Over spring break, Blair students traveled to Spain with government teacher David Swaney. The group visited Barcelona, Madrid and Seville, before making a final stop in Lisbon, Portugal. From left to right, seniors Sasha Foreman and Patrick Detzner, sophomore Nick Wolf, seniors Dominic Deustachio, Bill McManigle and Alicia Posner and Swaney.
Photos courtesy of Nick Wolf
Click the image to see a collection of pictures from the group's travels.
Wolf and Detzner sit on a park bench in the Park Guell.
The Park Guell, designed by famous Spanish artist Antoni Gaudi, is a popular tourist attraction with numerous mosaics and sculptures lining its many winding paths.
Cherry tree blossoms hanging over the Tidal Basin in downtown D.C.
The view from Wolf's hotel room in Barcelona, Spain.
If you listened really closely as you walked up the shallow concrete inclines toward the RFK Stadium ball field, you could hear the faint sound of tireless airhorns bleating in your imagination. It was hard, walking out into the open stadium air for the first time, to rid myself of the image of a soccer field with a comb-over, cleat-ripped grass neatly cut like an outfield with something to hide. The seats lacked that satisfying sproing when I stood up, as though the seats were already weary with the work of bearing some other burden. It struck me that the Nationals had not found a home so much as a leaky basement they could sleep in.
A cathedral stands tall against the blue skies of Seville, Spain.
A view of Barcelona taken from the Olympic grounds still present from when Spain hosted the event in 1992.
In Seville, the group watched group of Spanish flamenco dancers.
Senior Justin Hoy wind up for a shot during the Blair versus Sherwood Varsity Lacrosse game.
The Royal Palace in Madrid which is currently open to the public.
The Jefferson Memorial rests majestically on the other side of the Tidal Basin, in downtown D.C.
The Sagrada Familia's front entrance features a facade depicting the life and death of Jesus Christ.
In Las Ramblas, many street performers dressed up as statues in an attempt to entertain and profit.
A view from of Barcelona from the Park Guell.
With their 5-3 win last night, the Washington Nationals hosted the first regular season Major League Baseball game in the District in 34 years. And even if they had lost last night to the Arizona Diamondbacks, the buzz and the anticipation of the 10th game of a 162 game season could have been victory enough for baseball and the Nationals franchise, that finally has a home.
Tashana George, a representative from Gibbs College in Vienna, Virginia, talked to Blair seniors about life after high school on April 13 and 14. The presentations are a year-long initiative at 60 other schools in Montgomery County, Loudon County, Prince George's County and D.C. public schools.
While touring the streets of Barcelona, the group walked by this highly decorated private residence.
Terry Lierman, Chair of the Maryland Democratic Party, spoke to and answered questions from approximately 60 students gathered to reflect on the Day of Silence on Wednesday, April 13. The discussion centered on the rights of homosexuals and bisexuals, issues about which the Day of Silence was meant to raise awareness.
The Bengals proved to be the superior team in their showdown with the boys' varsity lacrosse squad tonight, outgunning Blair 4-8 and dropping the Blazers to 1-3 this season.
APRIL 13, BLAZER TENNIS COURTS The boys' tennis team lost its first match of the season to the talented Wootton Patriots in heart-breaking fashion: they beat themselves. Blair lost the match 4-3, falling to 3-1 on the season, on a pair of very winnable games.
While touring the city, the group walked through "Las Ramblas," a famous market in Barcelona.
April means that summer is just a step, skip and a hop away. Whatever your summer travel plans may be for the upcoming vacation, let Ann Brashares' witty "Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood", the third installment in the best-selling teen series "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants", show you some all-out fun in a setting we are all familiar with: our very own Montgomery County.
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