High School Summer Abroad Blog

This weekend the students in the Honors Language and Culture Program in Madrid had the opportunity to travel to Valencia, a coastal town here in Spain. During our trip, the... keep reading

Last week our group participated in a tasty cooking workshop! Gloria, our host, was so kind, patient, and helpful in teaching participants about the dishes we prepared and the culture... keep reading

After several weeks exploring the history and culture of Madrid, it was time for the participants in honors to go on a new adventure in the beautiful city of Valencia... keep reading

Over the last three weeks all four of our Language and Culture in Madrid groups attended a traditional Spanish cooking class! This has been our yummiest excursion yet! During the... keep reading

Bienvenidos a Valencia! This weekend our Language & Culture groups took a trip down towards the coast to Valencia for a couple of days! Since, we were there for a... keep reading

On Thursday, our Language & Culture groups took a trip down to a very famous establishment here in Madrid: Chocolatería San Ginés. We had the opportunity to sit as a... keep reading

This week one of my students volunteered to write a blog about her first experience in Segovia: ¡Hola desde Madrid! My name is Marmwet Zelalem and I am currently a... keep reading

This week the students got up on their feet to participate in a dancing activity! And not just any style of dance, but one that has its roots here in... keep reading

Misión Ñ The very first days here in Madrid, students hit the ground running (albeit jet-lagged!) and began talking with Spaniards about culture. 4 days a week, they go to... keep reading

Learning how to make traditional Spanish foods!

This week I, Becky, asked my students to take over the blog, so that you could hear about their experiences directly from them. Here from Aracely and Lesly: Hello! Our... keep reading

¡Hola desde Madrid! Things are warming up here in this sunny city, both in the literal and figurative senses. Our group is gaining confidence and language abilitities as they use... keep reading

This week Language and Culture students had the opportunity to tour the Las Ventas Bull Ring, among the most important in the world! The students learned about famous bull fighters... keep reading

CIEE students departed from all over the country to many destinations around the world, but no matter where they were from or where they were going the emotions were the... keep reading

A note from the PL: As we say goodbye to Madrid, this week's blog post is a guest post from my student, Kingsley, who wrote about his experience in Spain... keep reading