Craig
6 June 2018
Winners of our Photo Competition revealed!
In Term 1 this year El Patio launched it's first annual photography competition - the results surpassed all expectations! Read on to see all of the participants' photos as well as the People's Choice Top 5.
Our first annual Photography Competition was held in Term 1. And the results surpassed all expectations!
47 students participated in the competition and there was a fantastic variety of photos. Everything from flying cats in Mallorca to desiccated corpses in the deserts of Peru, misty mornings on the Camino de Santiago to mountain-top marvels in the Andes. Even some homemade Reservoir-style Sangría!
We'd like to thank all the students who participated as well as everyone who voted in the competition. It was a great success.
The winner of the competition was Megan Voo – she received a free 15-hour course.
The two runners up (Brett Millican and Cherilia Poluan) received prizes to help with their studies. Brett received a $50 gift voucher and Cherilia a lovely little Spanish<>English Langenscheidt Pocket Dictionary.
Photos from all the participants:
Click to the right to see more!
Pondering the marvels at the Melbourne centre
Casting votes at Northcote
The People's Choice Top 5 ...
#1 Megan Voo (the winner!)
'Mi tiempo con Ankal, mi padre guatemalteco'
Esta foto fue tomada en San Juan en Guatemala. En esta foto esta Ankal. El era como mi padre guatemalteco. El nos hospedo en su casa por tres noches. El nos llevo por el pueblo y luego tuvimos la cena con su familia en su casa. Me gusto mucho Guatemala, es un pais muy bonito con gente muy amable. Esto fue al ultimo dia de nuestra estadia en San Juan. Ankal nos llevo al puerto para decir adios. En la foto se puede observar el agua y las montanas a la distancia.
#2 Brett Millican
'Fiesta de los Globos'
Más que cien Globos flotan majestuosamente en el cielo durante un amanecer bonito. Esta foto fue tomada en León, México durante El Festival Internacional del Globo. Este es un evento anual que tiene lugar en León cada noviembre.
# 3 Cherilia Poluan
'Los tres Amigos'
Los guanacos del Parque Patagonia en Chile, viéndonos jugar pingpong y tener nuestro Asado.
#4 Megan Giles
'Hasta la victoria siempre'
Esta foto fue hicieron en la Hababa vieja en julio 2016. Julio en Cuba hace mucho mucho calor. Esta ubicación fue cerca de nuestra casa particular.
#5 Isobel McLeod
'Una noche en Valencia'
Después de llevar mi trípode por Europa durante 3 semanas, y no usarlo, finalmente llegó un atardecer perfecto en Valencia. Caminé rápidamente por la Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, y llegué con solo un minuto de sobra...
All these photos inspired thoughts of travel?
Click here to read about Andrés Treviño's travels through Latin America and about his book 'Fragmentos del paisaje'.
Andrés has been a teacher at El Patio for a number of years now. Apart from his life in the classroom, he is an adventurer and he also writes.
We stock his book at the Melbourne centre.
To hear about the travels of students at El Patio (as well as their experiences learning Spanish) click here.
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