DAY 7: State House and Museum of Science

State House and Museum of Science

by Oihana and Asier

I woke up at 6 o'clock, I had my everyday's  breakfast and we had to go to school. We had 1 lesson and then, we went to the State House of Massachusetts. After that, we walked fast because we were late for the Science Museum. It was INCREDIBLE!!! We had a lot of fun and we learnt so much! The thing  I liked best was the frog exhibits. There were a lot of different types of frogs and some of them were poisonous. There were a lot of funny things, but there were some other frightening things like bees and spiders...What shocked me most was seeing the birth of a chick while we were there. 

At 3 o'clock we took the bus and we returned to school. Some people went to watch a football match. Scituate Sailors won the match. It was so exciting!! At 7 o'clock some people went to a restaurant to have some hamburgers and finally at 8:30 we went home to sleep. 

It has been a very busy day!!
OIHANA

Day 7 State House and Science Museum

We arrived at school, and Alex's first lesson was "AP US Government". It was a very complicated subject, but it was interesting in some aspects.
Later, when the lesson finished, we went to the school library. We were there for about 10 minutes, and then, we took the school bus to Boston. When we arrived, we first went to the State House. There, a volunteer called Mary explained to us some history of the United States: some old presidents, the civil war, battles in Europe...etc. It was a little boring, but not bad at all...
After that, we went to the Science Museum. It was fantastic! There, we saw a lot of animals, new technology, robots...for two and a half hours. I really loved it.
Then, the bus picked us up and we came back to Scituate. There, at Scituate High School, we all watched a female soccer game while Alex was training American Football.  Scituate girls won 4-0, and gave us a very good soccer lesson.
Later, we went to have dinner all together to a restaurant whose name was "TKO Malley's". I ordered some chicken fingers and French fries. They were very tasty, and also very cheap. It was a great restaurant...
Then, to finish this day, we went to an ice cream shop and we bought some.
Finally, we came back home and as we were tired, we went to sleep in a few minutes.
That's all.
ASIER

Day 6: Harvard

Day 6: Harvard, 

by Isabel and Gaizka

The first day of school started too early in the morning. In fact, by 7am all the Spanish students were already awake. I went to high school by car and when Chris and I arrived, hundreds of students were gathered at the entrance.  The American students seemed really excited to have some Spanish students walking around. I got to know some of them, as they were Chris's friends. We had homeroom as the first lesson of the school year. I was lucky  because I was with Irati, so I wasn't alone. By 9am the other Spanish Students and I left the high school in one of those yellow school buses. We were heading Harvard University. Once we were there, we got to know Ben, our tour guide, who had studied at Scituate High School. He told us the number of grades the university has, the different ways to apply and the importance of having excellent marks. He even showed us a classroom and explained to us how the lectures work there. By 3pm the visit had finished and the school bus came and picked us up. Once back at school, Avery's mother picked me and some students up and took us to Nathan's house, where we had dinner and spent a nice evening. Megan took me home around 9pm and I went to bed, hoping the following days would be as nice as today was.

GAIZKA 

Day 6 Harvard

Day 5: Pawtacket Paw Sox Game

Day 5: Pawtacket Paw Sox Game

by Ibon e Iker

"Today I woke up at 9 and then I had breakfast. After having breakfast, Nathan took me to high school There, there was a bus that took us to the baseball stadium. The match was a little boring but there were very funny moments, for example, when we shouted at a player named Jiménez and he waved at us.The match finished and the Paw Socks won. At the end, the players threw baseball balls at the bleachers, but I didn't get any balls.

Then we went back to the bus and we arrived home at 5:30 p.m. I had dinner and I went to an American student’s house. Finally I went back home and went to bed. "          

IBON

Day 5 Pawtucket Red Sox 

"Today Monday I started the week in the worst way: I overslept , so I had to get  myself ready very fast to take the car to the school on time. Sleepy, I arrived  with Julianne, my partner, and met all the group there, in the hall of the high school. We took the school bus to Paw Sox's Stadium at 11:30. The trip lasted a whole hour. 

Then, once we got the tickets, we sat on our seats and started to watch how the match was going on. We began the game relaxed, but eventually we started to cheer up,  scream and sing. It was really fun. At the end of the game, the local Paw Sox won but it wasn't  the most important point for us.

I got slept going back home, but I wasn't the only one, as I could see afterwards in some pictures.

Once back at school, I went to Avery's (Ana's partner) house with some other friends. There, we had a great time eating, speaking and laughing together. We didn't go home till 11pm.
After watching TV with my host family, I finally went to sleep. Such a long day!"

IKER

Day 4; Family Life & Paintball

Day 4: Family Life and Paint Ball,

by Alex and Gonzalo

“Sunday with the Bilyou family started pretty well. I woke up thanks to the light of the sun, and I went downstairs to meet the whole family. They were having an early breakfast, French toasts. In Spain, they are called “torrijas”. I ate just one French toast with maple syrup, followed by orange juice. Gaizka, my Spanish partner, joined us a little bit later, and had a French toast without syrup and hot chocolate milk. 

When we finished our meal, Gaizka and I went upstairs and started preparing for our trip to the paintball place. Once we arrived there, we met all the other people, and practically all students came to play paintball.

They gave us guns, paint and masks. We were separated into two teams; USA vs Spain. The USA team won, they were like a hundred times better. Once we had finished, I counted how many times I got shot: two headshots (that’s accuracy!), one at the back and one at the fingers (I even bled!).

