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Late September in Madrid

Fun in Madrid

With a week of classes completed, all of the uChicago students jumped on the Fundación-sponsored tour bus to Madrid early Friday morning. Our first stop was Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, home to an enormous collection of works by Picasso, Dali, Miró, Gris, et cetera. An art history professor in some way related [...]

Drifting Along

I finally have some downtime to recap the trip so far, so here we go.
Amsterdam
From the moment we got off the plane at Eindhoven airport (about an hour and a half from Amsterdam), I knew I was fond of the place. Unlike the ancient layout and ancient-looking grime of Rome, where everything is just kind [...]