Participating in International Student Exchanges is a privilege & a prestigious opportunity to become Student Ambassadors for their School, Family & Country.
It is considered to be critical & life-changing experience that broadens student's horizons & sensitizes them to cultural diversity while offering them a chance to learn about a foreign country, its language, its food, the people & their lifestyles while making what could be lifelong friends
2. Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th
and 17th centuries ultimately yielded
command of the seas to England.
Subsequent failure to embrace the
mercantile and industrial revolutions
caused the country to fall behind Britain,
France, and Germany in economic and
political power.
Climate:
temperate; clear, hot summers in interior,
more moderate and cloudy along coast;
cloudy, cold winters in interior, partly
cloudy and cool along coast
Currency: EURO
Time Difference: India is 3 hours and 30
minutes ahead of Spain
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Coat of Arms of Spain
3. Spain was the third visited country in the
world in 2013.
The National Anthem of Spain has no
words.
There's a 47-story skyscraper in Spain
that has NO elevator.
La Tomatina is an annual festival held in
Spain where people throw thousands
of tomatoes at each other.
Spain was neutral in WWI and WWII, but
experienced a civil war (1936-1939)
which killed over 500,000 people.
4. The Eiffel Tower was originally intended for Barcelona, Spain, but the project
was rejected
There's a zip line connecting Spain and Portugal. It's 2,365 ft (720 m) and 60 seconds
long
The world's oldest existing lighthouse is the Tower of Hercules, in Spain, erected in
the first century and still operational.
There's a town in Spain where 700 people share the surname "Japon" as they
are descendants of 17th-century samurais who stayed there after an embassy
returned to Japan.
5. Barcelona is the capital city of the autonomous community of Catalonia in
the Kingdom of Spain, as well as the country's second most populous
municipality, with a population of 1.6 million within city limits. Its urban
area extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of
around 4.7 million people, being the sixth-most populous urban area in
the European Union after Paris, London, Madrid, the Ruhr area and Milan.
It is the largest metropolis on the Mediterranean Sea, located on the coast
between the mouths of the rivers Llobregat and Besòs, and bounded to
the west by the Serra de Collserola mountain range, the tallest peak of
which is 512 metres (1,680 feet) high