The world is a very diverse place. In Spain the people and their culture are very different from the United States. The people talk, act, and look different. Their attitudes are also different than American persons attitude. The diversity changes a person's opinion on their culture and other cultures. Has anyone ever dreamed of studying in a foreign country? When Karen first saw the foreign exchange students walking in the halls at school it intrigued her mind. It seemed like such a wonderful idea to study in a different country. So in eighth grade when the thought of going to Costa Rica arrived in her Spanish club and then in tenth grade they disscussed a trip to Spain. So junior year Karen and the Spanish club started their classes to gain college credit for the trip and to learn more about the culture before they went there.
             April 5, 2000, Karen and the Spanish club arrive in Madrid, Spain. In New York it had been snowing and in Madrid it is sunny and warm. The grass is green the flowers are blooming, and the smell is amazing. All we could smell was the freshness, ocean, and the flowers. The grass is as green as a lime waiting to be peeled, and the water was just a little brown, though some was extremely blue. In Madrid, there is the Plaza de Mayor, a square which had a huge beautiful statue right in the middle. There were people everywhere: some playing their own music, others listening, talking, writing, reading, some were shopping, others were eating, many were just lying on the ground around us. We lie on the ground that is cold and a little dirty but we did not care, we were in Spain and allowed to do almost anything we wanted. Karen thought well maybe this would not be that scary. She felt happy and excited to be there. She could not wait until she would meet the family she would be living with.
             The people in Avila, the city that we stayed in, were awesome. Most the women and girls were pretty, a...