Come to Alcala!

For anyone who would feel the sudden urge to come and visit me while I'm in Spain,
there are several options.

First of all, Ryanair offers flights to Madrid's main airport for very reasonable prices.
If you book now, you can travel to Madrid for 22euros (one way, expecting you'll never want to leave me...)
But whenever you book, Ryanair will have prices to accomodate all of your budgets!
If you leave from Charleroi there is a bus-service that takes you to and from the airport and Antwerp city centre every few hours; or you can take the train and a shuttlebus from the station.

To my foreign friends, you'll know your connecting transportation better than I do!

From Madrid there is a RENFE train to Alcala de Henares for 2.65euros, that travels every 15mins.

Alcala has many hostels for the not-so-milionairs among us:

But there are also hotels in Alcala:

http://www.booking.com/searchresults.nl.html?aid=303948;label=alcala-de-henares-FkX6kLRSz3XRWQVFqWsGugS8394610581%3Apl%3Ata%3Ap1%3Ap2%3Aac%3Aap1t1%3Aneg;sid=6d4725b406a3f0fb03c41f8ba7337114;dcid=1;city=-369777;redirected_from_city=1;src=city

If you prefer to stay in Madrid, there are plenty more options, which you can search for yourselves :)

PS: My birthday is on the 29th of September, since I do not expect to have made a lot of BFF's in 2 weeks visitors are more than welcome!

I do not EXPECT anyone to come visit me, just know that if you do, I will take good care of you!

About

About

Hi!

This is my long awaited blog for all things MJ!
My name is Marjan (MJ), I'm 22 years old
I live with my parents in Schoten, Antwerp - It's a beautiful town but I prefer the city...
Everything that interests me is situated there: fashion, bars, friends, etc.

Next year, I'll spend a whole year in the city of Alcala de Henares, Madrid!
Primarily this blogs will serve as a blog (what a surprise!) about my experiences in Alcala.

My two greatest hobbies at this time are fashion and all things TV,
so this blog will also be where I write my personal or inspired views on the newest trends, my favorite movies and reminiscing about the hot bods in True Blood's most recent episode.

I hope my blog can be an inspiration to many people, whether it be friends or strangers!

Where I'm going.

Alcala de Henares

On September 14th I am embarking on a whole other journey than my recent one along the Camino de Santiago.

I am going on Erasmus Exchange to Alcala de Henares, a town within the province of Madrid, Spain.

With its 204.000 inhabitants it is also one of the more famous towns in Madrid.

The historical centre was declared Unesco World Heritage and it was greatly affected by the 2004 Madrid subway bombings, since all the trains that carried bombs passes through Alcala.

The word Alcala comes from the Arabic word [al-qal'a] which means citadel - obviously, I'll have a lot of site-seeing to do during my first few weeks.

Alcala was not among my personal choices for Erasmus, but it is already a winner thanks to its proximity to Madrid, the fact that the Madrid-area Spanish is the best of its kind (which is only slightly important since I study Spanish), the nightlife is supposed to be amazing, and there are plenty opportunities for me to keep busy!

I have only half of my last year to complete, this means I only need to follow a few courses, this means I'll have a lot of time for all the hobbies I have in mind (dancing, choir, teaching English, working in a bar,...)

I hope my readers are just as anxious as me to see how many of those hobbies I'll have taken on by the end of the year!