{"id":1,"date":"2019-03-15T13:08:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T13:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/gc-barcelona-spain-spring-2019\/?p=1"},"modified":"2019-03-15T08:59:23","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T13:59:23","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/gc-barcelona-spain-spring-2019\/2019\/03\/15\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Follow this spring 2019\u2019s Office of Study Abroad &amp; International Experiences Global Correspondent, Luzmia Ligonde, on her international experiential studies in Barcelona, Spain!<\/p>\n<p>Luzmia is a UMass Lowell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uml.edu\/Health-Sciences\/Public-Health\/default.aspx\">Public Health<\/a> major, Political Science minor studying this spring on a UMass Lowell Partner-led Program, AIFS Study Abroad at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>You can also read blogs from previous trips to Spain listed below or from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/\">other destinations across the globe UMass Lowell students travel to.<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Barcelona, Spain<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/barcelona-spain-fall-2018\">2018: Global Correspondent<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cadiz, Spain:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-summer-2018\/\">2018: Language and Culture<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-gc-summer-2018\/\">2018: Global Correspondent<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-summer-2017\/\">2017:\u00a0Intensive Spanish Language &amp; Culture<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-2017\/\">2017: Medical Spanish for Nurses<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-2016\/\">2016: Special Topics in Spanish Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cadiz-spain-2015\/\">2015: Intensive Spanish Language<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/spain-2014\/\">2014:Intensive Spanish Language<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>San Sebastian Spain:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/san-sebastian1-summer-2018\/\">2018: Honors Special Topics: Basque Cultural Immersion \u2013 Session 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/san-sebastian2-summer-2018\/\">2018: Honors Special Topics: Basque Cultural Immersion \u2013 Session 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/san-sebastian-spain-summer2018\/\">2018: Session 2 Global Correspondent<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/san-sebastian-spain-summer-2017\/\">2017: Cultural Immersion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/san-sebastian-spain-2016\/\">2016 Honors Special Topics: Basque Cultural Immersion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/san-sebastian-spain-2015\/\">2015: Spanish and Basque Cultural Immersion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/gc-barcelona-spain-spring-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2019\/03\/Luzmia-Ligonde-SP19.jpg\" alt=\"Luzmia Ligonde poses in front of Arc de Triomf attraction\" width=\"3024\" height=\"3625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/gc-barcelona-spain-spring-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2019\/03\/Luzmia-Ligonde-SP19.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/gc-barcelona-spain-spring-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2019\/03\/Luzmia-Ligonde-SP19-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/gc-barcelona-spain-spring-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2019\/03\/Luzmia-Ligonde-SP19-768x921.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/gc-barcelona-spain-spring-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2019\/03\/Luzmia-Ligonde-SP19-854x1024.jpg 854w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3024px) 100vw, 3024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/gc-barcelona-spain-spring-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2019\/03\/Luzmia-Ligonde3-SP19.jpg\" alt=\"Luzmia Ligonde looks out across Barcelona cityscape.\" width=\"3024\" height=\"3022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/gc-barcelona-spain-spring-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2019\/03\/Luzmia-Ligonde3-SP19.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/gc-barcelona-spain-spring-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2019\/03\/Luzmia-Ligonde3-SP19-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/gc-barcelona-spain-spring-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2019\/03\/Luzmia-Ligonde3-SP19-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/gc-barcelona-spain-spring-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2019\/03\/Luzmia-Ligonde3-SP19-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/gc-barcelona-spain-spring-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2019\/03\/Luzmia-Ligonde3-SP19-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3024px) 100vw, 3024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/gc-barcelona-spain-spring-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2019\/03\/Luzmia-Ligonde2-SP19.jpg\" alt=\"Luzmia Ligonde poses in front of La Sagrada Familia attraction\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/gc-barcelona-spain-spring-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2019\/03\/Luzmia-Ligonde2-SP19.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/gc-barcelona-spain-spring-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2019\/03\/Luzmia-Ligonde2-SP19-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/gc-barcelona-spain-spring-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2019\/03\/Luzmia-Ligonde2-SP19-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3024px) 100vw, 3024px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow this spring 2019\u2019s Office of Study Abroad &amp; International Experiences Global Correspondent, Luzmia Ligonde, on her international experiential studies in Barcelona, Spain! 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