Hello,
We are a family of 4 members: my husband, my two children aged 11 and 13, and me.
We live in the center of Madrid. We have enjoyed several vacations in France and the USA, where I have worked and have American friends.
We have had the experience of having a foreign and young person in our home to share our culture and language, such as "Aupair girls" for four years with whom we still maintain a good relationship. My American friends have also sent their daughter to us on different occasions in the summer to practice Spanish and experience immersion in a Spanish family.
I am interested in having my children interact with kids their age or around and from other nationalities for cultural enrichment.
My two children study at a French school in Madrid, so they have French holidays.
My older son likes football, roller skating, biking, and the countryside. He is happy both in the city visiting museums, the center, and attending theaters and musicals, as well as in the countryside, and he has experienced both since we live in the city but sometimes go to the village in the Sierra de Madrid.
My son also enjoys his school life a lot, football, music, the classics; his favorite is the Jackson Five. Since he was little, he has been attending music school and plays the viola. He is very sociable and always likes to make friends. He also enjoys biology and exploring in the countryside and animals, but we don't have a pet. He also loves getting to know places in Spain and abroad. That's why we like the idea of hosting children or young people with the same eagerness to learn and discover different places and cultures.
We enjoy exploring the city of Madrid by visiting museums, exhibitions, theater, restaurants, walks in the city's great parks. When we go to the village, we are in the middle of nature to go to the mountains, have a picnic, ride bikes, go to the pool in summer, etc. We go to the Sierra de Madrid because it is spectacular, and we are close to monumental cities like Segovia, Ávila, or Toledo. We also like to travel and get to know other places.
At Christmas, we like to tour the city of Madrid on the special Christmas bus to see the lights. It is impressive. We also visit Christmas markets. During Holy Week, we enjoy trying typical food and visiting cities that celebrate Holy Week because they are full of Spanish culture during that time mixed with good weather.