HOULTON, Maine — At the July 28 meeting, the Houlton Rotary Club received a report from Madelene Anderson about her recent exchange trip to Spain.
Anderson shared with the Rotarians about her six-month stay in Spain and the benefit she received from this experience. She had studied Spanish for a year and a half in high school, so Spain seemed to be a logical choice for the exchange study.
Upon arrival Anderson said she was immediately immersed in the language, living with a Spanish host family and attending school where all the lecture based classes were in Spanish. She told Rotary members how her interest in Spain turned into a passion for the country during her stay.
At first the new language didn’t come easy, she said, but after a month and a half she became conversational in Spanish. Beyond practicing a new language and learning first-hand about another culture, Anderson shared with the group how the exchange trip helped to form her as a person as she experienced being more self-sufficient, traveling by herself, and learning how to live with a family of another culture.
She is the daughter of Chris and Liz Anderson.
