Edukick Madrid´s 2009-2010 Year-long program comes now to an end. It has been a wonderful year with our kids doing an excellent work and progressing in every aspect that Edukick cares about; spanish fluency, education, personal development, cultural enrichment and, of course, football.
Our staff here in Edukick Madrid has been delighted with the way this group has evolved and we are extremely proud to see the progress made by each boy during this year. We are now saying goodbye to kids who are much more mature than when they came here on September. They have their feet on the ground and a much solid perspective of their goals for the future. They are commited to their dreams and they are now willing to put on the effort that takes to reach them. We are saying goodbye to kids that have learned to live with a very diverse group from people from all around the world and to become good friends with them.
We are also saying goodbye to a group that has improved their football skills dramatically. A group of people that have been fighting hard to be an important part of their local football teams and that have achieved to do so. We are saying goodbye to a group that has an extremely wide potencial of reaching whatever goals they set for themselves and we wanted to celebrate this. We couldnt find a better way to do so than making a trip to Asturias to do what we like most; play football!
Candás is a small town located by the sea in the northern province of Asturias, hometown of the Aragoneses brothers Poli and Anselmo. Asturias is well know by its combination of mountains and sea, good food and friendly people, lovely towns and historical traditions. Everything in Asturias is green and we had the chance to enjoy that from the very first day we reach Candás playing a friendly match in a wonderful natural grass field from where all the next pictures where taken. No need to say; the boys couldnt enjoy more the game. The result really didnt matter that much but EdukickMadrid won 2-1.
Asturias is well known by its delicious food. We had the chance to prove that label is well deserved throughout all our trip. We set our meals base place in “El Cubano” a local restaurant with a very friendly atmosphere in which we where treated extremely well. For every meal big pots of food where placed in the middle of the tables and everyone could serve themselves as much as they wanted. And pots keep on coming and coming… Entrance, second entrance, soup, meat and fish where served for almost each meal. And of course the desserts… check out the picture of Pancho figuring out what to do with the desserts served during one meal! We could also try a bottle of “sidra” a local drink made out from apples and which has a very peculiar way of being served. It has to be “escanciada” this means thrown from the bottle into the glass as Penku does in the picture in order for it to get its ideal texture and flavour. Next pictures come out from our meals.
During one of the days we had a surprise for our kids and after going for a walk by the beach we went on a boat trip. We had very good weather and the trip was really nice. For some of the boys it was their first time on a boat and we all enjoy it a lot.
We also had some time to take a walk through the town on Candás. Some boys couldnt resist the temptation of taking a bath in the sea and they did it twice. We had a nice and peaceful time getting ready for the evening match.
We had the chance to play a second football match in the nearby city of Gijón against the competitive team of C.D. Roces who plays in División de Honor of Juveniles. The game didnt start as we wanted as by half time we where two goals back. Second half started with another goal against which made it 3-0 but made also EdukickMadrid react. Showing all the strengts of a seriues team we managed to come back to draw the match which ended in a 3-3 and was a wonderful way of ending our trip. Next pictures are from this second match against Roces, no matter the score, we all loved the game!
So it has been a lovely way to end up the year. We really desire the best for each one of this kids in their lives and we hope next yearlong group is as good as this one and we can repeat a trip like this to celebrate it! Hope most of this years boys are with us again to continue growing up as human beings, getting the culture experience of a lifetime and of course, building up their football dreams. Enjoy the Summer and stay in touch through facebook!
