Graduacíon!....y más cosas

On the 1st of May, we celebrated "Las Fiestas de Mayo" (or Maios en Galician). It is celebrated in all of Spain, but every autonomous community has it's own traditions. In Galicia, every neighborhood decorates this thing with flowers and then little kids sing songs. The best group wins a prize. 

In May, we also had our last orientacion in Vigo, this time with all the AFS students from Galicia, Castilla y Leon, and Asturias who are going abroad next year to USA, France, Serbia, New Zealand and Austria. We stayed in a hotel which was pretty nice. This one was different because instead of talking about our problems, we discussed and evaluated our experience this year and shared what we want to learn, do, and experience before we leave. At the end, it was kind of sad because this was our last orientacion but at least we'll see each other on the last day in Madrid.

We always end up doing really weird stuff...but there´s a meaning behind it

Next up, I had my graduacion. For me I'm not really "graduating" because I still have to repeat a year of high school. Prom is not a Spanish tradition, but over the past couple of years, they started to do events. There aren't any prom dates but we do have partners, which we go up and receive our certificate together.

Basically, the school principal, town mayor, a former student, and two graduating students do a speech. Then, we receive our certificates. After, a band plays a song and some of us go on stage and dance. After, everyone goes outside and takes pictures with their family and grandparents. The cool thing is, we were in the newspaper!

After the ceremony, we went to a restaurante in Pontevedra with the profesores.

Clase de Geografia

Clase de Música 

 To end the night, we had a fiesta in the Crystal Bar. You have to pay 5 Euros to enter with no drink, or pay 15 Euros for All you can drink. Don't worry, I dont drink. (It's too mainstream). Unfortunately, I had to go home early because I was sick that day. It was bad luck because I was normal the whole week and had a headache on an important day.

I also went back to the graduacion in my old school in Ponteareas

A week after, I went to see the "Concentracion de Moteros" (Motorcycle concentration) in Bueu.  Basically, a bunch of people drive around the city and show off their motorcycles. There is also a team of professionals that do tricks and stunts.

At night, the motorists who participate eat dinner and watch stripteases.