Spanish SIM-card Walking down Gran Vía you will find many phone shops where you can buy a sim card to use during your time abroad. There is, however, a better option: go to the office of “Citylife Madrid” which is … Continue reading General things about moving to Madrid

I started my new week with a fun activity: wine tasting. As a German I know absolutely nothing about wine, so I thought it would be fun to actually know what winemakers do when they smell the wine, look at … Continue reading First time hosting a Couchsurfer

My family left Madrid on a Saturday and I decided to join them on their trip for the weekend. Our first stop was Toledo. We arrived in the small city which is around an hour away from Madrid after some … Continue reading Weekend trip

When my family heard I was gonna do my Erasmus in Madrid, they were very quick planning a trip to Spain. So barely two weeks after coming here myself, I already had some visitors. Because I had a Spanish course … Continue reading Family is here!

Before coming to Madrid the only thing that really worried me was not having a place to stay. What bothered me wasn’t that I would have to speak Spanish and deal with many people, but just the fact of not … Continue reading Arriving in my new home