Camino Barcelona Blog

Hi everyone!

I hope you had a great time during “La Mercé”, I enjoyed so much the street concerts!

Today I would like to share with you my impressions on the last Woody Allen’s movie; “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”.

An obvious reason to tell you about this movie is that… it was recorded in Barcelona! and of course, it’s a must see!!! You will see all the places that you have actually visited here in Barcelona (or you should have   ).

The film is a love comedy about two American girls, Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson), who decide to spend their summer in Barcelona. The girls are two very different characters in search of adventure in Spain. Vicky is a very sensible and romantic girl, who loves the sound of Spanish guitar and believes in love forever and marriage. Cristina is the total opposite of her friend, very spontaneous, unsecure about what she wants to do in life… but she does for sure know what she does not want ! (more…)

Hi everyone

I noticed you really enjoyed last week’s activities, as many of you participated…  so I will present for you next week’s activity and I really hope you will enjoy them:

Monday, 9:00 - Welcome breakfast

We start the week with a big welcome to all our new students! Join your classmates and have some breakfast before you start your first day at Camino!

Tuesday, 18:30 - Wine tasting

Our Tuesday’s workshop is different this time… An expert connossier and sommelier will introduce you to the Spanish wine culture and we will learn how to taste different types of Spanish wine. Join us! (more…)

Hi everyone!

Time goes very fast… summer has officially finished and here we are in the second week of autumn…

I hope you had a great weekend! Here you have a summary of the school activities for the first week of October:

Monday, 9:00 - 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 som breakfast with us before you start your first day here at Camino! (more…)

Hi everyone!

Friday again and time to present our school activities for next week.

Monday, 15:15 - Discover the “Eixample” area

A big welcome to all our new students! Join us for a walk around the school area, the most vibrant part of the city and the perfect opportunity to get to know the school and your new friends!

Tuesday, 14:45 - Workshop: Spanish cooking - Gazpacho

As usual, Tuesdays are a ‘workshop day’ where you can learn more and practice your Spanish. This time, your will learn how to cook a typical Spanish dish - ‘Gazpacho’ (cold vegetable soup). Get your apron on because everybody will help to cook! (more…)

Hi everyone

It has been a while since I last wrote in this blog. I have really missed it and here I am again with some “party recipes” for you all…

As many of you probably know the 24th September is the day of ‘La Mercé’, it’s a local holiday and the school will be closed too. But you won’t get bored all this weekend and all next week

Since the Virgin of La Mercè was declared the patron saint of the city by the Pope of Vatican; Barcelona began to celebrate a festival in the month of September. The reason seems to be the end of the summer… let’s say, a reason to party… you know at the end of May there are lots of Festivals because of the beginning of the summer and now because of the end of the summer…

Excuses to party, something that Spanish people are good in, so why not join and enjoy with them? (more…)

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…)