El Tiemblo

My second week with Vaughan Town is near the town of El Tiemblo by the Gredos mountains west of Madrid. It is at Campo Puerto Nuevo "New Bridge Campus", it was originally built as a village for workers of the hydro electric plant in the early 1900's. When that was no loonger needed it was converted into a conference centre, each of the 25 houses were converted into 4 or 5 individual rooms and the buildings housing the school, grocery store and cinema became meeting rooms and a restaurant. There is also a social club with a bar, an outdoor swimming pool, and gym. They kept the stone structure of the residences so it is much like a very old town.

The make up of the volunteers is very different this week from last. This week there are 3 Canadians, all from Alberta [last week I was the only one], there are about 6 from the US again but this time there are no Brits, instead we have 2 ladies from Ireland and Brian is here again from Scotland [he was in Pedraza with me last week]. It's amazing how much that changes the flavour of the week.

Here are some shots of our entertainment activities, but the best part of the week is getting to know each other and the conversations that we had. I think that I have a few good friends that I will keep in touch with in the future, and I definitely do want to come back and do this again.