Camino Barcelona Blog

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…)

Hola!

Are you all back from the Christmas hungover? Well, after 2 days of eating non-stop, we now have to concentrate on burning up all those calories around Barcelona discos! Have you decided what you are doing on New Year’s eve? I know, every year it’s such a headache to think of what you want to do, what your friends want to do, and to make those two coincide…

Well, whether you are here in Barcelona or planning to spend it here or elsewhere in Spain, I will definitely recommend you to consider going to a ‘cotillón’. These parties take place all around Spain in discos or bars. They cost around 30-50 euros, and include a fun-pack to spend the whole night in one place, without having to think ‘where do we go now?’. The fun-pack consists of some free drinks (5 or so), snacks, a ‘cotillón’ bag (with confetti, streamers, a mask and other things) and maybe some tickets to take part in a special draw that night. (more…)

¡Hola a  todos!

¿Qué tal?
I hope you are all ready to celebrate a very happy Christmas and that you are buying a lot of presents!

As most of you probably know, Barcelona, apart from being one of the “capitals of shopping” is also very famous for its night life!We never get bored

And because we don’t want to miss anything, now there is a new bar in Barceloneta beach called “Ice Bar” for all of those who really want to try everything in their own life!

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Hi all,

There’s something happening this week that makes Spanish people go crazy… ‘El Gordo de Navidad’ (literally ‘Christmas Fat Guy’)! On 22nd December, this Saturday, there will be millions of Spaniards watching TV (1st channel) like hypnotised from 8 am because the Christmas Lottery Draw is on! This draw is called ‘El Gordo’ because it is the most money played in Spain in the whole year.

Spanish people play the ‘Gordo’ as an old Christmas tradition more than a game. Everybody gets at least one lottery ticket as the one in the picture (’decimo’) to share with their friends, family or work colleagues. They cost 20 euros each, and these can be divided into ‘participaciones’ (tickets with the same number, playing a certain amount of money on that number). For example, if you buy a ‘decimo’, you can share 20 ‘participaciones’ of 1 euro with your friends, family…etc (more…)

Hello everybody!!

Today I’m going to talk to you about Montserrat!
I went there last week with some friends of mine and if you are here in Barcelona I highly recommend you to spend a day there!
Montserrat (the name “Montserrat” means in Spanish “Montaña Cortada”) is located more or less at 40 km from Barcelona and it’s a very important place for all the Catalans. Besides being a natural reservation, Montserrat is also a monastery visited every year by thousands tourists and pilgrims from all over the world.

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Hello folks!!!
Here I’m back again with our school activities for this week, the last one before starting with our special activities for Christmas time!!! And we are all looking forward it!! Barcelona during this period of the year is just amazing with all those lights and decorations around the city center and ‘Paseo de Gracia’!!

I hope you would all have a blast!!!

- MONDAY 10TH, 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! (more…)

Hello everyone,

How are you? Hope you’re doing great!

As the Christmas time already has begun in Barcelona, I would like to tell you something about the traditional Christmas sweets of Spain during this period.

If you don’t know what to buy for your friends and families, read carefully the following. It could be a good opportunity for a gift!

There are two famous sweets in Spain during Christmas time: “el turrón” and “el polvorón”. These popular sweets are especially available on Christmas time and not during any other period.

The “turrón” is a nougat bar, typically made of honey, sugar, and egg white, coated in crushed, toasted almonds. It’s usually shaped into a rectangular tablet or a round cake. It is mostly consumed as a traditional dessert for Christmas. (more…)