u/HyperBunga

I'm asking this in this sub since only you guys would understand just how magical the study abroad experience is.

I studied in Granada 4 years ago when I was 21 and it was the MOST incredible experience, it's definitely my favorite city and I love the warmth of the people of Andalusia, the small-ish size of Granada, walkability, and young population.

I'm kinda looking for that again. I wouldn't want to do Granada again as that'd be kinda melancholy and I want to try somewhere new, and also I'm not part of the traditional "student population" of 18-22 anymore now that I'm 25 so that may change things.

I was originally thinking Seville since it's still Andalusia, I did like it alright when I visited, or Salamanca since I've never been to the North of Spain and it seems like the Northern version of Granada (high student population, smallish, etc, but again, not sure if I should be looking for this at 25..)

Which would you choose? How does Granada compare to Salamanca as well? I think it's kinda sad to ultimately try "re-creating" the study abroad experience or something, but life was just so good and I'd like to do something similar, so which city?

Sort've a repeat post (sorry) but I've narrowed down my choices to Seville or Salamanca. I'm 25 going to be in Spain for a month in September. I'm wondering which city to go with to establish as my home base.

I studied in Granada 4 years ago when I was 21 and it was an incredible experience, it's definitely my favorite city and I love the warmth of the people of Andalusia, the small-ish size of Granada, walkability, and young population.

I'm kinda looking for that again. I wouldn't want to do Granada again as that'd be kinda melancholy and I want to try somewhere new, and also I'm not part of the traditional "student population" of 18-22 anymore now that I'm 25 so that may change things.

I was originally thinking Seville since it's still Andalusia, I did like it alright when I visited, or Salamanca since I've never been to the North of Spain and it seems like the Northern-ish version of Granada (high student population, smallish, etc, but again, not sure if I should be looking for this at 25..)

Which would you choose? How does Granada compare to Salamanca as well?

Not sure if this is the right sub, but my mother is struggling with the pain of hip bursitis and I'm desperately trying to find someone REALLY GOOD for her, as many doctors are kinda discounting her and such. She's having a fusion coming up which should hopefully help though.

I'd imagine she needs some PT + microfrequency treatments

Kinda need a break from work, I was thinking of going to the real authentic French countryside and disappearing for a month. I've been to Paris, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Marseille, Nice, Cannes, Strasbourg (felt too german honestly), Bayeux, Caen (felt the least touristy here), Aix and some other Southern day-trip cities, but I'm looking for something different.

A very charming French town/village with under 50,000 people in it and very walkable without a car. I already speak enough French to survive with 0 english so I am looking to get away from tourist spots and fully "immerse", but its kind of an issue as tourist spots become tourist spots for a reason, so any beautiful town will have that issue.

Not sure if I'd do a month in 1 place or maybe 6 days in 5 different places to just see more of France as Im not from there. Heres the types of places I was looking at:

Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
Amboise
Chinon
Sarlat-la-Canéda
Uzès
 L’Ilse-sur-la-Sorgue
Condom-en-Armagnac
Arles

There's no budget either

I'm taking my sister and mother to Stockholm and Zurich this fall, just wanting any possible critiques on the itinerary:

Day 1 land in Zurich mid day, go to Alps arrive by 5 pm

Day 2 Swiss Alps (Lauterbrunnen)

Day 3 Swiss Alps (Not sure)

Day 4 Zurich - get there early (Mom is a big chocolate fan, so may need the whole day)

Day 5 More Zurich - or Lucerne if we saw everything we needed in Zurich yesterday

Day 6 Fly to Stockholm earlyish

Day 7 Stockholm

Day 8 Stockholm

Day 9 Fly back

Pretty straightforward. Alternatively, we'd fly to Zurich and stay there, and then train to Alps and have the day there + the next, then train back to Zurich, but I think that would be annoying with our luggage.

I had a midshaft humerus break that required ORIF surgery 2 years ago. I'm very lucky to have 0 nerve damage or anything, but I feel a chronic pain whenever I try play pickleball, pull ups, and sometimes just a dull sensation lingering whenever my arm is still for too long, among other things.

Im 25 too, so I decided I'd rather just get this hardware taken out. Anyone have similar experiences?

Hey guys,

Im gonna be moving to Spain for 6 weeks in September and just looking for reccs for any city to live in.

I actually lived in Granada last year for study abroad and absolutely loved it, as a result I have a very soft spot for the region of Andalusia (loved Cadiz, Seville, Nerja, etc)

I’ll be 25 when I get there, past the typical college aged crowd, and originally I was going to go to Seville since I love the warmth of people from Andalusia + its a different experience to Granada as a bigger city, but now I’m not sure, which is why I’m here.

I haven’t really explored northern Spain (furthest North I went is up to Madrid/Barca/Valencia), and was thinking of going there.

Overall, the cities I’m looking at are: Gijon, Tarragona, Elche, Salamanca, Jaen, Santander, Seville, or Valencia (didn’t really like Valencia though but maybe I didn’t have enough time). There’s no particular reason for these, they just seem not massively touristic and heard good things about them on here.

Which of these cities do you recommend? I know it’s all over the place.

I already speak Spanish, cost doesn’t matter, being near a beach doesn’t matter.

Walkability matters (though I think all these cities are walkable?), I’d like to be in a “younger” city like Granada is but that doesn’t mean it needs to be huge. I actually really enjoyed the size of Granada being just 230k people. Weather sort've matters, I know the north rains more and I don't want to be in rain nonstop.

I’m also really torn between going back to the south vs anywhere else. I also MUCH preferred Southern Italy to Northern Italy, I just got along with the people a lot more. I’m worried it’d be like that in Northern Spain but I have friends who rave about places like A Coruna and San Sebastián so I’m not sure. At the same time though, I feel like I should try somewhere different..

Hey guys,

Im gonna be moving to Spain for 6 weeks in September and just looking for reccs for any city to live in.

I actually lived in Granada last year for study abroad and absolutely loved it, as a result I have a very soft spot for the region of Andalusia (loved Cadiz, Seville, Nerja, etc)

I’ll be 25 when I get there, past the typical college aged crowd, and originally I was going to go to Seville since I love the warmth of people from Andalusia + its a different experience to Granada as a bigger city, but now I’m not sure, which is why I’m here.

I haven’t really explored northern Spain (furthest North I went is up to Madrid/Barca/Valencia), and was thinking of going there.

Overall, the cities I’m looking at are: Gijon, Tarragona, Elche, Salamanca, Jaen, Santander, Seville, or Valencia (didn’t really like Valencia though but maybe I didn’t have enough time). There’s no particular reason for these, they just seem not massively touristic and heard good things about them on here.

Which of these cities do you recommend? I know it’s all over the place.

I already speak Spanish, cost doesn’t matter, being near a beach doesn’t matter.

Walkability matters (though I think all these cities are walkable?), I’d like to be in a “younger” city like Granada is but that doesn’t mean it needs to be huge. I actually really enjoyed the size of Granada being just 230k people. Weather sort've matters, I know the north rains more and I don't want to be in rain nonstop.

I’m also really torn between going back to the south vs anywhere else. I also MUCH preferred Southern Italy to Northern Italy, I just got along with the people a lot more. I’m worried it’d be like that in Northern Spain but I have friends who rave about places like A Coruna and San Sebastián so I’m not sure. At the same time though, I feel like I should try somewhere different..

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