HASTA SIEMPRE

La Direccion y todos los responsables y colaboradores agradecen la confianza que habeis tenido en Idiomas Padre Manyanet, deseando que acabeis de pasar un feliz verano con toda la familia.

Que San Jose Manyanet bendiga cada uno de vuestros hogares.

Hasta siempre.

P. Antonio Sorribes, S.F.

NY, Wall Street & Yankee Stadium

New York Visit

New York Photos

Final Party Photos

Last Day in Florida

Our summer program has come to the end very fast. It is the time to say our goodbyes to our families and friends in Casselberry. We will never forget the friendship of the American families, the patience of the Teachers and the support of Saint Augustine's Parish Staff. In this month we have experienced the American way of life (language, food, cultural and recreational activities) and the spiritual values of this country. On our way back to Spain we take with us plenty of memories to share and enjoy.

Wait a second! We still have New York, the Big Apple, the City unique. Tomorrow, Sunday, we fly to New York where we hope to discover plenty of surprises that will make this trip very special.

We close this blog. We really hope it has been a window for all of you, families and friends, to keep track with our everyday activities. If we can, we'll include some pictures from New York!

Have a wonderful summer!!!

Islands of Adventure

Today Friday 25th, we had to be at 8 30 at the church to go to Islands of Adventure, a theme park based on universal studios films. We have had a great time there because the park is very good. There are a lot of good rides such as the Hulk or the Dueling Dragons. We have been in the Park from 9am to 6pm. The good thing about today is that it didn't rain as all the other days, so we were able to ride the different rides all day long. It started to rain when we driving back to our houses. At half past seven the American families were waiting for us and we went home.

 

Gabriel

Thursday, July 24th

We are Diego and Alvaro and we're going to explain what we've done today:
In the morning we have been to class but with some differences: First of all, we have worked with some idioms, then, Father Neumann has made a speech in the break time. And finally we have taken a lot of pictures with all the students, but we had to make a lot of pictures of Anna and Carla because they didn't like any of the pictures that we have made.
Later we have visited the 911 information center, where the people call when they need help, but the visit has been very short.
In the afternoon, we have been to some outlet stores. There were some stores like adidas, nike, levi's, ecko,… When we arrived there, the people were hungry, so we all went to have lunch. After lunch we went to buy clothes, but we didn't spend too much money because the prices were so low.
At 5:30 we came back to the church because the families were waiting for us there to go home.
DIEGO "Aupa athletic" and ALVARO "viva er beti"

More ice skating pictures

Ice Skating at The Ice Den in Orlando

Hello!!  I'm Danel and I going to explain what we have done today.
We've had class in the morning as usual. We were in class untill 12:30. Then we went to eat to Cici's Pizza, so logically we ate pizza and some pasta.
When we finished eating, we went to the ice skating and we had a great time there taking photos, skating and speaking a lot. But some people are all thumbs so they were falling all the time. When we getting were ready to return it stared to rain quite a lot and what it is worse: it started lightning and thundering so we had to wait for a while. But finally we returned and all of us went to our house to be with the familles.
With all these, the day finished.
DANEL"EL MENDA" RIANO

Tuesday, July 22nd

Hellow , my name is Ricard and today I'm going to write a few words .
  
Today classes began at 9:00 . We worked with "Idioms" and later the word of the day .
After the snack , we worked on a commercial that we are preparing for this Saturday because all the groups are going to present their own advertisement to the rest of the people.
 
When the lessons finished , we went to Oviedo Mall , it was pretty good. 
Finally all the group returned to the parking lot at 5:30 where the families were waiting for us.
  
And this is one day in this month in America.
BYE!

Oral presentations in class

Monday, July 21st

Hi I'm Nadine and I'm going to explain what we have done today:
 
Today, after morning classes, we went to a park called Kelly Park, Rock Springs. The park is very big and it is in the middle of a forest. There are two different areas in the park: in the first one there is a big lake where you can swim. The water comes from a spring so it is very cold. In the other section of the park there is a river that you can follow either by walking on one of the trails or by swimming from the top of the river to the lake. Some poeple like riding down the stream in an inner tube or on a float.

 

Nadine

Weekend

Hi I'm Elena.
Today we did different things everyone with their family. Some of them went to Alex and Guille's party.
 
