June 1, 2017
Last week, I stayed in Seville for almost three weeks; the longest time since my first trip out of Spain. I had a week off from classes, so I spent my time celebrating—in the most Spanish of ways—by attending the Feria de Abril festival here in…
May 19, 2017
The written Spanish language is markedly similar to English thanks to a variety of cognates and shared linguistic roots, utilizing the same 26 letters but adding accents and tildes to change pronunciation and signal emphasis. The Spanish tilde even…
May 3, 2017
As an inevitable aspect of human life, death triggers the formation of unique traditions and formalities, which vary from society to society around the world. From cultural, religious, and even economic perspectives, the role of death in society can…
