Archive for December, 2009

School activities 14th December - 18th December 2009

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Hi everyone,

How are you? Monday again and time to present our school activities:

Monday 14th December - Welcome drink
Come and have a welcome drink in the school with Camino Barcelona! This is a great occasion to meet students from all over the world!

Tuesday 15th December - Walk through Gràcia
Come and discover the neighbourhood of Gràcia in Barcelona! Come to see Gaudi’s houses nobody shows you normally and walk through the little streets and charming squares of this part of the city, find out which are the best shops and bars - it’s worth coming!

Wednesday, 16th December - Miró Foundation
Let’s visit this maestro’s museum and discover his greatest masterpieces! (more…)

Christmas activity programme 09

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

Seasons Greetings!

With Christmas around the corner, we here at Camino Barcelona are excited to offer special Christmas activities as well as continue the celebration until New Year’s! Here is what we have in store for you to get you into the Christmas spirit!

Monday 21st December: A festive welcome drink

Tuesday 22nd December: A visit to the traditional Christmas market ‘Santa Lucia’

Wednesday 23rd December: (more…)

Actividades del 07/12/09 al 11/12/09

Monday, December 7th, 2009

Hola a todos!

I’m back with the new program of activities:

Monday 07th of December, at 20.00; Welcome drink

We head off to bar “37 grados” for the traditional Welcome drink. The best way to mingle with old and new students!

Tuesday 08th of December, is a spanish bank holliday: We recomend you to go to the medieval market of Vic.

Wednesday 09th of December, at 18.00: we’re going to visit the Museum of history of the city

Thursday 10th of December, at 15h15: Museo Picasso, get to know the master pieces of this amazing Spanish artist!

One of the most interesting museums of Barcelona!

I wish you all a nice week!

Pierre

Christmas in Spain

Friday, December 4th, 2009

Hi everyone!

Christmas is already around the corner! You can feel it everywhere in the street… the Cathedral and here in Camino. We all are in a Christmas mood :)
My colleague Cassandra has decided to write something about Christmas in Spain:

Hi everybody,

With the holiday season around the corner and being so far away from home, I long for some sort of feeling that Christmas is coming. But now the lights are up along Passeig de Gracia and it really makes the difference!

As a study-abroad student, one of the most disheartening things is missing all of my family’s preholiday preparations. Coming from an Italian-Catholic family, Christmas is a huge deal in my household. My mother starts Christmas shopping in September, cooking up to a month before the holiday, our house is decorated with lights inside and out, and the amount of guests in attendance at our Christmas festivities is around 35 people. My housemate Hilly and I (more…)