I went with Claudia and Danel to Sarasota beach with Danel's family. We have slept at a motel because we went out on Saturday morning to different beaches.The water at the first two beaches was very hot but in the last one it was a bit colder.
Today we went to the beach more or less at ten o'clock it was very hot, the water was clean and was very comfortable to be there.
Then, when we were coming back to Casselberry, we stopped in a bridge to see many different kinds of boats. We had a great time this weekend!
 
Congratulations to my sister because it was her saint :)

 

Elena

Weekend activities

During the weekend the students have done different activities with their American host families. We include a couple of pictures from Seaworld in Orlando, depicting the famous Shamu and Dolphins Shows.

Friday, July 18th

Hi!! Today we had to be at 9 o'clock in the church because we have gone to Wet'n Wild, a water park with big slides and pool with waves.
We arrived and there weren't a lot of people so we went to a pool, then we went to differents slides, there was one called disco H2O that it had music and lights inside. There were slides for one person but also slides for 3 or more persons. It was so great!!
But about 3 it started to rain and everybody had to go out of the water, we had to go under umbrellas. while it was raining we were talking and laughing. When the rain stopped we went to walk arround the park to see the differents places and slides to go.
After that we went to a pool with floats because there were big waves! It was so funny!!
At 6 o'clock we left the Park and we returned to the church, the families were waiting for us.

Today has been a day to remmember!

Carla Hernandez

Police Station

Hi, today we had class as everyday. Then at 10:15 we have visited the police station. We enjoyed it a lot, because the policewoman was very nice with us. She showed us the jails, how they get the fingerprints and the photos of the criminals and she has explained to us too, what we have to do in case of being attacked...
 
Later at 12:30, we have gone to Milenium mall, where we had lunch.
It's a Big and beautiful mall, in Orlando. We like it, because it has a lot of shops, the brands that we used to wear in Spain. We enjoyed too the Apple store because we could use the internet there.
 
Then at 4:15 we left from milenium's mall. In the van, we were taking funny photos, with Diego, Alvaro, Danel, Gabi, Carla, Elena y Laura.
 
Today we had a great time as everyday.
See you tomorrow.
 
 
Anna Homs Quijo.

Wednesday, July 16th

Hi, I'm Gonzalo. I'm going to write about our activities today. In the morning we've had classes. We've worked prepositions. We also received our grades for the first part of the Summer Program. We had all kinds of pizza for lunch. Later we went to the Casselberry Fire Department. We visited the place and they showed us the fire trucks and the medical equipment. It was very interesting! Afterwards we went bowling: we are getting better and better every day!

Gonzalo

Visit to Casselberry Fire Department

July, Tuesday 15th

Today, we had class in the morning, like every day. We did different activities and we played some games. 
I think that playing games and having a good time is more fun than listening to a teacher talking during the class.
Then, we were supposed to go to the pool but because of the weather we had to change the activity and we went to see a movie: Meet Dave. It was so funny!
After the movie, because we had time, we went shopping. I bought postcards to send to my friends and my family. Finally, at 5:30 pm we returned to the church and it was still raining.
 
It was a wet day! :)
 
 
Laura Jove

Monday, July 14th

Today, after the weekend, many of the students had experienced sunburn because of having gone to the beach last weekend. This morning in class we finished the film, and we did activities about it. It was a heart-warming film about a spoiled young man who becomes kind and generous.
We have had lunch and spent the rest of the afternoon in Festival Bay Mall, in Orlando. This mall is very big and it must be very new as lots of the locals in it are not occupied. It is an interesting mall, but most of us didn't like some of the shops in it (as, for example, Western Sheplers), because what they have in there is something we are not used to. But some other shops, such as Ron Jovi or a shop for skaters, were interesting to look at.  

 

Eduardo
 

Sunday, July 13th

Like every Sunday we went to the church, after an hour and a half of praying and singing there, the students went to different places. Some of them went to the beach and burnt their skin and they couldn`t almost swim. Other of us stayed at home seeing movies. Luckily I was in the group of us who saw two movies. At least we talked a lot of English and learned a lot of new words. On Sunday I had dinner and what I had for dinner was three hot dogs, a big plate of macaroni and cheese and water ( drinking water is very unusual here, Americans are always drinking soda) but they are nice people.
 
HELLOS TO MY PARENTS AND FRIENDS!
 
