Madrid and gandia 2012 diary Motherwell
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Madrid and Gandia 2012- The Diary
16th May- 25th May 2012
The Students Claire Duncan
Ryan Richardson Margaret Caven Darryl Crichton Jade Paterson Jim Stevenson
Antonio Calderon Sean Dickson Chris Hernan John Boyle
Anna O’Neill Kirsty Menzies
Ross Carroll David Connelly
Gary Kelman Angela McGuinness
The Staff
Gail Dennett Morveen Urquhart Carrie Findlay
Flora Walker Ian Lyon
Each day the diary will tell you EVERYTHING that we did, especially what we enjoyed, what we didn’t enjoy and any special or funny moments!!
Day 1
What we did
Flew from Edinburgh to Madrid
Checked into hotel
What we liked best
The flight arrived on time and was quick
Ross visited the flight deck!!!
Getting off the plane and feeling the heat in Madrid
Looking out of plane window and seeing the lights.
Hotel was clean and big with relaxing rooms What we liked least
Noise outside Hotel and in corridors
Too hot in the rooms
Arriving late in Madrid-we were tired!
Day 2 What we did
Visited the Spanish College
Had lunch in College
Visited Cosmocaixa
Shopping at Plaza Norte What we liked best
Hot weather
Meeting Spanish staff and students
Visiting the workshops at the College
Playing football with Spanish students
Mini beast section at Cosmocaixa
Shopping in the mall
Having fun with friends!!!! What we liked least
Some parts of Cosmocaixa were a bit boring.
The sausages at lunch time were not nice.
Day 3
What we did
Warner Bros theme park
Picnic
Dinner at College What we liked best
Superman ride
Wild West area in park
Getting soaked on the water flume
Tallest ride in Europe
Morveen and Mags breaking the waltzers
Graphics in the Batman simulator
Picnic- tortilla was tasty
Queue jump saved time
Speaking to the Spanish students at the theme park
Enjoyed chill out time before dinner
Dinner-cannelloni and chips!!!! What we liked least
Would have liked to spend more time in the theme park.
Souvenirs expensive
Confused at how queue jump worked?
Not being allowed to take water/food into park
Too hot!!
Lost hat on water ride
Fish for dinner
Day 4 What we did
Canada Real Nature Park
Escorial
Dinner in Cafe Di Fiore What we liked best
Seeing all the different animals
Interesting information about the animals from the Spanish staff
Gift shop in nature park was good
Picnic in the park
Views in Escorial
Enjoyed walking around Escorial
Running up the hill in the rain!!!
Hot chocolate to heat us up
Good selection of food at all you can eat buffet for dinner
Good laugh in pub watching football What we liked least
Thunder and hail stones!!!!!
Walking round the nature park took a long time
Hot chocolate too rich!!
Chicken noodle soup at dinner too salty
Day 5
What we did
Tour of Madrid
Lunch in Alcazar
Shopping for souvenirs
Dinner at Cafe Fiore
What we liked best
Seeing the sights of Madrid-the Palace and The Ritz Hotel!
Seeing the Bull Ring
Being on the bus for the tour as weather not great
The big Spanish Flag was amazing
Meeting new Spanish staff
Sangria and tapas delicious
Lunch was tasty
Frozen chocolate with white chocolate gorgeous
Shopping for oresents! What we liked least
HUGE portions at lunch!!
Weather not great
A lot of walking
Steak was quite chewy!
Day 6 What we did
Visited Colleges and took part in classes
Real Madrid Football Stadium
Dinner in Italian Restaurant What we liked best
Making jewellery in craft class relaxing
Cooking class good fun and we got to eat it at lunch-delicious!!!
David’s music class was brilliant fun-loved making our song!
Playing football with Spanish students at break
Looking at the blog Domingo had made
Seeing SFL Madrid Facebook page
Chicken nuggets at lunch great!
Getting presents from Spanish, it was very kind!
Football stadium really interesting, good to see trophies and football boots
Getting picture with Christian Ronaldo
Sitting in dug out on pitch
Stadium shop good for presents
Italian restaurant-pizzas delicious What we liked least
Would have liked more time in Music class
Would have liked to spend the whole day in College
Portions in restaurant were HUGE!!!!
Football stadium very high!!
Day 7 What we did
Travelled from Madrid to Gandia
Picnic
Beach
Dinner in Hotel Biaritz
Ice cream and walk along the beach front What we liked best
Relaxing journey-managed to sleep
Enjoyed the film on the bus-very funny!!
Picnic in the sun
Hotel Biaritz really nice
Hotel had a swimming pool and close to the beach
Great fun in the sea jumping over waves
Soft cool sand
Very good choice at dinner
Calamares tasted delicious
Enjoyed the walk along the front to get ice cream
Lots of different flavours of ice cream
Had great fun with Spanish students at ice cream parlour What we liked least
Hotel room smaller than in Madrid
Pool really small
No fridge in room to keep water cold
Towels in bathroom small
Water freezing
Sand all over feet
Day 8
What we did
Beach
Lunch in hotel
Swimming pool
Albufera for boat trip
DISCO!!! What we liked best
SUNSHINE!!!
Beach was great fun, playing in the
seas and sunbathing
Soaking Gail in the sea
Clear water
Bought sunglasses on the beach
Football on the beach with the Spanish
Breezy at the beach
Pool nice and cool
Walk to the Marina to see the big boats
Boat trip very relaxing and interesting
Thatched house was so small
Darryl and Gary tried eels
Disco was amazing-good music and danced all night!!
What we liked least
Too many midgies at the cafe in Albufera
Disco was really HOT!
Pool and sea very cold
Day 9 What we did
Went to Valencia to Oceanographic
Lunch at Hotel
Shopping along the beach front
Beach
Dinner in Hotel
DISCO!!! What we liked best
Walking around seeing all the different animals.
The dolphin show was amazing!!!
Oceanografico was very interesting
Liked seeing all the brightly coloured fish
Shopping for presents
Last time at the beach
Pub fantastic!
Spanish music was great!
What we liked least
Would have liked to spend the whole day at Oceanografico
Would have preferred to go to Disco than listen to the band!
Day 10 What we did
Travelled from Alicante to Glasgow What we liked best
Good short flight
Liked arriving home to the sunshine!! What we liked least
Saying goodbye to our Spanish friends
Didn’t want to come home!!