Archive for January, 2008

Bread and Butter: Barcelona Fashion Week

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Hello people!

Do you want to know what is on this week in Barcelona?

From tomorrow and until Friday 18th January, Barcelona opens its doors to the fashion industry with a big event called “Bread and Butter: King Size”, which takes place in the Feria de Barcelona (metro stop “Plaza de España”, L3, green line).

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School Activities: 14th-18th January 2008

Monday, January 14th, 2008

Hello everybody!

I hope you all had a great weekend!

Here we are back again with our weekly activities…and they sound really amazing!

MONDAY 14TH, 3:00 P.M.

“WELCOME PARTY”

Let’s start the new week with our well-known welcome party! That’s the perfect opportunity for all our new students (and the old ones too) to get to know everybody here at school! Come and join us for some snacks and sangria!;-)

TUESDAY 15TH, 6:30 P.M.

“WINE TASTING”

The wine connoisseur and somellier Javier González will introduce us to the Spanish wine culture and we will learn how to taste different types of Spanish wines. After this workshop, you will surely impress your friends and families! (more…)

The “Aida” at the Gran Teatro del Liceo in Barcelona

Friday, January 11th, 2008

Hello everybody!!

If you like opera and in particular the Italian one :-) this is the best opportunity for you!

In fact, in Barcelona at the “Gran Teatre del Liceu” (”Liceu” Theatre) the “Aida”, one of Giuseppe Verdi’s masterpieces, is on stage until the 19th of January 2008!

‘El Liceu’ is one of the most elegant and beautiful Opera houses, in Barcelona and in the world! So just for visiting this emblematic building located in the famous ‘Ramblas’ it is worthy the visit, but if it’s combined with such a fantastic opera play, it’s double worthy!

Aida” is an opera made up of four acts and it was presented for the first time on the 24th of December 1871 at the teatre of Cairo, commissioned by Ismail Bajá, who inaugured this theatre in 1869, the very same year of the opening of the Suez Canal. (more…)

One night @ Palau de la Música!

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

Hola @ todos!

How are you? Did you go to the Three King Parade? Did you see all the magical string of cars around BCN last Saturday? Did you catch some sweets?

Well today I would like to tell you something about my favourite music styles and about a nice concert on 22nd January…

You should know I nearly love all kinds of electronic music, like House, SCHRANZ and Gabber (greetings to my friends from the Netherlands) Is there anyone out there who knows this types of music, too!?! There are some great places to go here in Barcelona! E. g., La Cova or Raum, Nitsa, Illusion or Moog… however, you can find more places with this kind of music in Italy, France, Netherlands and good old Germany! ;-) You should also have a glance on myspace.com or grupodejavu.com. There you could find some artists and awesome parties here in Barcelona. Here you can acquire a taste for my music! ;-)

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New Year Resolutions

Monday, January 7th, 2008

Hello everybody!   

Every year it is the same old story: You want to make changes in your life, you have new resolutions in mind, you may even have a set list of your top 10 decisions! I don’t know, something like:

This year for sure, I will:

- Go more to the cinema,
- Travel more,
- Spend less money,
- Eat healthier,
- Read more,
- Exercise more,
- Study more,
- Wake up earlier every morning and take a better advantage of my day,
- Go to all the great concerts of the city even though it is raining and cold,

And finally, and that’s an ABSOLUTE resolution:

-  I will go to all the interesting exhibitions in the city.

Sooo… if going to an interesting exhibition is part of your set-list, here is a suggestion that (to my noble opinion!!!) should not be missed… (more…)

School activities 7th - 11th January 2008

Monday, January 7th, 2008

Hello folks!

How are you? I hope you’re doing fine…

Here I’m  back with our school activities for this week. Hope you cought a lots of sweets during the Three King Parade… ;-)

- MONDAY 31ST, 3:00 P.M.
“WELCOME DRINK”

As every single week, we start with a big “Welcome Drink” in our school for all our new students!! But also for our old ones too… :-)
Come and join us for some snacks and drinks! That’s the perfect opportunity to get to know everybody!

- TUESDAY 8TH, 2:45 P.M.
“WORKSHOP: ANTONIO GAUDI”

We will talk about Antonio Gaudí, one of the most famous architects in Spain.
He created impressive monuments like the Casa Batlló, La Pedrera, the Sagrada Familia and the Güell Park.

- WEDNESDAY 9TH, 2:45 P.M.
“VISIT TO THE CASA BATTLO”

We will visit this magnificent modernist building designed by the famous
architect Gaudi, inscribed on UNESCO world heritage list on 2005.
The visit includes audio guides in various languages.

-THURSDAY 10TH, 8:00 P.M.
“LIVE FLAMENCO SHOW”

Live Flamenco show at “Los Tarantos”, located in the town centre in Plaza Real– a typical Spanish event!

Casa Battló-FRIDAY 11TH, 3:00 P.M.
“TREASURE HUNTS: MODERNIST MONUMENTS”

With Leticia’s help, we will go on a ‘treasure hunt’ through the city looking for the most important modernist monuments in Barcelona!

Greets, Daniel

 

Visit to the Picasso Museum

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Hola a todos!Qué tal?

Finally yesterday I managed to take part in one of our school activities and I had the chance to go to the Picasso Museum…because actually I’ve never been there even if I’m living here in Barcelona since 2005!

And I can tell you that it’s really interesting and it’s a shame I didn’t go there before!

The Picasso Museum is located in Calle Montcada, in the heart of the Borne district, in one of Barcelona’s oldest buildings, the Aguilar Palace.

The museum is maybe not very big, as there also other artist’s works in Malaga (Picasso’s birth place) or in Madrid.

However, maybe not many people know that Picasso at the age of 14 moved with his family from Malaga to Barcelona and it’s here where he started studying at the Academy of Arts and painting. (more…)

Three Kings Parade: A magic night in Barcelona!

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

Hi everyone and Happy New Year from all of us!

I hope you have started the year the best way possible. Today I am going to tell you about something happening in Barcelona this Saturday that you can’t miss: The Three Kings Parade!

As other countries in the world have Father Christmas or Santa Claus bringing presents to children and adults, in Spain we have the Three Magic Kings, also known as the Three Wise Men. Melchor, Gaspar and Baltasar will be arriving in Barcelona this Saturday to bring presents for everyone! (more…)

Salsa in Barcelona

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

Hello everybody!!

Well well well… I know it doesn’t match with my “rock ‘n roll spirit”, but I definetly love salsa!!

I started 4 years ago when I was living in Malaga, thanks to a friend of mine who works as a salsa teacher.

Now, she’s living in Barcelona too and, because she knows all the best places in town, the very first thing I asked her when I moved here was: “Where can we go to dance salsa”?
And the answer was MOJITO CLUB!

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