Highlight of the Week

Immersed in Spanish Life

Over the Easter holidays a group of Year 10 and 12 pupils visited Córdoba, in southern Spain, for an unforgettable exchange trip.

Each student stayed with a Spanish student for a week, allowing them to taste traditional Spanish food and experience the everyday life of a Spanish family and also to improve their understanding of the Spanish language.

We visited the Cordoba Mosque-Cathedral which has a great cultural significance in the town, as well as some beautiful churches and patios which were scattered with vibrant flowers. We had a delicious tapas evening meal where we tried Cordovan dishes such as flamenquín, patatas bravas and flan for dessert.

On Thursday, we spent a day in Seville, where we toured Seville Cathedral and walked up the Giralda Tower as well as having a peaceful boat ride at Plaza de España. On the weekends, we had free time with our families, where we could go out for lunch or go sightseeing.

We all bonded a lot with the Spanish students and learned lots of new vocabulary that we can now apply in class.

This experience has made me discover a love for speaking Spanish and I would definitely consider taking Spanish A Level! This was an amazing, educational experience for us all and we can’t wait for the Spanish students to visit us here in Cardiff very soon! To see more photographs from the trip, have a look at the gallery on our website