Barcelona High School Spanish Immersion [caption id="attachment_13295" align="aligncenter" width="682"] La Sagrada Familia ceiling[/caption] Barcelona - July 21st, 2015: On Tuesday for our morning Spanish class we went to the central park in Barcelona, where we were sent on a scavenger hunt, testing our conversational Spanish skills and ...
We had a very exciting first full weekend in Spain! Or should I say in the UK, as we left the country on Saturday to visit Gibraltar, the British overseas territory situated next to Spain. ( Spain Teen Travel ) Gibraltar is a very eccentric, funny little place. Amongst the blue waters, palm trees, and fierce Spanish sun, sits a unique city ...
The following is an entry from our Directors' Blog about our High School Spanish Summer Programs in Cadiz, Spain, written by the Program Director, Chris "Pancho" Bond. While your teens are enrolled in any of our programs, our Program Directors will keep you up to date with photos and stories describing the students' experience. Please ...
Abbey Road is excited to announce that in order to help our high school students make the best of their study abroad experience and improve their French and Spanish Language fluency, we will be offering complimentary language tutoring and conversational sessions to all interested students prior to the summer. These online ...
Looking back on all that happened within four short weeks in what is sure to be the most magical city on Earth, I can say wholeheartedly that it was the best experience of my life. The only complaint I have, if I can even call it that, is four weeks was not nearly long enough. After falling in love with the people, the food, the culture, and ...
This past Saturday our high school’s fall play “The Servant of Two Masters” wrapped production—after over two months of hard work we culminated in three shows. Like all shows I’ve ever been involved in, it was a blast. We had a great time working together over the weeks of rehearsals and despite it looking grim at the beginning the ...
Hello, my name is Andy Vargas, and I went to Cadiz, Andalucia, España this past summer with Abbey Road Programs. Although I am fluent in the Spanish language, I am grateful to have seen where my heritage comes from. España gave birth to my culture, my first language, and most of all I got to meet the “motherland.” I was the third or ...
by Sarah H-K. Even though it seems like yesterday that I arrived in Cádiz, it is now time to go. We finished up our stay here with a fun weekend. Saturday we went to Jerez and walked around the city, which was a nice change of scenery. We then went to the zoo, where we witnessed some very aggressive monkeys and some very large snakes. That ...
by Claire D. I'm very sad to say that this weekend was our last in Cadiz. Therefore, we tried to pack as much fun as we could into the last couple of days. Saturday, we took the train to the nearby city of Jerez. One of our counselors, Adrian, lives in the city, and took us through a small tour of the town. Afterwards, we had some free time to ...
by Claire D. This final full week here in Cadiz went by extremely quickly and was filled with fun activities. On Monday, instead of having normal classes, our entire group took a trip to the flea market in New Cadiz. We spent the morning completing a scavenger hunt for our classes and were then given some free time to shop. Everything was ...