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    For parents and students alike, the LPI Blog provides a firsthand look into the study abroad experience while it’s happening. Students document their favorite moments, activities, excursions and more with original blog posts and photographs from all of the LPI program sites.

SALAMANCA (SAL)

PICNIC DE DESPEDIDA

Friday, July 22nd, 2011

Crystal Moon
Salamanca Summer 2, 2011
Fullerton, California

Alana Askari
Salamanca Summer 2, 2011
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Emma Kerr
Salamanca Summer 2, 2011
Brighton, Michigan

SALES IN SPAIN

Friday, July 22nd, 2011

Katie Knoepker & Nicole Ortega
Salamanca Summer 2, 2011
Glendale, Arizona

SEGOVIA AND LA GRANJA DE SAN IDELFONSO

Thursday, July 14th, 2011

On Sunday we went to Segovia for the day. The first thing we learned about was the Roman Aqueduct and how there is no mortar between the stone. Then we went to palace that was the inspiration for Walt Disney´s Cinderella´s Castle. It was pretty awesome but it was also the eighth hundredth palace we [...]

HANGING WITH THE LOCALS

Thursday, July 14th, 2011

Not only are we learning to live in Spain, but we’re making friends with the locals, too!  Last Thursday Salamancan students met us at a nearby cafe.  We exchanged stories and told each other about our daily lives.  We met three girls: Sara, Olga and Carmen.  They took us and a few other LPI students [...]

VISITA DE LA ANTIGUA UNIVERSIDAD DE SALAMANCA

Thursday, July 14th, 2011

This week, we toured the original building at the University of Salamanca. It was really cool to see all of the old classrooms and the antique architecture from 1218. The set up inside each classroom is completely different than how school is today- long wooden benches line each room and the professor’s stand is right [...]

SHOPPING IN SALAMANCA

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Ashley Amato
Salamanca Summer 2, 2010
Middletown High School – Middletown, NJ

LAS BARCAS

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Courtney Miller
Salamanca Summer 2, 2010
Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy – Melbourne, FL

CUIDAD RODRIGO

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Matthew Frank
Salamanca Summer 2, 2010
Westlake High School – Austin, TX