Camino Barcelona Blog

Hi people,

I hope you are all fine and enjoying our sunny days in Barcelona. Becky has some tips for you:

Hi everyone!

This is my second blog, since starting in Barcelona. In this blog I want to talk a bit more about Barcelona, now that I have settled in and know a bit more about this city. I have been here for four weeks and the weather has slowly but surely been getting better. So, I have had chance to take some time out and wander around Barcelona’s city centre on Sunday afternoons. This is the best time to go exploring as, even though there are still tourists, the city has a more relaxing feel to it. So, I suggest you just head into town and explore all of the city, not just (more…)

Hi folks,

We have a new workplacement in Camino, Rebecca from UK. She has been here for 1 week now and has prepared a blog on her first impressions of Barcelona:

Hi,

I’m Rebecca (22 years old) and I am now working for Camino Barcelona. I am doing my work experience here for four months. I do German and Spanish at my home university in England and I needed to do four months of my year abroad in Spain. I wanted to improve my Spanish, so I thought that the best way to do this was in a working environment and Camino Barcelona offers this.

Camino Barcelona offers courses for people who want to improve their Spanish. The courses offered are from beginner level to advanced level, so they are used to meeting all different kinds of people of different nationalities.

This was apparent in they way they helped me on my first day. They were (more…)

Hi everyone,

This is my first blog here and I would like to introduce myself: my name is Marta, and I have been a teacher here at Camino since July 2007. As I used to work in the Tourist Industry as a Tourist Guide, I would like to tell you a little bit about the cultural activities we offer here at Camino.

The activities we offer aim to help our students get to know each other a little better at the same time as visiting and exploring some of the fascinating places which the fantastic city of Barcelona has to offer. We try to choose activities which have a good balance between the rich cultural life of Barcelona whilst being fun at the same time.

In today’s blog I am going to talk to you about an activity I have always wanted to do with Camino students: a language exchange. (more…)

Hi folks,

I hope you are enjoying these sunny days in Barcelona! If you would like to relax at home watching a Spanish movie, Victoria has some suggestions for you:

Hi everyone! I hope you are all well and having a great time whatever you are up to and whatever country you may be in!

If you are reading this, then it is probably very likely that you either speak Spanish, want to learn Spanish, or are interested in coming to Spain. If this is the case, then I would like to take this opportunity to share one of my passions with you- Spanish and Latin American Cinema. To speak a language is one thing, but to understand its culture on a more profound level is so important, and if you are interested in Hispanic culture then I really recommend you get stuck into some Spanish-speaking films. My personal favourites are: (more…)

Hi guys,

This time Dörte will present herself, Barcelona and Hamburg ….

Hola chic@s,

I’m Dörte from Germany, more precisely from Hamburg and I’m working as a work placement trainee at Camino since the beginning of January.

I’m very comfortable in Barcelona already. I think it’s easy for me to feel at home because there are many things which are quiet similar between Hamburg and Barcelona:

Both cities have almost two million inhabitants, both are the second largest city of their countries (only the capitals, Berlin and Madrid, are bigger) and both are situated in the north. Moreover, both Hamburg and Barcelona are cool and multicultural ports with all kinds of shops, restaurants, museums, galleries, theatres and other (more…)

Hi folks,

It’s me or everywhere you go here in Barcelona you see couples…

I would like to write about something that might be of interest to you… February is already here and what is the most famous date during this month? SAINT VALENTINE of course!!

In fact, everybody knows this date. February has always been considered as a romantic month. Couples show their love for their partners, or new couples are formed.

It is possible to experience “love feelings” during this month, like a promise for the printer which is (more…)

Hi people,

This time is Victoria, our new work-placement from UK, who is going to present herself and give you some reasons why you should choose Barcelona

Hi everyone!

My name is Victoria, and I am one of the new placement students here at Camino. I am currently in my third year of University in Newcastle (in the north of England, for those of you who don´t know- a town known for it´s football team and notoriously crazy night life!) where I am studying Hispanic Studies.

This is my third year abroad, and I have been here in Barcelona since August 2010. I have just finished a term of Erasmus studies at the University of Pompeu Fabra (did you know there are 12 universities in Catalunya?) which was great fun, although with so many foreign students, there was often far too much temptation to speak English!

I am going to be (more…)

Hello,

This is Sandrine again. Our Christmas course will start NEXT Monday and we thought you might be interested in having a look at the very nice activity programme that our Head of Studies has prepared with Simona.

Hi everybody
As you know our school offers different activities about Christmas to the students and I would like to describe the ones  we have specially prepared for you at Christmas:

Monday 20th December: A festive welcome drink. Ideal to get know eveybody.
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Hi everybody,

I hope you had a nice weekend, let’s see what we have prepared for you next week!

Monday 29th November 2010 - Welcome drink
Join us to welcome all our new students in our weekly Welcome Drink in the bar 37° which is near to the school! It will be the perfect opportunity to get to know everybody here at the school!

Tuesday 30th November 2010 - Workshop “CAVA”
Today we are going to learn all about the history of Cava, the emblematic drink of Cataluña. We will discuss where and when it was first produced, how it is made, and on which occasions the people of Catalonia normally drink it.

Wednesday 1st December 2010 - Walk through el Borne and Ciudadela Park
Today we are going for a walk through Borne neighbourhood and Ciudadela Park, which is just next to it! Nowadays, the Ciudadela Park is one of the urban spaces with more leisure and cultural activities in the city.

Thursday 2nd December 2010 – Jazz Sí Club
Come with us to see the band “Descarga cuabana” in the Jazz Sí Club! There is one drink included in the price. Hope to see you there!

Friday 3rd December 2010 - Spanish movie: “Lucía y el sexo”
We will show the film “Lucía y el sexo” (2001) by “Julio Medem”. Life story of Lucía a young waitress in a restaurant in the centre of Madrid. After the loss of her long-time boyfriend, she seeks refuge on a quiet Mediterranean island. There Lucía begins to discover the dark corners of her past relationship.

Join us!

Genta

 Hi everybody!

How are you all going? A few days ago on the radio, there was a big news that made us feel very proud: Two national dances have been awarded by the UNESCO as Cultural Heritage of Humanity: The “Els Castellers” and “El Cante Jondo”

Victorien, once again decided he would explain to you the traditions of both dances:

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