How would you like to spend part of your summer hiking through the Pyrenees and Cantabrian mountains in northern Spain with a group of friends during the day, and then retire with those friends to a beautiful hostel to swap stories while waiting for a late evening meal? Now imagine that most of your out-of-pocket costs are covered by scholarships and you receive college credit for taking this trip to one of Europe’s most beautiful destinations. Sound too good to be true? That’s how 13 undergraduate and 10 graduate students majoring in geology spent part of their summer, along with their professor and 11 alumni. The alumni participants each paid for their own food, transportation, accommodations, and airfare. For many of the students, it was their first trip overseas, and one they say they will never forget.