Credit: Julia Callini
On the first day, Spanish teacher Nicole Hagdoust challenged students to a scavenger hunt on the first day. Starting at Plaza Mayor, students strolled around Madrid, searching for famous sights. “We saw a lot of new sights [on the scavenger hunt], but my favorite had to be El Mercado San Miguel because of all of the culture that you could see in there,” junior McKenna Kelemanik said. From left to right: senior Uma Paithankar, juniors Kelemanik, Maggie Britton and senior Matthew Karle.
Seeing through Spanish eyes (video)
Eighteen students and three chaperones departed for Madrid, Spain on April 10. The group spent two days in Madrid, then departed for a homestay in Talavera de la Reina, a city an hour and a half southwest of Madrid. After the homestay, students returned to Madrid, where they took a day trip to Segovia. On April 19, they departed from Barajas International Airport to Boston.