Mary on December 1st, 2008

What is the Fulbright grant? What is the process? What does it mean to me? This post discusses my answers to these questions.

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Mary on November 20th, 2008

Today, I got my official student visa card. WooHoo! I also went to the BRAH (The abbreviation for the Royal Academy of History’s Library). I only looked at two items this morning, but it was still pretty cool. I also chatted with another researcher there–Natalia–as we were both leaving. She was very nice. She did […]

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Mary on November 5th, 2008

The presidential elections in the United States have been discussed on the news, in newspapers, and on the street here in Spain. There were three large election parties in Madrid last night–the Democratic one was the largest, but I only passed by that one. It was very crowded. The second largest was held by the […]

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Mary on November 4th, 2008

It’s a big night tonight…what with the elections. I’ve been running around a bit today, and I picked up a couple of newspapers so I can see what they are saying about the election. I figure I’ll buy some tomorrow too and maybe on Wednesday. Then, I went up to the Fulbright offices to pick […]

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Mary on October 30th, 2008

Sometimes the things that stay with me and that I want to remember are the little things, the differences, the details that will fade into the background as I get used to my life in Spain. So here goes… Routines Here is a view of central Madrid from the top floor of the Matrix building […]

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