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Inside Sagrada Familia

GentaGenta
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

Hi again everyone,

I am back again, but this time it is definitely the last one! Hope the beginning of the winter weather isn’t getting in your way of exploring this amazing city!! Why not wrap up warm and enjoy the indoor delights that the city has to offer?

I’m sure you have all heard of the amazing Sagrada Familia, it’s quite hard not to know about in the city, with pictures adorning the walls of many cafés, restaurants and shops. I have no doubt you all know the stories of its creation and how the amazing work still has many years to go before it is finally finished. Well that may be the case for the entire building but the inside is now finished! After (more…)

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School activities: Monday 8th November - Friday 12th November 2010

GentaGenta
Monday, November 8th, 2010

Hi everybody,

I would like to tell you about activities we have prepared for you this week.

Monday 08th November 2010
Join us tonight to welcome all of our new students with 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 09th November 2010
Do you know the exact time when the Spaniards eat at home, in restaurants or with their friends? This and many important things about meal time you will know in our workshop.

Wednesday 10th November 2010
Today we will go and see a Photojournalism Exhibition which gives the opportunity to see the social, political, cultural and sport-related events from the last year through the eyes of the current best photojournalists which is hold in the Centre for Contemporary Culture of Barcelona. Here you have also a video (more…)

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Las Castañadas

GentaGenta
Friday, October 15th, 2010

Hi folks!

Once again and with great pleasure I am going to introduce one of our new team members. Her name is Simona and she is doing a work placement with us:


Hi everybody,

My name is Simona and I’m doing an intership here at Camino Barcelona. I studied Social and Cultural Anthropology at University in the Czech Republic and I wanted to benefit from practical experience abroad. When I was thinking about where to go I remembered that I spent a half year in Granada and I loved it. So I decided to go to Spain again. I chose Barcelona because it is an international city where there are lots of work opportunities and you can find a mixture of cultures.

Today I would like to focus on the Catalan celebration of All Saints on 31st October. This “fiesta” is called Castañada and immediately you will find out why. It has a very nice background to it which I will tell you about now. (more…)

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School activities: Monday 4th October - Friday 8th October 2010

GentaGenta
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

Hi everyone,

Let’s enjoy another week’s activities together in Barcelona!

Monday 04th October 2010
Join us tonight to welcome all of our new students with 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 05th October 2010
Today you will get to know more about the Fiestas of Cataluña. We will learn about the most famous La Mercè as well as the Fiesta (more…)

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La Mercé 2010!!!

GentaGenta
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

Hi everybody,

Summer is officially over :( but autumn is starting with one of the biggest event in Barcelona: the day of ‘LA MERCÉ’ which barcelonian celebrate with pleasure every year. As many of you probably know the fiesta of La Mercé in on the 24th of September in honour to the Virgin Mercé, the Patron–Saint of the city. This festival officially begun in 1921 but the story tells that its origin came from the thirteen century.

But I don’t want to tell you old stories. I want to invite you to a spectacular party!!!

The festival of ‘La Mercé’ takes place in various public places and the best thing is that it is totally for FREE :D

This year ‘La Mercé’ begins on Thursday 23rd September and lasts (more…)

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School activities: Monday 20th September - Friday 24th September 2010

GentaGenta
Monday, September 20th, 2010

Hi everyone,

Let’s enjoy another week’s activities together in Barcelona with a special fiesta at the end of this week!

Monday 20th September 2010
Today we will welcome all of our new students with 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 21th September 2010
Today you will get to know more about the most popular fiesta of Barcelona “La Mercé”, where to go, what to do etc. An ideal workshop so that you can make the most of this full week of (more…)

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School activities: Monday 13th September - Friday 17th September 2010

GentaGenta
Monday, September 13th, 2010

Hello to all our students!

Here you will find next week’s cultural activities in Barcelona!

Monday 13th September 2010
Today we will welcome all of our new students with 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 14th September 2010
Workshop: We are going to discover museums that we can visit in Barcelona, through them we will enjoy more the city and we will learn more about (more…)

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School activities: Monday 6th September - Friday 10th September 2010

GentaGenta
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

Hello everybody!!

We have prepared new interesting activities for this week at Camino.

Monday 06th September 2010
Today we will welcome all of our new students with 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 07th September 2010
As gastronomy is considered an important part of Spanish culture, today we are going to discuss some of the popular dishes which are frequently prepared in Catalonia and the rest of Spain. It will be a good way to learn a variety of verbs and food vocabulary whilst finding out what delights are on offer to try during your visit! (more…)

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City walks: Route 1 (Gothic tour) and 2 (Modernist tour)

GentaGenta
Friday, July 23rd, 2010

The Routes

Route 1: Ruta Gótica (Gothic Tour)

The Gothic tour starts off in the cathedral at Plaça Nova. It takes you to the Town Hall and down roads like Carrer Montcada. You’ll get to see some of the amazing architecture of the Gothic quarter. Your tour guide, Anna, will tell you stories of the expulsion of the Jews and the conquest of Mallorca by King Jaume I, and much more. (more…)

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City walks - your own personal tour guide to Barcelona!

GentaGenta
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Hi folks!

Today I am going to introduce one of our new team members. Her name is Becky and she is from UK.

Hi! I’m Becky, I am the new Work Placement student here at Camino Barcelona. I’m currently studying Spanish and Italian at the University of Liverpool. As part of my degree, I have to complete a year abroad and split it between Spain and Italy, to learn more about the cultures and languages of the countries. I’m having such a good time exploring the city, I love it!!


So, let me introduce to you our newest activity here at Camino, City Walks. It is your own personal tour guide to the city. There are two different routes that you can take to discover the real Barcelona. Both tours are recorded on to one small MP3 player, so they are really convenient and easy to use.

They give you total freedom and independence to discover the famous sights in your own time. (more…)

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