It's been a busy few days! Unfortunately, I (program director, Chris Bond) have been ill the last few days, so I don't currently have any photographs for you. I'll make it up to you all in the days to come. This weekend, on Saturday, the students visited Los Torunos, a "natural park" within the Bay of Cadiz. In spite of bizarrely ...
by Hayden M. Hola! The first week of classes is officially over and this past week has flown by. Since Tuesday we have attended our morning classes, per usual, hungout, watched some “futbol”, and have seen flamenco. On Wednesday, we watched Spain, unfortunately, lose to Chile and fall out of the World Cup. We watched the game at a place ...
Friday June 20, 2014 by Chris Bond, Cádiz Program Director Things are going beautifully here in Cadiz, and everyone is settling in, seeing huge improvements in their language skills, and getting to know the local culture. The other day, after the last blog, we all went to Playa Cortadura, a beautiful and wide beach in the newer part of the ...
by George H. Selfies, Surfing, Shopping, Scavenging, Sushi, and Spanish...That's a real mouthful (just like the atún rojo nigiri I had today). To mix things up I'll go sans haiku this time. At the end of this first week, I'm just starting to feel like we have all figured out what we want to do and, seeing how fast this week went by, I hope we ...
by Hayden M. Hola! It has been an exciting weekend here Cadiz with a lot going on. On Saturday, we had a more in-depth tour of old Cadiz. We stopped at a gorgeous park where there was also a playground, so we looked around for a while before heading back home for lunch. Later that night, we all went out to dinner in Plaza Mina. The rest ...
by Chris Bond, Cádiz Program Director We have had a great beginning to out first week of classes. On Monday, we split into two language groups--beginning and advanced--and started language classes with Adrian and Alejandra. The groups visited the market and supermarket, practicing new vocabulary on site, learning the words for fruits, ...
by Chris Bond - Cádiz Program Director I'll write more soon, but I've got to run out for our evening activity at a Moroccan teahouse (also somewhat short this time because the last attempt ended up failing and everything written was lost!). And so, a quicker description than I'd like, but to give you all a brief idea of what we've all been up ...
by George H. July 12-14, 2014 We've been to the beach Had coffees, churros, and more-- Within just three days. This haiku perfectly describes the epic whirlwind that this trip has been since I left my home in San Francisco early Wednesday morning. Let me quickly introduce myself: I'm George Hulsey, first time AR'er, rising high school senior, ...
by Hayden M. June 12-14, 2014 Hola! I'm Hayden and I'm currently on the Cádiz homestay program. We arrived in Madrid, Spain on Thursday morning, everyone exhausted from the long flight. We had to quickly race to the next terminal to make our 12 o'clock flight to Jerez. Once we got to Jerez, we took a bus to Cádiz where we met our ...
by Ariel Pearl-Butler, Abbey Road Student, Spain 2014 While I am not going to Spain until July, I am getting very excited to be staying on the coast of Andalucia, in Cádiz. I did my own research and have put together a list of the top ten attractions and sights (as well as experiences) I am most looking forward to in ...