Spanish Immersion

First Weekend in Cadiz

by Claire D. Hola! This weekend was an exciting intro for what we are about to experience here in Cadiz. After many travel difficulties because of a Hurricane in New York, we finally arrived in Cadiz on Thursday night.Safe to say we all slept very soundly that first night. On Friday we learned a lot about the program in the morning and later in ...

Bienvenido a España!

by Sarah H-K. !Hola, bienvenido a España! This is what I finally heard after a rather drawn out journey from Boston to Spain. The extensive travel was worth it though, because Cádiz is absolutely beautiful. It is a city, but the tiny streets and local shops give it a very different feel from the typical American urban area. When we got here ...

…and we’re in Cadiz, Spain!

It's been two days since our arrival and our students have settled into their new home with their host families, explored a bit of the city, tried a few Spanish dishes, and even relaxed at La Caleta beach. You think we've done a lot in these few days?! Wait until you see our itinerary for the weeks to come for our Abbey Road students. Take a ...

Last Week in Cadiz

by Hayden M. We are officially done with classes! However, it is sad because that means we only have a few short days left here in Cadiz. This week, we have gone and visited a castle that is right next to Playa La Caleta, the Cadiz history museum and the place where one of the Spanish constitutions was signed. The castle, more of a fort, had ...

Cádiz Post 3: The Selfie Submission and Why We’re Moving at 0.99c

I'll start off with my submission to this selfie war just to make sure the Italians have a lot of work to do. Once I've thoroughly established that this Cádiz session is truly the greatest selfie crew of all time, I'll continue with some more flesh and blood blog stuff. SELFIES To start off, here I am with Austin E. in El Piojito, ...

Cádiz: “Camera Obscura,” Castillo de Santa Catalina & Populo

by Chris Bond - Cádiz Program Director As we start counting down (sadly) the days until the end of the trip, we're still keeping quite busy.  We visited the Torre Tavira the other day.  This is one of the original merchant towers here in Cadiz, towers built so that the merchants could keep an eye on the port and the approaching ships (during ...

Cádiz: holidays, optical devices and tapas

by Hayden M. Hola from Cadiz! This weekend was more of a relaxed one. Friday, We went into new Cadiz and hung out at the beach where we had a take out from a local restaurant and ate on the beach with our teacher. The food was great and we got to walk around New Cadiz for the first time. On Saturday, most of us decided to go over to the same ...

First Week in Cadiz

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 ...

Cádiz: Surfing & World Cup

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 ...

Cádiz: Selfies, Surfing, Shopping, Scavenging, Sushi, and Spanish

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 ...