This past weekend was spent enjoying the finer points of life. Chocolate and champagne, or cava as it is referred to in Spain, are distinct delicacies to the Catalonia region.

On Friday, junior Carly Kauffman, her host mom Marta, and I, went to Freixenet, a large cava house in Catalonia. Cava is sparkling white or pink wine, essentially champagne, but the two are distinct in Europe. Champagne is the bubbly drink which originates in the ...

For those of you that don’t know me well, my favorite holiday is Halloween. What better excuse is there to dress up in costume, change character, eat candy, and run around in the dark with your friends? For this reason I make sure to celebrate every year, and this year proved no different. Halloween in Barcelona is something of a foreign holiday; it is seen as ‘Americana’. They celebrate it, “but not like you ...

When filling out absentee ballots in Barcelona as a group, students with the Knox program figured they would be getting their ballots soon. However, this was not the case for everyone.

Voters missing their absentee ballot can use the Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot (FWAB), a five-page form.

The U.S. Consulate explains “the FWAB serves as an emergency ballot for voters who registered in time but fail to receive an official ballot from local election ...

After I graduate I am going to become a pilgrim. This is what I have decided after the three-day trip along the Camino de Santiago in the Navarra region of Spain. The Camino de Santiago, or Way of St. James, is a spiritual hike starting in St. Jean Pied de Port, France (Camino Frances) or Seville, Spain (Via de la Plata) and ending at Santiago de Compostela near the Atlantic coast. At Santiago de Compostela ...

If you are looking for a fun beach town that is not chock full of gaudy tourism, look no further than Sitges, Spain. Do not get me wrong, tourists do go here, but it is a better atmosphere for people my age. To get there I simply took a train from Estació de Santos in Barcelona. It took about 40 minutes and only cost 5.20 euro, and about three euro back to Barcelona. I ...