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We are the champions!!! Incredible but true!!! Champions of Europe and World!!!

Andres Iniesta struck a dramatic winner GOAL to give Spain World Cup glory for the first time but condemned the Netherlands to their third defeat in a final. Justice was done when the Spanish hero struck four minutes from the end of extra time.

The Dutch intended to take Spain away from its graceful passing game. And they frequently did, sometimes with brutal intent.

Enhorabuena!!! Felicidades al mejor equipo del mundo!!!

Thanks to the Paul the ‘Psychic’ Octopus!!! We love you!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Hi everyone!

I hope you are fine and you are enjoying these sunny days in Barcelona! It seems that spring has begun!
When the sun arrives, Barcelona becomes the town of music festival! You might have already heard about “El Sonar”, but today I will tell you more about the first festival of the sunny season: “El Primavera Sound Festival”.

The 10th Edition of The Primavera Sound Festival runs from Thursday 27th May to Saturday 29th May 2010, Parc del Forum, Barcelona. The closest metro station of the Parc is “El Maresme Forum”, on the Yellow Line 4, but there are also a lot of buses and night buses!

The festival is the first of a long series, and it’s said that it celebrates the beginning of Sunny days (But we all know that it’s only an excuse for Spanish people to have fun…and they are right!)
This festival is a great compromise between well-know bands and emergent artists that want to get know.
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Hey everybody!

Back again and this time not with our school activities…

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

She has been working with us for about two months (time goes fast!) and she will stay with us until the end of June. As everyone who comes to Barcelona, Marine also fell in love with this city and she will keep you up to date with the latest event in Barcelona. We are having lots of festivals this summer…

Hi everyone! My name is Marine and I’m doing my internship at Camino Barcelona. As you might know, there are always things to do here in Barcelona! Today I will tell you more about a music festival I really want to discover: “El Sonar”. (more…)

Hi everyone!

How are you doing? Enjoying these rainy days of spring ? We are having a crazy weather this year… Yesterday I heard on the news that it had even snowed in some parts of Spain and we are in May!!!

At least, today is the last day of rain . Starting from tomorrow, spring will take over, no more rain and hot sunny days will come , prepare yourself to go to the beach .

Let’s start the week with some great school activities that we have prepared for you for the next two weeks:

Monday 3rd May: Tour through the Gothic quarter
Take a walk through the old city of Barcelona and discover in the labyrinthine street buildings that date from the Medieval times from as far back as the Roman settlement!

Tuesday 4th: Workshop on Catalonia’s History
Increase your knowledge about the history of the Catalonia region!

Wenesday 5th: Visit to La Pedrera
The “Casa Milà” , also known as “La Pedrera”, is a fantastic experience of the architecture of Gaudí in the neighbourhood “Eixample”. Join us! (more…)

Hi everyone!

I’m here to tell those of you how don’t know about the D.E.L.E. exam!

This exam is an internationally recognised qualification which will prove to everyone just how good your Spanish really is!

Although choosing to do an exam may not sound like a lot of fun this one is guaranteed to look good on your C.V. AND impress your mum!!
Here at Camino we offer different D.E.L.E preparation courses throughout the year and our next one is starting VERY SOON on the 20th of April! The courses last for 4 weeks before you take the actual exam and we have a 95% pass rate!!!

Our D.E.L.E. preparation course is MUCH more intensive than our normal intensive course and if you’re really looking to improve all aspects of your Spanish in a short space of time then this is the course for you.

And don’t worry because you can take this exam no matter whether you have just begun learning Spanish or are practically a native speaker as there are FOUR different levels that you can sign up for!

If you’re interested in this course and would like to know some more details then you’re in luck because next week we are having an open meeting about the D.E.L.E! So if you are in Barcelona on April 7th at 12.40 then come along to our school to find out everything you need to know!! You just need to send us a mail to info@caminobarcelona.com to inform us and we will keep you a place

Or if you want to talk to one of our friendly team directly about this course feel free to e-mail us at the above address! However don’t take too long to decide as places are filling up fast!!

I look forward to seeing you at the meeting!

Alex

Hi everyone, I hope you all had a great weekend and are enjoying your weeks so far! Let’s take a look at what activities we have planned this week…

Monday 8th February, at 6.30 p.m. - Welcome drink
We have lots of new students joining us this week so this is a good chance to get to know everyone and relax after class!

Tuesday 9th February, at 1pm - Workshop on Today’s News
Come and find out what’s happening on the news in Spain at the moment! You will also be able to practice your listening skills and learn some new vocabulary!

Wednesday 10th February, at 7pm - Visit to the MACBA museum
It’s the opening of the John Baldassari exhibition at the MACBA museum which we are going to go and see while enjoying a glass of cava!
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Hey everybody!

Once again and with great pleasure I am going to introduce one of our new team members Her name is Cassandra and she came directly from Trinity College in Connecticut to do a work placement among us.

She will stay with us for one month and will regularly keep you posted about “what’s going on” in Barcelona. Nice, isn’t it?

A few days before Halloween she thought that it might be interesting for you guys to read about this tradition in Spain.

And if you are in our school, do not forget to join our Activity Programme prepared by Pierre!

Cassandra, this is your turn!!!

With Halloween rapidly approaching, there is no better topic for my first Camino blog post!

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Good afternoon everybody!

I hope that you are all fine and enjoying fully these very sunny days to go to the beach… Lucky you!

My blog today will be a little bit different as I will not speak about the millions of things you can do in the city when it is so warm but will simply give you the comments (and impressions) of a student who knows our school probably as much as we do as she stayed 28 weeks!!! During all this time not only has she attended our Intensive Course, but she has also participated in our DELE Preparation Course and our Business Spanish Course. Waow…

Her name is Adrienne and to give you an idea of how much she has learned while being in Barcelona, Adrienne arrived with some little knowledge of Spanish and left Camino Barcelona with a very fluent Spanish speaking about Politics, Economics, Cinema etc. etc. etc.

Adrienne, it is your turn!

“Hi!

After nearly half a year at Camino Barcelona, I would like to say that it’s the perfect place to make progresses quickly and of course also “disfrutar” (enjoy Barcelona, meet friends and go out. (more…)