate an ice cream and omg if you are going to Italy soon you should try the Pistachio flavor, it's delicious!!! I love it.

This is Piazza Navona.

This is the Pantheon.

The Coliseum.

And the day after we visited the Vaticano and the Vaticano's Museum. I went shopping with my friends close to the Vaticano and we bought some souvenirs like t-shirts and keychains.

I bought this beautiful shots in a shop I fell in love with.  It is called  "Subdued" and it had super nice clothes.

The Vaticano. (It is not a very good pic but the place was full of people and I wanted to took one without people and I took this.)

We leave Rome and we leave Italy after visiting the Museum, we went back home by a liner (is that ok? I mean a big ship or idk) The crossing lasted 1 whole day and it was awful because there was so much wind that the ship was moving so strongly that I got dizzy.

but anyway, I had an amazing time during this trip, I had so much fun and I recommend you 100% to go to Italy, it is a wonderful place, amazing food (but I don't think that I'll eat pasta in a very long time now because I ate too much pasta during the trip) and the only bad thing I have to say is that they are terrible drivers... I was so scared of crossing the road!

I hope you have enjoyed reading this, thank you if you had read it! Are you planning any trips? Or do you want to share any past experience? COMMENTTTTTT BELOW!!


CIAO. :) XXX