To mark the end of our first level of Spanish, our class went on a field trip. Not just any kind of field trip but a historical one. We checked out the second settlement of our good, close and personal friend Christopher Columbus. 
Chris landed on this country in 1493 and when one of his 3 ships got smashed on the rocks, he left about 32 sailors behind and went back to Spain for more supplies. The sailors left behind then headed up the coast a wee bit and settled in what is called La Isabela. They didn’t fare too entirely well and since all of us will eventually look like the guy lying below in the box, not to be confused with the guy standing up, those left behind sailors got there a little sooner than I am sure they wanted. The skeleton is real and his dentist would have been real proud of him, only one missing tooth and the rest look great. Must have been the flossing. When Chris eventually came back, he found what was left of his crew up the coast from where he left them and the rest is history. Unfortunately for many of the peoples living on this island, the new visitors brought new diseases and decimated a large percentage of the native population. Progress does have it casualties and draw backs and as Paul Harvey would say, “ and now you know the rest of the story”. As part of your Spanish homework, please translate the sign I’m holding up.
Chris landed on this country in 1493 and when one of his 3 ships got smashed on the rocks, he left about 32 sailors behind and went back to Spain for more supplies. The sailors left behind then headed up the coast a wee bit and settled in what is called La Isabela. They didn’t fare too entirely well and since all of us will eventually look like the guy lying below in the box, not to be confused with the guy standing up, those left behind sailors got there a little sooner than I am sure they wanted. The skeleton is real and his dentist would have been real proud of him, only one missing tooth and the rest look great. Must have been the flossing. When Chris eventually came back, he found what was left of his crew up the coast from where he left them and the rest is history. Unfortunately for many of the peoples living on this island, the new visitors brought new diseases and decimated a large percentage of the native population. Progress does have it casualties and draw backs and as Paul Harvey would say, “ and now you know the rest of the story”. As part of your Spanish homework, please translate the sign I’m holding up.
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