Camino Barcelona Blog

Hi everyone!

We have interesting news to tell you about. On Monday 22nd December two new things will happen in Camino Barcelona! The CHRISTMAS COURSE starts on this date with a duration of 2 weeks (so many students are enrolled in this programme :D, we are going to have so much Christmas fun!) AND…. Camino Barcelona IS MOVING to new premises, in an on-site Residence!!! Yeah, that is right! The school and the accommodation in the same place!!!

The new site is centrally located, just 10 minutes walking distance from PLaza Cataluña! This makes Camino Barcelona the only school in Barcelona offering on-site accommodation, right in the heart of Barcelona! Everyone who will be staying in Superior Residence, you will just have to take a shower in the morning and go down the stairs to your classes

As regards our special Christmas course, it includes a special Christmas activities programme so that you can take the most of spending Christmas in Spain! You can find below our Christmas programme:

Monday 22nd December
Festive welcome party. Join us and try some traditional Spanish Christmas sweets: ‘turrón’, ‘mazapán’ (marzipan little cakes), ‘polvorones’…
Tuesday 23rd December
Workshop: “Christmas in your country”… find out more about the typical celebrations and traditions of different countries and compare them to the ones we have in Spain.
Wednesday 24th December
Visit to the traditional Christmas market of “Santa Lucia”. Here you can buy all the traditional Nativity scene figurines, Christmas decorations or even a ‘Caga tio’!
Thursday 25th December
CHRISTMAS
Friday 26th December
BOXING DAY

Saturday 27th December

Excursion to Montserrat: After a couple of relaxing days, get down the ‘turrón’ granting a visit to Catalonia’s most famous virgin: ‘La Moreneta’. This is a traditional point of pilgrimage for all Catalans but also a beautiful nature resort and spectacular abbey from where you can get magnificient views.

You can find more information on our blog, as this is a recurrent excursion that students always love.

Monday 29th December
Visit to a typical Barcelona’s neighbourhood, Gracia. We will walk around this area and discover it designers and traditional sweets’ shops. This is your opportunity to get your Christmas presents before you come back!
Tuesday 30th December
Nativities scene exhibition in Barcelona. In Spain it is typical to do your own Nativity scene at home, and you can get all the pieces from the ‘Mercado de Santa Lucía’ (visit on Wednesday 24th), but in this occasion we will visit an impressive huge Nativity exhibition. Will you be spot the ‘caganer’? 
Wednesday 31st December
Workshop on how to spend New Year in Barcelona, all the traditions, the food and the places to visit… everything you need to understand Spanish Christmas but also to welcome the New Year in the best way possible!
Thursday 1st January
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Friday 2nd January
We will visit the typical Christmas speciality shop “Sirvent” and try some Spanish Christmas sweets.

Buy all the ‘turrones’ and ‘polvorones’ that you can and bring them home, so everybody knows what are these delicatessen you’ve been eating here!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2009!!!

Genta

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