BIRMINGHAM, UK || University of Birmingham

One of the best things of living in Birmingham is to have the privilege of  having one the best universities in Britain. Or at least, one of the most beautiful due to its singular architecture. Its orange bricks and its representative tower gives Birmingham a special feling. And it is a pleasure to spend a whole friday taking pictures and having a great meal in the canteen. 

I'm not studing in this university but I am under the impression that this a good choice to start a course or a master's here. In fact, the University of Birmingham is included in the following rankings this year:

64 in the QS World Ranking 2014

17/123 Complete University Guide 2015

17/116 Guardian University Guide 2015

16/121 the Times and The Sunday Times University Guide 2015

If you're not interesed in Birmingham's uni from its academic point of view, I encourage you to spend one morning visiting its Edgbaston campus in the South of Birmingham. It is really easy to get there from the city centre, so well, sometimes Birmingham does has beautiful buildings to see! 

Bristol Road

Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2TT

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JOURNAL 2 || All that Glitters is not Gold

The decision of spending a year abroad wasn’t difficult to take; in fact I didn’t even question any possible bad aspect it might have. Let’s go for it! I repeated to myself, excited, counting back the days to start this new and encouraging adventure. I was especially motivated by these people who, after having spent a year abroad, would speak grandiosely about their experiences. I hardly remembered a negative opinion about living abroad, and even if I did, Españoles por el mundo would tell me differently, so who cares? Apart from these encouraging friends and acquaintances I had always wanted to spend a period of my life abroad.  Speaking English 24/7 and getting amazed by the English culture were two of my dreams since I was little. For that reason, when this opportunity presented itself to me I didn’t think twice. However, and after being here for a while, I dare to say that 

this is not what I expected; this is not what people told me, this is not what Españoles por el mundo keeps telling us program after program…

EAST SUSSEX, UK || Rye

New Year and new discoveries! Although the place I'm just about to show today is not one of my travels this year. I took these photos probably three years ago but, as I always say, what's beautiful remains always beautiful, right? 

Rye is a small town in the South of England, in East Sussex. It is located almost in the coast (it is not entirely surrounded by sea but it partly is) and it is an absolutley enchanting town. Streets are traditionaly paved with rounded stones and embelished by lots of green grass everywhere. Amazing Tudor style houses and old buildings create the intriguing and enchanting atmosphere of this place. Rye is exactly the kind of place you imagine when you read classic novels and probably the first place you can imagine when you think of a traditional British town. 

Do you feel curious?

Discover Rye!

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JOURNAL 1 || Looking Back and Ahead

A new year is here and it's time to look back at 2014 and remember all the great moments that we lived and make sure we learnt something from the bad  moments.

2014

 Apart from graduating from university, 2014 was an incredibly good year for me professionally. Thanks to my current job I moved to England last September. Back then, I decided to create this blog to share all my trips and pictures with my family and friends (and anyone interested, of course) This new adventure that I'm living is both amazing and difficult at the same time. I try to enjoy the good things and take the best of everything.

2015

2015 will bring lots of good and new things to my life. This experience I'm living has an expiry date, but what comes next is even more exciting! As you can imagine, my trips around England have also an expiry date, but we have incredibly nice places in Spain too (places we don't always appreciate...) that I'm determined to discover too!! 

So, what to expect on the blog this 2015? I still have lots of pictures of Birmingham, London, Oxford, and Kent on my camera. Besides, new places and ideas are coming very soon.

As today's post is the first of the year I've decided to make a review of my trips so far. This is the opportunity to see those places you missed, and to enjoy the ones you liked the most.

Happy New Year everyone,

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