Todays the day we’ve all been dreading! It’s our last day in Spain and I think we can all agree we’re so upset. We started our day at the Bilbao School of Engineering for the last time. We were given some interesting presentations to wrap up the trip. We then had our last lunch at…

Today was probably one of the most fun days we’ve had here. Although it was tiring it was so rewarding! We started off by having breakfast at our new hotel, and then took the bus to San Juan de Gatelugatxe. The walk was so tiring, but the view was so beautiful! There were so many…

Today was the day we all had to pack up and leave Bilbao! I think we were all pretty sad doing so, because of how much we loved our hotel and the location. However it’s exciting to have the opportunity to see other places ! We packed up the bus and made our way to…

This is it ! Today is our last day in Bilbao. This is very bittersweet because although we are all excited to go see a new place, I’m definitely going to miss Bilbao. We started off at the school of engineering to visit some more labs. We got to see some more projects that the…

Today we had a very fun day with lots of things planned! We started off at the flea market which was exciting to walk around. Although I didn’t buy anything, I wish we were staying here longer so I could have bought some of the flowers they had. It was so nice seeing all of…

Today was a shorter day than usual! Everyone had to be up and ready by 11 so that we could all head to the theater. On Thursday night, we got to go to the theater and see a show, but today we had a tour. On this tour we learned the history of the theater…

Today we got to start off our day a little later than usual! It was nice to sleep in and catch up on sleep. We then broke up into groups and and began our activities for the day! My group started off with the cooking class. We got to make pinxtos, a Spanish tortilla, and…

Today we started off our day quite early, as we had to catch the metro early in order to get to the hospital on time. Today we got to tour Hospital Gorliz, which is a rehabilitation hospital on the beach! The view from every window was SO pretty. On our tour we got to talk…

Day 3 was exciting because we got to listen to Harvey’s presentation! I was able to learn a lot about his work. It was also cool seeing how many students and faculty at the Bilbao School of Engineering were interested in his presentation as well. After getting lunch at the school, we started to walk…

Today we spent most of our time at the Bilbao School of Engineering. While I am a nursing major, I still found lots of the presentations interesting. We were able to see their different projects students work on throughout the school. My favorite was the guitar project. Students and faculty build their own guitars that…

Today we started off very early, meeting for breakfast at 6:30 am. From there we went to our first tour , which was the Basurto Hospital. This was so fun to me especially because it was the international day of nursing. During the presentation, we learned about the healthcare system in Spain, and how nurses…

Hi, my name is Summer Mallon and I am from Brick, New Jersey! I am currently a freshman studying nursing at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing. I chose Pitt for nursing because of its endless clinical opportunities at UPMC, as well as its high ranking among other nursing programs in the U.S. My…