The reason why I am writing you a letter is because I want to tell you, how grateful I am about the chance of staying at your house, getting to know your culture better and practicing my Spanish and English.
You always treated me like your own child and that’s amazing, great,…..
I can’t find words to express my gratitude. What I liked most, was that you gave me the feeling that I was at home.
You worked very hard in order to make me feel comfortable.
Another special thing I want to mention is that it is now unbelievable for me to live without my second family.
During my stay in Spain I got two sisters, who always helped me, when there was a problem, two brothers, who entertained me, so that I wasn’t bored and two lovely parents, who did everything for me, no matter what it was. That’s why I am writing to you, because I want you to know, that I will never forget you, no matter what will happen. I love you. Thank you for everything.
Yours, Marlene
Dear Rodelgo family and especially Adrian,
In this letter I want to tell you what I liked most about my stay in Spain and especially in your house. You are a very friendly family and I really felt very well all the time. I liked cooking with Mr. Rodelgo and eating with the whole family in the evening. Mr. Rodelgo, Fernando, was like a father for me during that time. After school, when we returned to your house, I was happy to see Thilthe, this sweet little white dog.
Often I was sad, because I missed my dance classes at home so much. But in Austria I had the possibility to dance for Mrs. Rodelgo, Maria Jose, and Adrian and all my Spanish friends and now I hope they have a bit of understanding for me and my situation in Spain.
All the people from the Comenius project spent a lot of time in the city of Alcala de Henares. I also have wonderful memories of this city and I will tell you the best information which I can remember.
At the beginning of our walk through Alcala, on the first Saturday we learned something about the history of the city. At first it was an Ibero-celtic development, later it was a Roman city. The village was also very famous for very good agriculture because in the past there were three important rivers and so they had enough water.
What I find very impressive is the chapel San Ildefonso, where the beautiful tomb of Cardinal Cisneros is. The city is also very famous, because Cervantes was born there. He is the world famous author of “Don Quijote”. When Adrian visited me in Austria he brought a wonderful present, namely two tea cups with a picture of Don Quijote. All of our family were happy about this nice present from Spain and especially from my host family Rodelgo. I often think of our nice time in your country and finally I want to say thank you very much for everything!
Yours sincerely, Klemens
Dear Pablo, Charly, Cuan and Mar, the best host family ever!
I miss you a lot and I want to say thank you for these great two weeks. I enjoyed them very much and there are only good memories in my mind.
When I came back from Spain I had a great feeling and lots of things to tell my family. When I think of you, I always smile. I hope you, Charly, had kind of the same feeling when you came home.
The best thing that I remember was when I came to your home and you showed me all the rooms. When we were in the kitchen, Mar, you said to me “our house is your house”. It was a great feeling for me and from that moment I felt part of the family. Like the third son.
I also will never forget the best food in the world: Paella! When I talk with my family or with my friends about food, I always remember this moment when I sat with you at lunch and ate this great Paella. Then I tell them that they have to try it one day.
For me this was one of the best times in my life. I now have a second family with two brothers, Charly and Pablo, and also great parents.
I really look forward to the summer holiday and I hope I am able to come to Spain one more time with my family.
Please write back soon! I hope you are fine!
Yours Christoph
!DOS BESOS!
Dear Nerea, Marisol and Rafael,
I want to thank you very much for the great time I had in Spain.
It was a great experience in a unique country and I also hope that you enjoyed the time with me.
I really enjoyed staying in your family, because I felt like a family member and like a daughter of your parents. Your family gave me the opportunity of seeing the daily life of a Spanish family. I have to say that there are lots of differences between Austrian and Spanish people.
What I liked most was the open-mindedness of the Spanish people.
For Spanish people saying hello means giving two kisses which is quite different in Austria. In Austria you only shake hands. I liked sightseeing in Madrid a lot and the excursions we made on the weekends together with the families.
I will miss the time in Spain very much but I hope that we will keep in contact and will see each other again.
Yours,
Katrin
Dear Spanish friends,
How are you?
I hope Inma arrived safely in Madrid and told you more positive than negative things about Austria.
I am writing to you, because I want to thank you for all the things you did for me, when I was in Spain.
It was very interesting to get to know a different culture and taste typical Spanish food.
Especially, I liked that you always were happy and eager to show me new things.
Even though we only spoke Spanish and I didn’t always understand what you meant right away, I don’t think we had any communication problems.
Furthermore I was also touched by the way you integrated me into the family. I got to go to church choir rehearsals with you and even to celebrate Irene’s first birthday.
I hope Inma wasn’t too disappointed with Austria, its culture and food.
I wish all of you the best.
Please, say hello to María José and everyone at the school and church for me.
Yours,
Julia
Dear Anna and Marta,
In the four weeks that we spent together we learnt how difficult it is to live with people from a foreign country. We shared problems and also happy moments and we lived an experience that we will never forget. What I liked most in Spain was your family and the new culture. Your family was very friendly and helpful. I felt very comfortable in your house and the food was very good. The best thing in Spain was the “Siesta” =). In the first week we were overwhelmed by lots of new impressions, because the culture in Spain is very different from that in Austria. The people are much more out-going and they tend to communicate in a very loud way. Last but not least I want to say thank you for the great time and I´m looking forward to coming back to your wonderful country.
Best wishes and lots of kisses, Corinna
Dear Benny, Andrea & Vane,
A great "thank you" goes to you, Benny, because you are the best chef in the world! You even beat my grandmother and I think Vane told you, that her cooking skills are also worth mentioning. Without doubt I´ve never put on so much weight like in those two weeks.
In the evening I really loved it to speak with you, Andrea. Although you are „only“ eight years, you speak good English. Moreover I really realised that your English was getting better and better.
In the end I´ve to mention that I´m really glad that Vane was my Comenius partner, because in my opinion we went along great.
I´m looking forward to visiting you in summer.
A lot of kisses
Agnes
