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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!!...

Second full day of camp!! Same as the first more or less.  We started with stretches again and then we did the "Cha Cha Slide" dance. Great dancers we have. We finished off our posters for our teams and then presented them to the camp. Blue Stars are my favourite with our mascot Jimmy the Shark. We played a dance for game which was good value too.  Then we had English class where we wrote in our diaries and...

Today we went on an excursion to 3 different places. It was about an hours drive from camp so the sleepy heads had a good snooze on the bus.   First we visited the Castle in Valencia de Don Juan, it was an impressive sight with gigantic castle walls and a 3 storey tower which the King would have lived in.    Next we went to a Museum of typical clothing from the area. It was very interesting to see what...

Y si les dijéramos que un día en el campamento puede tener cultura, inglés y diversión a la vez, ¿nos creerían? Pues si enumeramos cada una de las actividades que tenemos programadas para uno de los días en el camp, contestarán que sí es posible. Por la mañana nuestro campamento de inglés se traslada a Valencia de Don Juan, un precioso pueblo que se encuentra en un cerro junto al río Esla y que...

Usually we start the day with class, but today we were having too much fun with our morning group activities to be bothered! Mo, one of my favorite English teachers, got the kids playing a game that required them to follow another player's movements. Easy, right? The catch is that they had to protect the identity of the leader from another participant who played detective.  The activity turned into a dance off!...

Our first full day at camp was a great success!! The kids are all settled into their rooms and cabins and already getting accustomed to camp life!!   In the morning we played some games and did dances, then split the camp into four teams. We have a red, green, blue and yellow team.  Each team had to create a team name, mascot, sheild and chant - great fun!    Later we had our first English...