Visitas dentro de EEUU 

Al mismo tiempo se realizan visitas grupales a Washington D.C y Charleston. En Washington D.C tienen la posibilidad de recorrer el Capitolio; la Casa Blanca; Washington Monument; distintos Memorials en donde se reconocen a los presidentes más destacados; Arlington Cemetery y diversos museos, que son elegidos de acuerdo a las afinidades e intereses de cada uno de los integrantes del grupo.
La ciudad de Charleston, situada en el estado de Carolina del Sur, es un lugar meramente histórico. Es reconocida por ser una ciudad portuaria y es allí donde los primeros colonizadores e inmigrantes llegaban después de un largo viaje. Además, se puede visitar el portaviones “Yorktown” así como también un submarino. El “Yorktown” ha sido transformado en un museo y es importante ya que formó parte de la flota de defensa durante la segunda guerra mundial. En el submarino se puede apreciar lo difícil que resulta moverse y más aún “vivir” allí.
Durante las casi cuatro semanas en las que se extiende este intercambio los chicos se ven inmersos en una cultura diferente y además deben enfrentar los desafíos que sus costumbres, idioma y valores les propone.
A pesar de las diferencias, cuando llega el momento de volver, muchos de los alumnos y de las familias que los hospedaron expresan el deseo de quedarse y recuerdan este viaje como una experiencia inolvidable.


School days
Most of school days are alike. The day starts at 8:05am and has eight periods, so it finishes at 3:10pm.
Students should, first thing in the morning, meet Mrs Carpenter who would give out a daily timetable to be followed. This schedule had been built on students interest and likes. Mrs Carpenter had previously asked them which subjects they were interested in so as to base their lessons on that.
After students attended classes they had lunch at school. Lunch took place at the cafeteria, where their host brother and sister would be waiting for them.
We had access to the school library, which was a privilege on its own. This impressive place had an ample collection of modern and contemporary books7writers. Inside it, the centre media was located too. As a consequence, we visited it a lot so as to send e-mails to our families and friends.

Weekends
During weekends, each host family prepared different activities for each of their guests. Most of us visited different shopping malls, we went to the cinema and theatre, and we also visited some bookstores, which we found to be a very comfortable and cosy place where to spend a whole afternoon. As you choose a book to read, you could have a cup of excellent coffee.
Some of us were also taken to a very well-known and exclusive golf country club, where we had a typical American breakfast. It consisted of scrambled eggs, bacon, orange juice, coffee, toast, butter and marmalade.
While girls had fun going shopping, especially to the Disney store, boys were taken to a lake to spend a night there and enjoy fishing and life outdoors.
Argentinean teachers had the possibility of visiting Sugar Mountain, a ski centre, and Grandfather Mountain, where there was an animal reservation, a museum and even a moving bridge! This was a real challenge, because under it there was nothing but the emptiness of a far away lake, frozen by the cold temperatures.
During a Saturday night, we were part of a welcome dinner. This dinner is usually intended to welcome foreign people who are going to become part of the American Society. There, there were people from all over the world: France, Colombia, United Kingdom, and China. This, of course, was an especial and unrepeated possibility to interact with English speakers with different mother tongues.
One Sunday morning, we were taken aback by snow. Everybody, including Americans, was amazed at seeing white snow covering the streets and gardens. Mostly adolescents and children were happy with it not because they could play snow games but because school would be close for three working days. As a result, what we did during those days was to stop by restaurants, cinemas, and more shopping centres.

Trips within USA
The first trip was to Washington D.C. Even though the weather was in fact freezing, it was easily forgotten by the outstanding Jefferson Memorial, Holocaust Museum, American History Museum and the White House.
What impresses us most was the Holocaust Museum. It is America’s national institution for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history. It also serves as a memorial to the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust. This museum not only has permanent exhibition of the systematic persecution and annihilation of European Jewry by Nazi Germany, but it also presents memorial areas, special exhibitions, and resources.
The second day at Washington was not less interesting than the previous one. We were honoured with a talk at the House of Representatives. This talk was delivered by a representative from North Carolina. We could also have a guided tour throughout the Capitol and we had access to the Library of Congress, where most of the United States research work is conducted.
We could also tour the Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam and Korean Monuments, and the air force museum.
Another trip was to Charleston, which is a beach-place, located in South Carolina. We spent time in the old town and went round its attractive houses; sensed the enchantment of the secret gardens, hidden alleys, and picturesque cobblestone streets. We stepped into the genteel lifestyle of the 18th and 19th century Charleston Society. We saw some of the oldest churches, ancient graveyards and public buildings in America.
Other Charleston’s attractions were “The Market Place” and “Patriot’s Point”. The Market Place was a stunning walkway between two small streets that had plenty of history. As Charleston was the main port where black people were brought to America, many of them continued living there after the Civil War. They used this market to sell their handmade crafts.
Patriot’s Point is a Naval and Maritime museum. This museum is placed inside the U.S.S Yorktown, named the “Fighting Lady”. It is an aircraft carrier and it was used during World War II.
OLD SALEM
It is the story of the evolution of the Southern Community. It is a town that has maintained shops and clothes as they used to be in the 19th Century. We were able to see how the residents of Salem had lived and worked, and learn about the role of the decorative arts in Salem and the South.