Camino Barcelona Blog

Hello everybody,

Today is such a wonderful day! The sun is shining and the birds are singing! I’m in a good mood because we’ll have St. Valentin tomorrow! I hope spring will come soon to Barcelona! What do you do on such nice days like today? (apart from coming to Camino Barcelona, I mean)

Now I would like to tell you something about a very special event that took place at the end of January this year. The Spanish film world went wild because the best Spanish actors, producers and directors were awarded with the most popular film prizes: Los Premios Goya! (more…)

Hola a todos!

Today I am going to talk to you about something that’s not so amazing, but very useful for all the students studying in Barcelona.

Based on my personal experience as a university student here in Barcelona, I can tell you that there are so many libraries where you can study, consult books, borrow music or read specific magazines!

Basically, I used to spend most of my time at the Univeristy libraries but I discovered that you can easily get a card in any of the public city libraries instantly! With this card you can check on internet the books you want and reserve them to borrwo, surf the web on the wi-fi area, read magazines in the confortable ‘reading area’ …

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As Daniel has already told you, this week on Thursday 31st January, we will go to the Barcelona Football Club Stadium - ‘Nou Camp’ to watch the football match for the “Spanish Cup” quarter finals between Barça and Villareal!!!

As many of you probably know, it seems that Barça is not going to win the Liga (Spanish Premier League) this year. Some people say it is because of their irregular game and all the physical problems that some of its players, like Ronaldinho or Deco, had. And as the Champions League is also “travelling” to other countries Barça should better think about winning at least the Copa del Rey (Spanish Cup)!!! (more…)

Hello everybody!

If you are thinking about coming to Barcelona within the next 2 weeks, I’m happy to tell you that Carnival celebrations are coming here and they are expected to be as spectacular as ever!

As many of you probably know, I’m from Venice and our Carnival is maybe one of the most famous ones all around the world! People usually start to prepare their own costumes and masks the year before, just after the Carnival, in order to be ready for it!

However, also here in Spain there will be such big celebrations and one of the best places to go is Sitges! This city, located near Barcelona, besides being famous for its wonderful beaches, is also well-known fro its unique Carnival, the second one in Spain in terms of dimensions and parties, after Tenerife! (more…)

Hello folks!

Here I am back again to tell you about our cultural activities programme for the next week!

MONDAY 21ST, 3:00 P.M:

“COFFEE @ THE “CAFE CENTRAL” AND A WALK AROUND THE CITY CENTRE

We will take a walk with Alex (the teacher) and a coffee at the “Café Central”. This is your chance to get to know the city centre and everybody here at school!Come and join us!

 TUESDAY 22ND, 2:45 P.M.

“WORKSHOP: ALMODÓVAR AND THE MOVIDA“

We will talk about the cultural movement of the “Movida Española”, which characterized the 1980s in Spain, and one of its main characters: the film director Pedro Almodóvar.

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¡Hola chicos!

Today I would like to tell some of the best things you can do or see in BCN! Even though you can always go to the typical places like Sagrada Familia or Las Ramblas, there are other things that you simply can’t miss if you come to Barcelona, which not everybody knows of. Keep reading to discover one of them…

As you all should know, Barcelona is a wonderful city which offers more than some nice museums or buildings. Let me start with the number 1 attraction in my opinion: Montjuic!

You have to explore this very nice hill! You can reach it by using the metro up to ‘Parallel’ station (L2). This is a special way to get there because you can take the cable car that will leave you on the top of the hill. From there you will have a great look of the ocean and the rest of the city.

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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…)

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…)

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…)

Hello folks!

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

Here I’m with our school activities for this week, the last one before starting into the new year 2008!!! And we are all looking forward to it!!!

- 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 1ST
THE SCHOOL IS CLOSED

If you want to do something special or if you want us to recommend you things to do, please ask in reception!

- WEDNESDAY 2ND, 3:00 P.M.
“VISIT TO THE PICASSO MUSEUM” (more…)