Brownsville students on Spanish TV news

What started on the news comes to an end on the news again!!! Just at the end of the trip , this is a news coverage of the adventure of the group of Brownsville students that we arranged to meet in Zaragoza on the tour in Spain.


Brownsville students on TV news from Isabel Mariñosa Vela on Vimeo.

Encounter with Brownsville students in Zaragoza

We finally met our friends from The Frederick Douglass Academy VII , Brownsville , New York, in
Zaragoza on their way to Madrid from Barcelona. We had a brief but great time together over lunch in a lovely terrace at El Pilar Square. The students had a little exchange and we hope they stay in touch over time. In the digital era there are no big distances among people around the world.

"It was great getting to meet you and spend some quality time together. Our students really fell in love with yours", texted  Bijoun Jordan. Now that I look back in time , a couple of months ago, when I first saw the news on TV then came the video-making process and the first contact with  Bijoun,- the teacher responsible for the trip- and then our final encounter in Zaragoza on 5th July .
We are delighted with the experience and we hope they will always remember this trip and this little anecdote within a fantastic trip.


New Yorkers in Zgz 5-7-17 from Isabel Mariñosa Vela on Vimeo.

From Zaragoza to Brownsville, a welcoming video

                                         
Some weeks ago we heard on TV about the news of a group of New York students who were going to make their life-changing trip to Spain which included Madrid, Barcelona and our hometown Zaragoza on the tour. We thought it was a fantastic initiative on the part of their teacher and high school, therefore we decided to make a promo video of our country and  culture so that they can survive the cultural chock that our country may cause on people coming from such a different culture.

Despite all the difficulties and exams we have been going through lately, we have managed to make it just in time before they set off to Europe.

We hope  find it handy and above all we hope you enjoy it as we made it with lots of love and warmth.

All the best


WHY SPAIN from Isabel Mariñosa Vela on Vimeo.




  

                                                             

     

                                                                

                                      

                              

From Brownsville to Spain: a cultural life-changing trip

Extraordinary iniciative by Eric Jordan, an English teacher at Frederick Douglass Academy VII situated in a poverty-striken suburb in New York, who is taking his students to Spain to learn about culture and life from a travelling experience, as he did himself years ago.

 To make this happen , the teacher has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise the money for the trip. For all the students it is going to be their  first trip across the Atlantic ocean .

The main purpose of the trip is to provide the students with a unique opportunity to learn from experience and to awake them to other different worlds from their own realities that can change their present and future prospects.

The tour includes visits to Madrid and Barcelona and also to our home town, Zaragoza. We are delighted with it !!! Congratulations on the iniciative. Thank you for choosing our country for such a splendid iniciative! We hope you have a great time!!


Brownsville to Barcelona promo video from patersonday on Vimeo.