My summer started after a long month of June full of language and school exams. I missed the last day of school to go to Chipiona, a little town in the region of Cadiz. This was a typical trip, nothing new, since I've already gone there for 3 years. The stay there was awesome; I already had friends there so we did various interesting things and we had a great time together.
After Chipiona, and a long car journey back, I went to Laredo, place where I pass most of my summer. The plan there is what I usually do; go to the beach, practice sport, all that kind of staff. A significant difference with other summer in Laredo is that I have met a lot of people who are very nice and ended up being close friends, so I couldn't ask for more.
However, my whole summer was not spent in this town of Cantabria. Since I am learning German, I decided with my parents to go to a summer camp in Germany. The summer camp was called GLS and it was situated near the Wolzig lake, at about 70 km from Berlin. The time spent there was outstanding. I met a lot of people from all over the world, made good friends, spoke in many languages, learned a little bit of other languages, and, most important of all, had a good time while learning. I am willing and expecting to go next year.
You might think that my summer was already very busy, but it wasn't all. One week after coming from Germany, with tiredness from partying all day, I flew to the U.S, more specifically to New York. Most go the time I spent it in Manhattan, since it is the most turistical and most well-known part of the state of New York, however I also visited the other suburbs of the state; the Bronx, Brooklyn, etc. My impression of New York: completely astonishing. I could not even describe it with words. It is just so amazing, and especially compared to Bilbao, so different. The way of life, food, buildings, people, everything is extremely the opposite from
Bilbao, in my opinion, and also from Spain. And when you see places like Time Square, the Empire State, or the Statue of Liberty, you kind of get a shock because seeing them after all the times you've seen them in movies and in TV is really shocking and I could say even emotional. My stay in New York was not only marked by New York. I also made day trips to both Washington D.C. and Boston. Both were spectacular cities. Probably I enjoyed more visiting Washington because seeing the White House, the Lincoln Memorial and the site from the Memorial, where Martin Luther King made his famous "I Have a Dream Speech" is astonishing.
And after all of this busy and tired, nevertheless, incredible trip, I went back to Laredo to recuperate strength and prepare myself for the starting of the school year. And so, the days passed on, each day ended up being better than the last, and just like a snap of your fingers, the vacations ended, and I was back in school.
