A Very Touching Afternoon
9th graders
Today a group of my Tercero de la ESO or 9th graders threw a Fiesta de Amy!! After school was over they ran to their room and set up for at least 15 minutes, until finally Montse, their English teacher said ‘venga, venga chicos!” I then walked into a balloon and food filled room with a line of beautiful smiling faces clapping and cheering 
Definitely putting the poster up in my room this summer!
Then each of them said something they will remember of us from the year. Even the students that barely talk said something, reminding me that you never know who you’re going to impact, so treat everyone with kindness.
We finished the hour out with traditional Spanish foods, English music, and popping balloons. I feel so very special! I guess this cancels out all the times they annoyed me with their ridiculous noise when I was trying to give class. Looking forward to another year with them!
La Ascension
This past weekend was my last here in Oviedo for a while and I was incredibly lucky with gorgeous weather, the festival “La Ascension” and some quality time with great friends La Ascension is an annual festival to showcase all the traditions of Asturias. There were tents covering La Losa, a raised, fountain filled, pedestrian walkway and a medieval market right in front of the cathedral. I visited the festival both Saturday and Sunday to sample lots of different cheeses, hams, and honeys, check out all the cute farm animals, shop through traditional markets, listen to bag pipping, watch traditional Asturian dancing and take in the sunny 85 degree weather. Below are some pictures of my favorite moments from the weekend. Enjoy!
The girls and I finally able to pull out the sundresses
Cheese everywhere!!!!
A stop in the animal tents brought us closer to Emus, a kangaroo, birds, kittens, chickens, baby goats, baby raccoons, baby ducks… baby everything!
Only 15 Euros! It took every ounce of will power not to buy one
Traditional Asturian dancing
Heading to the Cathedral part of the festival we found the medieval market…
Look at that cloudless sky!
And after spending money on unnecessary medieval trinkets, we made a lazy stop in beautiful Parque San Francisco
Everyone had a great bittersweet weekend!
