Southern Flavor

Do you remember the feeling that you got each cool September on the night before the first day of school? That anxiety that could only be compared to what came over you during your most magical of Christmas eves. Those nights always left me unable to fall asleep because, despite my best efforts, I was unable to get away from my own thoughts and would end up spending hours staring at the details of my bedroom ceiling. Unfortunately, however, the number of days that we get to feel those uncomfortable butterflies in our stomachs decrease as we become older and less easily amused. However, since I have been in Spain, I find myself having those excited and sleepless nights more than ever. At Suffolk Madrid each semester brings a new group of kids and each group seems to form its own unique magic once we are thrown together in a new and exotic setting; in anticipation of each new semester I wonder; who will I meet? Where will I travel to? And what adventures will I take part in over the coming months?

Each new semester commences with a week long orientation week during which the new group of kids are to form the next era of Suffolk Madrid. While for the fall orientation we went to Asturias in the North, our most recent semester kick off took place in Sevilla. Sevilla is the prized city of Spain’s southern Andalusian region and is full of life, warmth and romance. On our week long orientation in the south of Spain we got to know each other and bonded over flamenco dancing, safari rides and walks on the southern coast of Cadiz. My four orientation weeks here at Suffolk Madrid have been some of the very best times of my life; and though it is sad to think that my week in Sevilla was my very last it sure was an unforgettable one!