IUHPFL ‘22: On our way to the León animal shelter

 Today (6/29) the students accompanied by the teachers and host parents went to the Hotel Canino/Las Lomas, which is an animal shelter located outside of León, to walk the dogs as part of our community service project here in León. These pictures are from our walk from the school where we have classes to the animal shelter. The walk was about 3 miles (i.e., 1 hour), which was great practice for the Camino de Santiago, which the students will be going on this Friday! 



























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