TRIPS & EXPEDITIONS
T his year’s Upper School trip to Cantabria in the north of Spain was unlike any other trip I have experienced. Instead of a large entourage landing in a bustling city with a McDonald’s on every corner, nine students, accompanied by Ms Kilner and Mr Iltchev, arrived in an empty golf hotel in the quiet tourist village of Comillas. We were split up and put into diverse work placements in the neighbouring town of Cabezón de la Sal. Some of us worked as radio DJs, some as teachers’ assistants, some as tourist officers, and each day we would reunite for lunch cooked by our resident cook, and exchange anecdotes of our experiences - in Spanish. At these communal meals our effervescent tour guide, Jose, would recount to us the regional history. One of the highlights of the trip was our interview on local station Radio Foramontanos about our
CANTABRIA Kwaku Gyasi (Year 13) reports on an unusual, and memorable, Spanish trip
observations of Cantabria. This was followed by a gathering, of sorts, between the Dulwich teachers ‘dancing to reggaetón’ boys and students from the local Sixth Form. Although originally put off by the forced social contact reminiscent of a Year 8 disco, I found the night entertaining, enjoying in particular a bilingual game of Never Have I Ever, and our teachers dancing to reggaetón.
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