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Hi everyone!!! This summer is full of sports’ emotions and especially for Spain, who lastly seems to be winning always :P. After the European football championship ‘08, where Spain was the winner … we are thinking to update you with news from the Olympic Games 2008.

The original Olympic Games were first recorded in 776 BC in Olympia, Greece (and there is where they got the name from). Every four years men from all over Greece were gathered in a sport festival to honor their gods Zeus and Hera.

The Olympic Games are now divided into summer and winter Olympic Games. This year, the Summer Olympic Games will take place in China, in the capital Beijing. As many of you come from different countries and even different continents, it would be great to open the school blog in the morning and get some news (mostly ) about Spain and of (more…)

Hello everyone! Hope you are all fine! I see you are all very tanned! You are really enjoying ‘las playas de Barcelona’

Today I would like to write something about the Sagrada Familia, the only temple still in construction in the world (125 years in construction). It is also the only temple in the world that receives donations by volunteer people to continue the construction, as it does not get any funds from the Government. I find it a gigantic and pageantry building; I was impressed by all the little details that were worked up on it.

This is the most famous work of Gaudi; he dedicated all his life to this building; he would even sleep inside the temple to have more time to work on it. The construction of the temple started in 1881 and the initiator was ‘Josep Maria Bocadella’. The beginning was very difficult because of budget problems (which are still ongoing and this is one of the reasons why this great temple is still in construction). The first budget for the building of the temple was 1034 € (125 years ago!), a money which Bocadella kept under the floor tiles of his store because he was afraid someone could steal that. (more…)

Hi everyone!

The weekend went fast and it’s Monday again . Time to present our school activities for this week.

Monday, 9:00 - Welcome breakfast

A big welcome to all our new students! Come and join your classmates in the garden and have some breakfast with us before you’ll have your first class here at Camino!

Tuesday, 18:30 - Workshop day

On our workshop day you can choose to participate in one of three activities: (more…)

Hey everybody!

Guess what?! Finally it’s Friday and before we all leave for the weekend, here you have a summary of the activities for next week. We hope you join us on our activities!

Monday, 9h00: Welcome breakfast

Let’s start the week with a big welcome to all our new students! Come and join your classmates in the garden and have some breakfast with us before you start your first day here at Camino.

At night you can start the week in the best way going all together to City Hall disco, get your free tickets on Monday!

Tuesday, 18h30: Workshop Day

On our workshop day you can choose to participate on 3 activities. (more…)

Hi everyone! SPAIN in the FINAL!!! ESPAÑA a la FINAL!!!

We are all happy to celebrate the winning against Germany on Sunday .

This Euro football tournament has been magnificent!!! I’ve really enjoyed all the matches and especially here in Camino, as we all are from different countries. All teams played wonderful and it was like most of them were whiskered as winner.

I really have to say congratulations to Russia and Turkey! Who would have thought that they would beat countries like Netherlands and Croatia and go to the semi-final? Turkey had a great performance in the field. They lost versus Germany, although I think Turkey played much better and deserved to win. All Turkey’s matches were (more…)

Hi everyone!!!

Here we are again with some news about the European championship. Seven countries have already passed to the quarters; today we are waiting for the last country to pass, Sweden or Russia. The only big surprise of the Championship was that France did not go through to the next leg, but considering in which group they were, one of the ‘big’ teams had to come back home soon…

So, Germany, Portugal, Croatia, Turkey, Netherlands, Italy and Spain have passed to the quarter finals. We are going to see very interesting matches this week, starting with Germany – Portugal. After the win versus Austria with the result of 1-0, the German press has warmed up its tone for the players and especially for Ballack. Germany’s problem right now is Lukas Podolski who might not play in the quarter final match versus Portugal, because he was injured in calf. This is really good news for Portugal .On the other side the goalkeeper Jens Lehman said that he is prepared for the match and that he knows a secret way to stop Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal. However Germany has a lot to improve in its game and this was clearly seen in its last match versus Austria. The match Germany – Portugal will be very difficult, where Portugal is whiskered as winner. (more…)

Hi everyone! Here we are again with some news about Euro football cup 2008

One week has past and we have seen how all the participating countries play and I believe we have created an idea about which countries might pass to the quarter-finals.

Lots of surprises: winnings we have seen and I think lots of money have been lost in bets

Well, Portugal has definetly secured its place in quarter finals. According to Deco, “we aim again to the final and this time to win . That’s why we wanted to rapidly pass to the quarter finals”. Well, they could win this championship as they are in very good form and with one of the best coaches in the world, Scolari.

The runner-up in this group will be between Turkey and Czech Republic and it’s very hard to predict the second runner-up in this group…

I’m really sorry for Switzerland who did not pass to the quarters. As they are one of the (more…)

¡Hola gente! ¿Que tal?

As you know Spain is famous for its nice weather, “gente caliente”, delicious paella …. and of course FLAMENCO and this is what I’ll talk about today…

When I was a kid, like 10 years old, I remember watching a movie with my parents. It was about a couple who wanted to win a dance competition and that they learnt how to dance Flamenco by some Spanish people that lived somewhere nearby. I was really impressed by the moves, so passionate, determined and the dancers seemed so involved and felt like all parts of their body were speaking. Of course the couple won the dance competition at the end of the movie . Since then I fell in love with this very creative and original dance. I would like to tell you some details behind this special and traditional art here in Spain. (more…)

Hello everyone European Championship 2008 will start this Saturday and I’m so excited. I love football and especially when it is a competition between countries.

From today we will start a Euro 2008 blog (category Sports), where we will inform you about everything that will happen during the tournament, the qualifiers to the quarters, semis or final, and gossips about the football players and general information about the championship… You can also participate with your comments

Greece won surprisingly the Euro 2004 in Portugal. This year seems very difficult to predict which country might be the winner. Probably Italy since (more…)

Hi everyone! Here I am again and this time with my own Blog profile

Hope you all are doing great and enjoying these sunny days in Barcelona. Talking about nice weather, here I have a really cool alternative to pass the last days of May and spring: Primavera Sound Festival

The festival runs from the 29th to the 31st of May and as I’ve heard it is now known as the “first party of the summer”. It’s like welcoming summer… Well, we all know the reputation of Spanish people… ‘fiesta, fiesta toda la noche’ . I really believe that it has nothing to do with the seasons of the year. It seems more to me as a kind of “excuse” to party. (more…)