That first walk off the plane in Madrid is filled with many emotions. Nerves, excitement, no real idea of what the next few months are going to bring you. Every year, we get a front row seat to that moment with every gapper who comes through Spanish Gap Year. What we don’t always see is what happens after: graduation, their first real job, or how their time in Spain has continued to stick with them and play a key role in their everyday lives. The confidence our gappers pick up in Spain doesn’t just end when they board their flight back home, it follows them for the rest of their lives.

