Taking A School Trip To Spain
In a couple of months time my daughter is off on a school trip to Spain.
She will be staying in Barcelona and she is really excited about this as she has always talked about staying there.
I will admit then we first received the details of the trip, I was a bit flabbergasted by the cost of the flights and accommodation. In all honesty for what we have paid for a 5 day trip for her, I could have easily booked a 2 week all inclusive holiday somewhere nice and hot.
Still you know what it’s like, if she doesn’t go she will feel like she is missing out and it will be good for her to experience the Spanish way of life. I think they are actually going to a Spanish school whilst they are there, and will have to speak Spanish whilst in lessons. Bearing in mind that she has only been learning Spanish for 18 months, I think she is doing a pretty good job. She has managed to pick up quite a lot, but as with any language there is still loads more to learn.
Last week during class their lesson for the day was translating various phrases.
The first phrase the class had to have a go at translating was Mexican takeaways. I was pretty impressed as she got this one right, and the Spanish translation is takeaways mejicanos. Next on her list was Japanese takeaway, which when translated into Spanish is takeaway japones and Japanese restaurant is restaurante japones.
Like any mother though, I have quite a few worries about her forthcoming trip. How well will she behave? Will her teachers take good care of her and look after her? Will there be any rows with the other girls in her room? The list is pretty exhaustive. At least one worry I won’t have is that she will be going hungry. Still worse case scenario at least she can now manage to order a Mexican or Japanese takeaway!!
