Our journey in Photos: Llanes, Potes, and Madrid

Friday, July 11, 2008

Our journey in Photos: Llanes, Potes, and Madrid

Group photo on the Paseo de San Pedro in Llanes

Cheering on Spain in its game against Germany in finals of the Eurocup..

The group in Llanes celebrating Spain's historic win in the Eurocopa!

Soccer on the beach in Llanes with Spanish friends!

Surfing Lessons in Llanes

More surfing...

Group leaders Laura and Tim in the Picos de Europa

A break for a group photo in the Picos de Europa

Horseback Riding in Potes

more horseback riding...

Hiking in the Picos

What a find!

Our visit to the Real Madrid stadium!

LAURA LITWILLER

Goshen College, B.A. Spanish and Secondary Education; School for International Training, M.A. Candidate, International Education. Laura has traveled far beyond her Midwestern home of Northern Indiana. Her passion for language, culture, and travel began in college when she studied abroad in Costa Rica and Mexico. Hungry for more, she then traveled through Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. More recently, she spent six weeks in Spain exploring and hiking part of the Camino de Santiago. She spent this past summer in Thailand and Indonesia before beginning her Masters program at the School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont. Laura has taught high school Spanish in Chicago and Northern Indiana, English as a Second Language in Venezuela, and urban bicycling in Chicago. She also spent three years as an immigration paralegal and was very involved in the Chicago immigrant community as a volunteer and member of the board of directors of the organization Latinos Progresando. When she has time, she loves to dance, bike, swim, eat, and learn about the world through reading, documentaries, and cultural events. Laura is fluent in Spanish.

TIM CHURCHILL

Princeton University, B.A. History and Latin American Studies. While at Princeton, Tim spent seven months living in Santiago, Chile, where he studied at a Chilean university, volunteered teaching English, and conducted research for his senior thesis on human rights violations in Chile. He rowed for several years on the lightweight crew and was active throughout college in Princeton's Outdoor Action program, leading backpacking orientation trips and serving as a Leader Trainer and Program Coordinator. He has traveled extensively throughout Latin America and Europe, including a recent trip to complete the Camino de Santiago, a 500-mile walk across northern Spain. In his free time, Tim enjoys reading, traveling, good food, almost all sports, rooting for his beloved World Champion Boston Red Sox, and any and all outdoor activities, including backpacking, hiking, running, skiing, snowshoeing, kayaking, and sailing. This Fall Tim will enter medical school at the University of Pennsylvania. This will be Tim's second summer with Putney. He led a Community Service program in Costa Rica in 2005. He is fluent in Spanish.

Putney: Spain Language Learning - Unit A

Friday, July 11, 2008