ISLA Trivia

The ISLA Trivia

1) Longest Course (in months): 26
2) Student with longest plan: Andrew from Australia when asked how long he would like to stay replied– “forever” (in the end he stayed for 4 years taking charge, among other things, of ISLA’s bar)
3) Most times student has been to ISLA: 8 (You are always welcome, Jon)
4) Most emails from a single student prior to booking: 35 (You know who you are :-)
5) Brightest student: a genius 16 year old who never wrote a single note and skipped through the levels two at once. (Raphael from Brazil)
6) The slowest: one who repeated the same level 4 times. (see number 4)
7) Student with the best name: Claudia Schiffer
8) Most exotic nationalities: Bahamas, Ethiopia, Namibia, Iran
9)Students who have married their intercambio: 3
10)Students who have met their future spouse at ISLA: 8
11)Student who travelled the least to get to ISLA from home: Luis from Coimbra in Portugal
12)Student who travelled the most to get to ISLA from home: Gary from Sydney, Australia.
13)Student who took the longest to get to Salamanca: Robert did the Camino de Santiago from Colonia to Santiago de Compostela and then walked the Silver Route from Santiago to Salamanca.
14)Student who has been most in one year: Charlotte from England - 3 times
15)Youngest student: Milly from the States, 7 years old (individual lessons)
16)Oldest student: Robert, from the States, 83
17)Students who have come back to be runners: over 40
18)Most students on a school activity: 98 (tapas-tour, August 2002).
19)Record of family members doing a course at the same time: 4 (Milly and her family)
20)Most beautiful student: we had a Miss Germany in the early 90’s but no one can remember who she was! (She was placed 6th in Miss World!)
21)Most original profession: Bullfighter (Takashi from Japan)