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This blog will include posts from present and future years, all in one place. Here, friends and family can tag along on our adventures with the students from afar. We look forward to sharing our summer with you! DISCLAIMER: This blog is open to all IUHPFL parents and family. Please be courteous in your comments. Any student concerns should be directed to the IUHPFL main office and should not be commented on in this platform.

Learning the danza prima!

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July 02, 2019

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Leaving Oviedo, a quick trip to Segovia

July 25, 2019

Here are a few pictures of us saying goodbye to our host families and visiting Segovia -- it was a long day, but so fun! Acueducto de Segovia On top of the Alcázar it was hot Saying goodbye to our host families...lots of hugs!!

Such a fun week!

July 13, 2019

(Artwork by Victoria, this will be the cover for our program magazine...so awesome!) What a week! I've got a lot of photos and some brief descriptions below, but I wanted to start by just saying thanks to all the US families who are reading this blog; thanks for allowing us the chance to share a few weeks with your students. Aline, Jessica, Juan and I have loved our time with this group. When the students head off to spend time with their host families, the four of us often reflect on the day and the most common theme is how much we enjoy being around them. They are so smart, funny, responsible, hard working, and friendly. Sometimes they are goofy (which is great!), and at other times they are serious critical thinkers who ask great questions and lead our class conversations in interesting and productive directions. I am not just saying this to say it - we really, truly, enjoy this group , and we know that we will miss them when the trip is over. This week we plugged ...

Santiago de Compostela!

July 05, 2019

What a fun trip! We just came back from our big excursion to Santiago de Compostela, a few hours west of Oviedo in the province of Galicia. Santiago is the final destination of the pilgrimage to visit St. James (well, mostly final - some pilgrims continue on to Finisterre, from finis terrae , or "land's end") and we are lucky to be so close to it. We left Oviedo yesterday (Thursday) morning at 10am and once we arrived we spent the day checking out the huge cathedral, nearby shops and cafes, parks, and the fantastic pilgrimage museum. The weather was great and I know the students have tons of great photos. It is a really beautiful city, especially the casco viejo , the old part of town near the big cathedral. I've got a few pictures below, but I know your students will have many more. Last night we had a group dinner and a couple of little surprises. Juan and I ducked away from the group a little early while they were finishing up at the museum, and we wen...

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