This site is meant to document the summer of IUHPFL Oviedo 2017 students.
Up in the Clouds of Oviedo
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¡Saludos a
todos!
It’s been a
busy but wonderful time this week for both students and professors. The
students spent the weekends with their families and hit the ground running!
They’re still a bit tired but they are all adjusting amazingly well. Eli and
Jack both told me they went to the beach with their families, Georgia, Lexi,
Margarita (Micala), Jayme, and others went to a fiesta with their families and
got to eat some really delicious food, and all of them got many a good night’s
sleep between our arrival and today. They were actually trying to one-up each
other with how much sleep they got! Clara won with a whopping 14 hours of sleep
from Saturday into Sunday. Second and third place were Georgia with 12 hours
and Amia with 10.
As I’ve
said, everyone is adjusting slowly but surely! On Monday we all went on a small
tour of Oviedo and everyone was enchanted. We saw the Cathedral, El Parque de San
Francisco, and we saw plenty of statues along the way. Our favorite statue by
far is “El Culo,” which many of you can guess what that is by the pictures below
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Due to the
heavy fog that has set on Oviedo that isn’t scheduled to let up till Saturday,
we will not be taking our excursion to Covadonga and Los Lagos as scheduled.
But fear not! We will have two excursions one of the following weeks, so that
will mean double the pictures and double the fun!
On Monday,
we had orientation and played games to get to know one another. My favorite
game by far was the Human Knot, which there is a video of below. At lunch time,
we all met Eider and Jessi who prepare our food. We were having such a good
time during lunch that we had to be told to quiet down! Oops! The kids are
truly enjoying themselves.
For now,
here are pictures of our first couple of days in Oviedo.
In order to learn everyone's names, we played a game to help us along. Here are the students practicing
The Cathedral in the Center of Oviedo! Behind the Cathedral there is an Abbey of Benedictine Nuns that stamp the passports of the pilgrims traveling through Oviedo on the "Camino de Santiago"
This statue is called "La Regenta". She is a character in a novel that took place in Oviedo, and has become a staple in the city.
The oldest house in Oviedo
This is the statue christened "El Culo," and it has become a key landmark to the students wanderings in Oviedo.
This arrangement is found in El Parque de San Francisco. The date changes every single day!
Roberto the movie star!
Mafalda is a beloved character in Spain like Garfield is to the U.S.
Our Support and Success Groups!
This is the school cafeteria where Eider feeds us delicious food!
Not only is Oviedo celebrating its 10th year as a host site, but IUHPFL is celebrating 55 years of learning, travel, and growth!
This was my favorite game we played to get to know each other! We all got a good laugh out of it😅😆
The Human Knot!
Oviedo in the sunlight is stunning!
The Basilica in the center of Oviedo
Anna is giving us the thumbs-up for a week well spent!
¡Bienvenidos! Welcome to the Oviedo Summer 2017 Blog! Introduction Here is where the friends and family will experience the adventures of immersion of our 2017 Oviedo team. Blog posts are scheduled to be uploaded weekly during the course of the summer program. Tune in to see snapshots of our weekend excursions and read about the students' journey into a new language and culture.
We made it! After a long day of waiting, flying, driving, exhaustion, and more waiting, we finally arrived to beautiful Oviedo. If you were following our flight status through Delta, you’ll know that our flight from JFK to MAD was delayed almost 2 hours due to a maintenance issue with the aircraft. It’s safe to say that our tooshes were feeling the strain after that long flight! We arrived in Madrid around 10 AM Spain time. After the plane’s lovely air conditioned cabin, Madrid felt HOT HOT HOT! It was close to 80 ° F! Luckily, Herminio, our bus driver, was waiting for us and we were on our way in no time. The drive from Madrid to Oviedo took roughly 6 hours with two pit stops on the way. The students had their first “bocadillo” experience (Spanish food for the win!) and, if they weren’t passed out sleeping, enjoyed the changes in countryside from hot and brown, to vibrant and green. I’ll let the pictures below speak for themselves. The host families wer...
Fabulosas estas fotos. Gracias por mantenernos informados. Saludos a Alex K.
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Sr. T, ¡Alex manda saludos!
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