GUILLERMO (Will here, because American people cannot pronounce it)

Universal Studios

July, Friday 11th,  was a special day!
We didn't have classes because we went to Universal Studios, so we left St Augustin's church at 8:30 am and we arrived there at 9:30am.
It was so big and there were many attractions. Some of them were funny, but the others were boring. First we visitied "Twister". It was a simulation of a storm, a big tornado with wind, rain and lighthnings. After that, we visited "Disaster" where "Gonzalo" participated in the show. He was an actor. There they showed us the way  science fiction movies are made and then it was also a simulation of an earthquake with a train being in the disaster. We visited "The Simpsons" attraction too.
Later we had lunch. We bought a "hot dog" or  something similar and some drinks. Then we rested for a few minutes and went to visited the "Mummy" ride. We also saw a group of boys dancing "breakdance", they were amazing!!
At 4:00 pm it started to rain and we protected against the rain inside a shop. At 6:30 we returned to St Augustin 's church and we waited for the families to return home.
Bye bye!
 
Patricia Mesas.

Cloudy Daytona Beach

Saturday activities

Hello, I'm Claudia and I'm going to talk about Saturday the 11th of July.
The students spent their time with the American families. Some students went to Seaworld, to the beach...
 
Today I went to Daytona beach. This is the most important beach in the United States.
I went with Mrs Berman and her daughter Gina, Laura's ''family''.
In the morning we left about ten o'clock. When we arrived we walked along the shore. Then we swam and finally we had lunch.
Then, we went to see shops and finally we returned to our home.
 
I think that all the students here are having a great time with their families and their friends.
 
 
Claudia Cuevas.

Visit to Universal Studios, Orlando

Wekiwa Springs State Park

Hello ! my name is Belen and I'm going to speak about today.
We have visited Wekiwa Springs State Park, with a spring lake, and in that river there are many
wild animals and insects. We swam in the lake, and the water was
very, very cold, but we had a lot of fun. Before, we went to "pasear"
around the big forest. Some of us went by canoa to see the
alligators and big fishes. Edu lost his new camera, because
he fell from the canoe" with Diego and Gabriel. We had to go back to Casselberry around 4:45 pm,
but at this time, we were swiming and we arrived too late. Fr. Nicolas
and Father Taulats agreed we had to be on time because the families were waiting for us.
Today we had a great time in the lake!
see you soon. kisses  =)
 
Belen Munioz Simon.

Thursday, July 10th

Wednesday has been a great day. We learned some American idioms. We saw a movie which taught us how to be a better person and how to have a good friendship with the others. Then, we searched some sentences in the Bible and spoke about that. We also made some sheets about the Post Office we visited yesterday.
After that we played a memory game.
When we finished classes, we went to the Golden Corral for lunch to eat some amazing food!!

After having lunch, we went bowling and we had some beautiful plays.
All of you can see us before taking our American vans.

Later, at 7 pm, we met in Wirz park to play a funny baseball game, that was incredible!! P. Nicolas and P. Taulats were with us in the beginning of the match and saw how we played baseball.
We also laughed a lot with a girl which played with us. Tomorrow we are gonna visit Wekiva Park, where we'll see some alligators and other wild animals and insects.

 

Alejandro Fernandez

Postal Distribution Center

Wednesday, July 8th

During the morning in St Agustine's we had our English lessons with Mrs Kathy, Mrs Marion and Father Neumann. We did an interesting activity in which we had to write a short story based on a comic that the teachers gave to us. After that we had a good chance to visit the Central Post Office of Orlando. We had a great time there, they explained a lot of stuff about how the American mail works. We also had a chance to ask questions, the answers will be material for classwork because were are supposed to do something with that. So once out of the post office it suddenly started to rain so we couldn't go the pool as it was planned. Instead of that we had lunch at Altamonte Mall and we stayed there until five. We enjoyed the mall very much but the families were waiting for us at the church, so we joined them and said bye to our mates.
 
Carlos Hernandez

Martes, 8 de julio

Despues del largo fin de semana marcado por la festividad nacional del 4 de julio los alumnos han iniciado las actividades programadas. El lunes, al finalizar las clases, los alumnos fueron a Altamonte Springs Mall, donde, despues de la comida, vieron una sesion de cine. Hoy, martes, visitaran el Central Post Office de Orlando y seguidamente se dirigiran a la piscina. Desde hoy se ha incorporado al programa el P. Jose M. Taulats. Bienvenido!

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