Yesterday we went on an excursion to Asturias to do the 'Descenso del Sella' - often called an Asturian rite of passage, which is a famous kayaking route down the river Sella. A race takes place in August of every year. The normal route is 15km long, we managed to cover about 8 which was a great effort from everybody. We were in 2 person kayaks so everyone chose a partner, and the teachers and [...]
Yesterday was another interesting day at camp!!! The highlight for me was 'The Egg Drop'!! A competition between teams to create a 'protector' for their egg so it could be dropped from a height. Teams were given a plastic plate, some tissue, paper and a piece of foam. They had one hour to create their egg protector. Most teams used the plate as a type of parachute. After great [...]
Wooo what an awesome day!! Best day of the summer by far (I even say it was better than the beach day 2 weeks ago and for ME as an Australian that's a big call!) We spent the day canoeing down el río Sella in Asturias. So. Much. Fun. It was a long bus ride but I slept the whole way so no big deal but once we got there the fun started. We entered the river through a super fun canoe slide/shoot. Awesome. Then we [...]
Excursion day! We took a long bus ride to Valencia de Don Juan and started with visiting a castle. It was really a wall not a castle but interesting nontheless. Then we walked to another museum and looked at the clothes the people from Leon used to wear in the old days. But of history to start our day. After that we walked to the water park and spent the whole afternoon there going down the water slides, [...]
Fourth day was another normal day. However a little different to normal. We started with breakfast like always then we had English class straight away. In class we spent the time writing in our diaries and the we did tongue twisters. Surprisingly they did very well. We did a race of who could say "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?" And Sergio was the faster with 3.46seconds!! [...]
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