RC Trip to Ecuador, 2025

17/06/2024

¡Hola! If your Rock Creek high school student is interested in traveling to Ecuador with me in June, 2025, let me know. Enrollment is due to me by Monday, June 24, which includes the enrollment form, waiver form, and a $500 check made out to Interact Travel. You can message me or email me at [email protected] to let me know your plans, or if you have questions. We have 7 people enrolled so far, and I would love to have more.

02/05/2024

Dear Students and Families:

This is a message for those who are planning to go to Ecuador with me in Summer, 2025, and you are planning to do the Early Bird Enrollment, I asked Interact Travel to extend our deadline to Monday of next week, due to the tornado.

So, if you are planning to be an Early Bird, I will need the following from you by Monday, May 6:

Enrollment Form (Back of packet)
Waiver Form (Back of packet)
$500 check made out to Interact Travel

If you are planning the Standard Enrollment, it is due By Monday, June 24 to me. You can email me at [email protected] or call me at 785-456-5896 if you are planning to do that enrollment.

Finally if you decide after June that you want to enroll, Late Enrollment is still possible through February 2025, but additional fees may incur and it will depend on availability of space.

If you have any questions, please let me know. I also have extra packets (if you need one) that have additional information. As a reminder, this is not a trip sponsored by Rock Creek, but by me and Interact Travel.

Thank you,

Sara Miller

22/04/2024

Interested in traveling to Ecuador with Mrs. Miller and Interact Travel in June, 2025?
Earliest departure: June 8, 2025/Latest departure: June 20, 2025

*Since 2002, Sara Miller has made 11 trips to Mexico, Costa Rica, and Spain with students.

*This trip is not sponsored by USD #323.

Requirements: ● 2 years of high school Spanish OR
●Be a heritage speaker
Enrollment Options:
OPTION 1 - Early Bird Enrollment: by May 5, 2024 (Total cost is $3995)
(Give $500 deposit check made out to Interact Travel, enrollment form, and waiver to Mrs. Miller by Friday, May 3 .)
OPTION 2 - Standard Enrollment: by June 30, 2024 (Total cost is $4120)
((Give $500 deposit check made out to Interact Travel, enrollment form, and waiver to Mrs. Miller by Monday, June 24.)
OPTION 3 - Late Enrollment: by February, 2025 - $4120 + possible additional fees and based on availability of space.
((Give $500 deposit check made out to Interact Travel, enrollment form, and waiver to Mrs. Miller by February 1, 2025.)

Questions?
Contact Mrs. Miller at [email protected]

Mrs. Miller will hold an optional informational Zoom meeting on Sunday, April 28 at 7:00 p.m. Email her for the Zoom invite!

19/06/2023

Our last full day was indeed full! We started with a walking tour of Lisbon, learning about Portugal’s history of exploration and navigation. We sampled the national pastry, saw another castle and another church. We admired the beautiful tiled buildings and sidewalks. Then we dipped our toes in the Atlantic Ocean before having a few hours to explore on our own. After our last dinner together, we said goodbye to our wonderful driver Tiago and returned to the hotel to pack.

18/06/2023

Today we drove from Madrid to Lisbon. We stopped at the Roman ruins in Mérida before continuing on into Portugal.

18/06/2023

Yesterday we went to art museums in the morning. We started with the famous Prado in Madrid and did a scavenger hunt, looking for details in the works of old masters. Then a group of us ventured down the street to the Reina Sofia, a modern museum. We were limited on time, but we saw Guernica, a Picasso masterpiece which we discuss in Spanish II. We could not take pictures in these museums.

In the afternoon we took a day trip to Toledo, a walled city an hour away. The pictures here are from that excursion. We ended the day with dinner in the center of Madrid and some last minute shopping. Today we are in route to Lisbon.

17/06/2023

If you want to follow us in real time, this app traces our steps, and Mr. V frequently uploads pictures of our adventures. Check it out!!

Barcelona, Zaragoza, Madrid, Toledo, Merida, Lisbon

17/06/2023

Wow! Our first full day in Madrid was a busy one! We started with a visit to the bull ring, learning about the spectacle from our guide Carmen. Then we explored the royal palace and after lunch had time for strolling through the attached gardens and nearby streets. We took a flamenco lesson and therefore could fully appreciate the complexity of the dance when we watched a performance by professional dancers. Finally after dinner on our own in the Plaza Mayor, we returned to the hotel exhausted, but some students still had energy for a card game with Mr. V. Today, we visit art museums and take a day trip to Toledo.

16/06/2023

We have fewer pictures from yesterday’s travels, since we spent most of the day traveling from Barcelona to Madrid, with a stop at the Zaragoza Catedral. Today we leave bright and early from our hotel to explore Madrid.

14/06/2023

On our last day in Barcelona we started at the post office and toured the Gothic Quarter, which is in the oldest part of the city. As we took a walking tour, our guides explained that the Barcelona city walls had been built by the Romans about 2000 years ago, and we saw small remnants of that wall. We also visited the Barcelona Cathedral. After the history lesson, students competed in a scavenger hunt to review the history, and they had to practice their Spanish to do it!! Students had free time around lunch to shop, and some boys even returned to the beach and rented bikes. Later in the afternoon we took an hour long cruise on the Mediterranean Sea. Finally, we went by metro back the the Sagrada Familia area to eat dinner and buy our last souvenirs of Barcelona. We leave for Madrid tomorrow bright and early!