American Field Service Exchange Program - Overseaer Yearbook (New York, NY)

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I Hola! 6 Como Esta Usted? This year eight AFSers found out how exciting and wonderful Spanish life is. We found out how wonderful the Spanish people are and how misunderstood Franco and his regime are. Most of our families spoke no English so we learned Spanish fairly well, also. Although there were only eight of us we covered almost all of Spain in our travels. We found the language to be different in the various parts but the people were the same-just wonderful. Spain is over ninety per cent Catholic. Therefore, we all visited many churches, monasteries, and shrines. We noticed the strictness of the religion when we saw American films and realized how much was cut out. The Spaniards didn't know what they were missing. The people think that America is just like the movies. Many of them think that the West is still infested with cowboys and Indians! Most of the people like Franco even though most foreigners think otherwise. Be- fore he became dictator there was constant internal fighting in the country and the majority of the people were starving. Only the Spaniards themselves can see the real good he has done. There is one difficulty with the government which we hope will soon be cleared up. AFS is an illegal organization in Spain now, but is in the process of being legalized. The food was one of the best parts of Spanish life. We had three large meals each day, breakfast at 9:00, lunch between two and three o'clock, and dinner around ten. There was a snack called merienda at five or five-thirty consisting of fruit, chocolate, or such. The outstanding differences in the meals were the bread, the wine, and so much fruit for dessert. When the average person thinks of Spain he associates it with bullfighting. They were wonderful and not at all gory. The excitement of the iole! and the sight of the huge beast made it more than we expected. The fact that the meat went to orphanages after the fight calmed any fears we might have had! It hasn't been mentioned how much we feel indebted to the program or how we feel about the exchange or our own foreign families because it wouldn't matter where we went--japan, Switzerland, Brazil, any of the participating countries- we would feel a warm glow towards the people of the whole world. We know that anyone who has become a member of the AFS family will know how we feel and probably feels the same way himself. Damos las gracias a AFS. iAdios!