An Educational High School Trip to Spain

Mateline Rogers Start Date: Oct 8, 2016 - End Date: Jun 4, 2017
  • Barcelona, Spain
  • Seville, Spain
  • Valencia, Spain
  • Granada, Spain
  • Córdoba, Spain
  • Madrid, Spain

My Travel Story

by: Mateline Rogers Start Date: Oct 8, 2016 - End Date: Jun 4, 2017
Most people, when they think of an educational high school trip, they think of Washington D.C. They think of it as a field trip to a museum, or a historical site nearby. 

They don't think of an eleven day trip to Spain in the middle of summer.

Hi! My name is Mateline Rogers. I am 16 years old and being raised by a single mother with my two younger brothers.

Recently, I was offered the opportunity to travel to Spain for eleven days as my classmates and I experienced the rich culture, beautiful language, and gorgeous scenery of the land. We’ll be sticking to several big cities, including Barcelona, Valencia, Granada, Madrid, and Seville. We will see La Giralda bell tower, Park Güell, tour the Alhambra, and visit the Royal Palace, among many other things. It will possibly be the best eleven days of my life, considering everything that I will experience and learn during my time there.

Unfortunately, I do not currently have the funds to go. Between living in a single parent household, going to school and participating in school-related activities, neither my family nor I would be able to come up with the money on our own.

EF Educational Tours will be helping us arrange our trip. They have helped lower the price of the overall trip by thousands of dollars. In order to travel to Spain with the rest of my classmates, I only need $3,390 by May 2017. I know that it is a lot to ask, but every cent that is donated to this account will go to the trip and it's expenses. Every cent donated will be a cent that my mother does not have to provide.

I, like my teacher, believe this trip could be one of a lifetime. I have been offered something that will stick with me my entire life, and I cannot express how much it would mean to me if I could go. If you have any money to spare for my cause, I would be super grateful.

Thank you for your time.
-Mati
  • Barcelona, Spain
  • Seville, Spain
  • Valencia, Spain
  • Granada, Spain
  • Córdoba, Spain
  • Madrid, Spain