Over the July holidays a group from Heritage CS ventured to the other side of the earth- Spain! We had an absolutely awesome time!
The journey began from Port Macquarie on our Qantas flight to Sydney where we boarded a Qantas A380 Airbus to London via Singapore. From London, we travelled on Iberia to the capital of Spain- Madrid. After a long journey, it was fantastic to have our feet in Spain!
Our 2-week adventure saw us stay in Madrid, Granada, Cordoba, and Cadiz for 2 nights each, with a 4-night stay in Sevilla. Each of these places was unique, yet common in regard to the friendliness of the locals, the spectacular food, beautiful facades and architecture, and the summer heat.
We experienced pure Spain through museums, cathedrals, palaces, tapa hopping, shopping, siesta, fiesta, flamenco, Paella cooking lessons, city-bus tours, walking the old Latin quarters, swimming in the Atlantic Ocean, touring a Bullring, dining, shopping centres and meeting some of my Spanish friends and their families.
We travelled between cities via the high-speed Spanish train, reaching speeds of 300 km/hr. Friendships were created between the travellers that will allow us to reminisce for years to come.
God blessed us with a safe, fun, educative time that created fantastic memories that will remain with us forever!
Some quotes from travellers:
Where was your favourite place? I think Cordoba...loved the little laneways and everything being so easily accessible.. Although Sevilla was also incredible and was great to have the extra days to really get a good feel for the place.. Also loved the laid-back vibe of Cadiz at the end. (Jenny)
It's really hard to criticise any part of the trip because I think the whole experience was great thanks.
Overall trip 10/10! (Rick)
I brought back some Spanish hot chocolate- ‘Cola Cao’. My Advanced and Intermediate Spanish Year 9s were the first at school to enjoy this yummy beverage 😊
I will publish details about the information night for Spain 2024 real soon….watch this space! 😊
Mick Baldwin