We are right now hosting our friends from Bolles as part of the exchange programme between our schools.Why don't you post a comment and tell us about it?
How's everything going?
Which are the activities you are enjoying the most?
You can also have a look at what they are saying about their visit on
www.bollesspain2011.blogspot.com
The experience of the Bolles exchange has been very good and the American students have learned a lot of our customs and language. During the days they were here, we took them to various places of Madrid so that they would get familiar with our city. For example, we went to “el palacio de hielo”, the different streets for shopping, to the movies, etc…
ReplyDeleteAl and I went to El Pardo, which is where the majority of the latest Spanish history has centered from, and learned a lot of history. We had fun!
For the American students, our food is very different and delicious. They tasted food like jamon ibérico, the Spanish tortilla, paella, croquetas, salmorejo and gazpacho. Many of them liked the Spanish food but some people found it unusual. They told us that a culture difference between Spain and America is that in America they eat less frequently and in more quantity, whereas we eat more frequently and in less quantity. They said they think it´s healthier here.
The weekends, we spent them very well with our American friends, because we did fun activities like paintball, went to parties, and one night we went to the mountain at Marcos´ house to spend the night.
I think we have learned a lot from each other about culture, and have made great friends.
Javier Osés Martos
This story began on september 7th 2010; 15 students from this school went to Florida for an exchange.
ReplyDeleteIn the airport and during the trip we were so nervious and excited about how this was going to be. When we arrived there, our correspondents were at the airport waiting for us with big posters with our names on, but then we all had to go home and sleep because the next day we had to go to school with our correspondents to all their classes. It was just the start of our adventure.
When we arrived to Bolles we were just amazed; the campus, the students' clothes, everything was so different. Their school had lots of lawns and it had different buildings, even the classes were very different .
During those 15 days we had so much fun we thought we were dreaming and when we were back home it was so hard every single day we thought of all the good memories that we brought from the USA and we were so excited waiting for them in march.
But after 6 long moths waiting they finally arrived in Madrid. The 13th of March all the Spanish students went to the airport. It was 8 in the morning, but we were so excited to be there. We had been planning so many things for them... We have really had so much fun hanging out all together laughing going parties
This time spent in Florida and Madrid was incredible and we will remeber that forever. We hope to see each other again as soon as possible.
Anabel Otero
13 of March 2011: here starts a new experience for us. At 8:30 a.m 13 American students from Florida came to Madrid to have the best 15 days of their lives out of their houses.
ReplyDeleteToday it is 24 of March and in only two days they’ll be back to Florida and everything will be over but we’ll never forget this experience. We’ll never forget how strange the two first days were with nothing to say or how strange it was when we saw them wearing flip flaps or shorts in rainy days, we will always remember the afternoon shopping or staying in the street without anything to do. Maybe sometimes they were bored but they had so much fun here. Some of them fell in love with Spanish pancakes, others with Spanish boys and girls and every one of them with Spanish party.
In these fifteen days they have walked like they had never done before. They visited new cities, they came two days to our classes and they tasted the cafeteria’s food…and obviously they hated it.
It was 15 days that we will never forget.
Claudia Ortiz
The best exchange trip of my life started on 7th of September in Florida, Jacksonville. A place that it made me feel so warm but I had so much fun because all the American correspondents are incredible. I was so confortable there with my host family , Will Cellar's family.
ReplyDeleteJacksonville has stadiums, parks, big shopping centres and enormous houses to have parties. There , at school the food is much better than here. The school has relaxing places like grass lawns, benches, etc... at the airport we were so sad and alone without the Americans.
This second part of the exchange was in Spain. On the 13th of March 2011 . Here , without Marge, Claire, Chris, Will is different. But we've had Amelia, Elmar and Nate instead.
In madrid, we have stayed all toghether, for good and bad moments.
Marcos González de la Rubia
Mi estancia en España ha sido una experiencia increíble. Entre la historia, la cultura, la comida y la gente, he encontrado este país muy interesante y educacional. Sin embargo, yo diría que ha sido mi familia española que hizo mi viaje tan inolvidable. Desde que llegué a su casa hasta que me fui, me trataron como un miembro más de la familia, incluyéndome en todas sus actividades. Me sentía cómodo expresándome en español, y aunque no hablaba fluidamente, me corrigieron mis faltas. Nunca me hicieron sentirme incómodo. Me alegro mucho que mi familia fuera muy culta y que me ensañaran tanto sobre la historia de España. Nunca he salido de los Estados Unidos, y me alegro que España fuera mi primer viaje a otro país. ¡Ha sido el mejor viaje de mi vida!
ReplyDeleteAl Muzaurieta
Spain in a nutshell was a blast. Walking all around town, seeing the sights like Alcala and Toledo. Also, the friendships will definitely last a lifetime. Not knowing the Spanish language completely pushed the American students closer together. Also, bonding with the Spanish students was fabulous, even though we were separated by a language barrier. An added effect was that it was my birthday so we had a great time celebrating in Spain. Also, the food here is incredible. My favorite was jamon con aceite, which is Spanish ham with oil on a sandwhich. Lastly, it was fun being able to meet all these people, being it at parties or at Pepe´s.
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I expected to just travel to a foreign country with my classmates and visit all of the famous and well known architecture and sites in Spain. Although we all did just this, I have learned and experienced firsthand the Spanish culture also. The most difficult thing to get used to wasn’t the food but the time of day each meal was eaten. The meal times are extremely late compared to American meal times and the meals are significantly larger. In the span of two weeks, we all witnessed the beauties of Madrid, Toledo, Alcalá, and Segovia. We made international and domestic friendships that will last a lifetime and shared countless memorable laughs. This exchange programs is definitely one to not miss out on.
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Alex Block
Anabel Otero is my life. She is easily the funniest, most adorable person I have ever met. She speaks English perfectly, though she denies it, and tells the funniest English jokes. Living with her is a dream. She is so easy-going and generally wonderful. She enjoys doing everything and looks at life with such a fresh unique perspective. I will be so sad when I have to leave her beautiful face. I am so grateful that I had the opportunity to meet her.
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