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Students enjoy international travel during April break

Posted on Apr 22, 2008

Groups of Lauralton students visited Spain and France during April break.

After months of mini-lessons in preparation for living with families in Madrid, Spain, 11 Spanish students spent their April vacation immersed in the culture of the country.  In Segovia they saw a 2000-year-old Roman aqueduct and the castle where Queen Isabella was coronated; they viewed masterworks of Spanish art at the Prado Museum; they toured 24 of the 2,200 rooms of the National Palace; and they attended a flamenco show--all of this in the few days before taking up residence with their families!  Living with Spanish families, the students were able to hone their linguistic skills and witness first-hand everyday Spanish life, as they went with their Spanish siblings to classes, parties, discotheques, and spent lots of time enjoying Spanish foods and family life in general.  Led by Barbara D’Ambruoso and Pat Doerr, participants were Maureen Cashman, Amie Fracker, Alison Graff, Sara Johnson, Kaitlyn Klein, Mary-Megan Marshall, Kelly McKeon, Caroline O’Connor, Caroline Raccuia, Julia Turner and Chelsea White.

During the same week, Marilyn Cummings and Regina Moller led a group of 18 students as they travelled through Paris and its environs, then hopped aboard the famous TGV for southern France and Barcelona. Among the highlights of the trip were visits to Paris, the Palace of Versailles, Monet's home at Giverny, the walled city of Carcassonne, Avignon, Nimes, and through the Pyrenees Mountains (like Roland et Charlemagne) to Barcelona. Trip participants included Laura Boynton, Kate Donnelly, Meredith Elia, Alexandra Gray, Shelby Grich, Teresa Lautenschlager, Mary Alice Limperopulos, Elizabeth Lynch, Kathryn Martyn, Mary O’Donnell, Kaitlin Ownes, Annette Rapice, Maggie Reville, Molly Riddles, Fiona Strain, Pooja Uppalapati, Carolyne Ventricelli and Jane Williams.



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