Alcala de Henares
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!
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