Blogs from La Alberca, Salamanca, Castile & León, Spain, Europe

Today we made our way to our first excursion to the Sierras de Francia. They are beautiful mountains in the north west of Spain. We left Salamanca at 10 and arrived about two hours later in the small villages of the mountains. The mountains got their name from the French influence that took over the villages. The small towns are left in the medieval states with gorgeous photos of scenery waiting to take place. When we first arrived, we went on a little hike down the mountain to a small waterfall. The weather was extremely cold, and most of the ground was muddy. We didn’t go too far because Carlos, our cute guide for the day, saw that one of the girls, Macy, only had flats on. So we went to a secret meat factory in ... read more

Teen Pueblo Ingles I came across Pueblo Ingles whilst browsing the internet for a volunteer program abroad for teenagers. The programmes are run by the ‘More than English’ English language teaching company and bring together Spaniards and native English speakers (from the USA, the UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand etc) between 13 and 18 years old in residential camps to improve the Spaniard’s English through conversation with people of their own age. The programmes take place in hotels throughout Spain but the only language spoken throughout the week is English to ensure maximum exposure for the Spaniards. Spanish is forbidden! Pueblo Ingles has teen venues in La Alberca (Salamanca), Aldeaduero (Salamanca), Cazorla (Andalusia), Els Avets (Pyrenees), Campus el Sabio (Andalusia), Priego (Cordoba) and Pinar de La Vidriera (Andalusia) It appealed to me as ... read more