After that, every family went home. When we arrived home we had some snack, because they don’t really have a big lunch in the USA. We stayed home in the afternoon and played some videogames. After we had a shower, we went downstairs and had dinner all together. Each one had a big steak while we were watching a baseball match: Red Sox vs Athletics. Red Sox is the team from Boston, and ended up losing, so the Bilyou family was a little bit disappointed. 

After having dinner, we saw a movie called “London has fallen”. After that great movie, we went upstairs to go to sleep, because we were so tired of such an exciting day.”

(Alex)

Day 4 Family Life

“I woke up at 8 o'clock and I got ready for another exciting day to come. 

At 11 o'clock I went with my American brother, Thomas, and the rest of the group to play paintball, It was amazing but when someone shot me, it hurt. We stayed 3 hours and we played 3 different types of games; my favourite game was when we had to take a flag and bring it to our base.

After that, I went with Asier, Ibon and our American brothers to a restaurant called Buffalo Wild Wings, I ate 10 spicy chicken wings, they were delicious.

At 5o'clock I went with Thomas to Genna's house and we played a long volleyball match, freesbee and American football. 

Finally, some of us went to the beach and we looked at the stars, it was a wonderful night because there weren't any clouds and we could see a lot of stars. When we finished, we went back to our homes and we went to bed. It was an amazing day.”

(Gonzalo)

Day 3, Saturday: Family Day

Saturday: Family Day, by Ana and Ane

In the morning every Spanish student went with his/her partner to see where they work and then some of us went walking through the town.

Then at 14:00 we met at the train station to take a train to Boston. When we arrived, we made two groups to go shopping. After that, we decided to have a quick lunch and continued visiting the town. At 21:00 we took the train back to Scituate and at 23:00 we arrived home. We were very tired.  

The day has been  amazing. We have had fun and we are looking forward to tomorrow because we are going to play paint-ball all together.

Day 3 Saturday: Family Day from J. Carlos Martínez

Day 2: Beach Day and Welcome Party

Beach Day and Welcome Party, by Irati and Maialen

After the first day meeting, our families  and partners prepared  a very entertaining day. But before starting, I have to say that I had a terrible night because of the jet lag. What is more, at 4 a.m. I was awake!!

My second day starts having breakfast with my American sister Cecily, and then taking the car  to go to the beach. It has been amazing. We met all the students and we swam in the sea, though the water was almost frozen... We played volleyball, cards, with the rugby ball (football americano) etc.  We also had lunch on the beach as the weather was warm and sunny.

We enjoyed it a lot and you can see how we enjoyed it in the pictures below. Our teacher Juan Carlos takes amazing pictures!!!

In the afternoon, after relaxing on the beach we had lunch. I went with my partner to Alaina's house. Alaina is my partner's best friend and her exchange partner is Isabel, who is my friend. There, we were playing video games and we had a lot of fun. Then, we went to the store to buy some food for the week. I got surprised with the variety of products that they sell here in Scituate. 

At 6 o'clock we went to O'Brien's house for the Welcome Party. It was great! First, we played games with a frisbie and a ball and we learnt each others’ names. Then, we went indoors to have dinner. There were lots of burgers, hot dogs cooked by parents, pasta, fruit… and cakes.The food was delicious!

Also, some boys dived into the pool. I didn't do it because it was a little bit cold. Finally, we went outside to play another game. 

It was a fantastic day!

Day 2 Beach Day and Welcome Party

Scituate - Getxo 2016 - DAY 1

Scituate-Getxo Student Exchange, Day 1 
by Ane and Laura.

Our 1st day!!!

After spending a great time on holiday, we have been waiting for this moment for so long... IT'S TIME TO START OUR AMERICAN  ADVENTURE! 

We were so excited that we didn't mind waking up early and meeting our friends at the airport. When we were all together, we started by checking in our lugagge and suddenly a big problem came out!!! Gaizka, who is coming with us, had a problem with his ESTA, the visa to enter the USA, and he had to do it again. When everything was solved we said goodbye to our families, we took a family picture, went through customs and took a plane to Madrid.

  

The flight was rather short and entertaining, as there was a profesional football team with us. They were very handsome and friendly. Once in Madrid, we took the subway of the airport and went to Terminal 4 RSU. There, our teachers gave us some advice about how to  live and behave in the USA.

At last we were going to take the plane to Boston!!!! We were completely  excited  because it was our first time flying with the classmates, It seemed that the minutes were hours. We all started watching films, sleeping, walking through the aisles and getting bored. When we arrived in Boston, we had to go through the police control. I was really nervous and my classmates too, because they took our fingerprints, some photos, and  asked some questions... We all went through, but Iker lost a paper and we had to wait for him to solve his problem. Finally, we went out and took the famous yellow school bus.

It took 1h to get to the high school. There they were, our partners waiting holding pretty posters with our names. We spoke to them and then each family took their students to their houses.

 I spoke to them on the way home and when I arrived at their house they showed me where the things and rooms were.Then, I gave them some presents that I had bought in Bilbao.  We spent time talking and then Ashley and I went to another student's house, with other girls to watch a film, have some food and speak about life. It was as if I were in an American film!!!

We had a great time there! 

Then they drove us to another student's house with a lot of other students participating in the exchange. We danced, played table-tennis, had more food, etc. It seemed as if  we had known each other for a long time. I really enjoyed my first day and I hope the following days will be like today or even better.

The experience is being better than I thought!

Scituate Getxo '16 Day 1 from J. Carlos Martínez