24th and 25th September 2012

On his first day in Spain, Scotty was visiting our school and our little children. He met a close friend called Sanvi who helped him to discover our school.

26th September 2012

Sanvi showed Scotty the City Hall. Sanvi told him its construction started in 1892 at the initiative of the Lord Mayor of the City, Don Miguel Iscar. It is a very beautiful building in the centre of the town and it is surrounded by a big square, a place where people can find different activities along the year. At Christmas you can buy sweets and candies, at Easter you can buy chocolate eggs and in summer you can find concerts and shows.

27th and 28th September 2012

First Cycle of Primary students made a bookmark for Scotty. Inside it they wrote the word “HELLO” in all the languages of the countries where Scotty has been in Europe and they dressed Scotty with a Spanish T-shirt. They had a really good time together.

29th September 2012

Scotty learnt a lot of things thanks to Sanvi who was his guide. For example, he taught him that the Cathedral was dedicated to Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (Our Assumption Lady) and it is unfinished. It is a place for reunion and you can enjoy classical music concerts.

30th September 2012

On the last day of September, Scotty and Sanvi went to the Castilla Canal. It is an engineering work begun in the mid 18th century and completed one century later. This project allowed people transporting cereals grown on the fields of Castile from one place to another. Today it is used as an irrigation channel and it also has a recreational function, in benefit of the visitors, day-trippers and hikers who come to enjoy all its cultural and natural attractions.

It is 207 kilometres long but Sanvi and Scotty only walked a part of it in the morning. At midday, they stopped to have lunch and play.

1st and 2nd October 2012

Scotty has also visited Second Cycle of Primary students. The 1st day met 3rd year children and the 2nd day, 4th year students. He talked about his journeys around the different European schools. Then students located in a Europe map all his journeys. Finally, they checked together works’ students which are from different countries and cultures.

3rd October 2012

In the morning they had breakfast consisting on hot chocolate in a typical pub. Then they visited Santa Cruz Palace, a very beautiful building in the city and a place where teenagers go to spend their time talking to their friends. The square is full of seats and flowers everywhere. Here, you can see them into the inner colonnades of the palace.

4th October 2012

Third cycle of

Primary wrote some

letters in the Scottish

program for other

students.

Next school Scotty is going to visit

is in Italy,

so we hope their students

answer our letters.

As you can see,

we enclose our letters.

Thank you for your

Visit, Dear Scotty!

5th October 2012

Scotty and Sanvi were in the Zorrilla Fountain. The main characteristic of this fountain is that it shows the time with water. Then they went to The Cavalry Academy, a museum where you can find banners, a collection of lead soldiers and a collection of arms (of the 16th century), trophies, photographs, horseshoes, saddles, etc.

6th October 2012

They went to San Pablo Church and they had a guided visit. This Dominican convent was founded by Doña Violante, wife of King Alfonso X, a very important king of Spain, called the Wise. When they finished their visit, they went in front of the church to the National Sculpture Museum where they found a range of sculptures quite interesting and unique in the world.Finally they had lunch in a typical restaurant close to the church. Scotty loves “tapas” and “jamón serrano”.

7th October 2012

On Sunday, we decided to visit the 1st University in the town. Its front is beautiful. In the picture we are between two lions. With regards to lions, there is an amazing legend about them. If you are in exam and you count the lions’ number, you never finished your degree…It is only a legend but no student dare to count them! Then we went to Saint Gregorio church in which square we were playing. Finally, we went back home walking.

8th October 2012

As it was a sunny day, Sanvi showed Scotty the biggest park in the city, called “Campo Grande”. It is situated in the centre of Valladolid. It’s got a triangular shape. It’s a brilliant example of the art of garden mosaics. One of the main features of the park is its vast population of poultry species. As a result, there are numerous turkeys, pheasants and pigeons, which in fact have become the park’s principal inhabitants. You can see us in among colourful leaves and in a little waterfall.

9th October 2012

Today I really had fun...I enjoyed my first CACHAVA's day. And I guess you are wondering...what is it? Cachava's day is a special party in San Viator School. They celebrate Father Querbe's day. Everybody get really excited about it. It is a tradition like The Independence Day in the United States or St. Patrick's Day in Ireland. But this party is different from other parties I have been in. It seems to me that each and every student here loves sports. They spend the whole morning playing football, basketball, handball, running,...and much more. They make a kind of championship between classes. For example, 6 year students made 2 groups (team A and team B) and played ones against the others. They try to play well and not only the score counts. Referees take care of other things like fair play, cheer leaders exhibition, hand-made flags, etc. And what amazed me the most was the present for the winners. They got a huge (really huge) candy, believe or not it is almost a 5-year-old child size!!!!. They spend one month eating it. It was amazing...

It was great being there, it was such an experience for me. I promise I will come back next year. And I want to send a big hug to all my new friends. I will never forget my time in Spain. I hope to see you soon!

Hi! This is Scotty here!