Day 1

Day 1 

All to plan:  left Collingwood at 0345. Gatwick for 0430, Flight left on time at 0650. Clear of the airport by 1030 (1130), with Fini and Pedro, host teachers, picking us up with the coach. A break for lunch soon after, then on our way to Aguilas.

What are the Collingwood students looking forward to?

James:  Anything that the family do.

Lauren: shopping, beach, and spending time with partner

Georgia: the Spanish food and meeting my partner

Xavier: The weather and new cultural experiences

Rhiannon: Spending time with exchange partner on trips

Jason: going out walking with the group

So arrival at the IES Europa school at about 1330, where the partners basically found each other and started communicating.

1440 is end of school, so that was when the parents arrived to take our students away… 

A few pictures of our students’ new “families”. 

Evening: the annual music concert of our partner school held in the town’s new theatre. A great venue with a range of music and singing on offer. Rounded off a long and busy day, but I did hear that still some of our group were doing the Spanish thing and postponing bedtime until the bigger hours...