Camino Barcelona Blog

Hi everyone! I hope you all enjoyed the lovely sunny weather over the weekend - it’s nice to see that Spring is finally here! This week we have so much going on in school including something new and exciting for our welcome drink on Mondays!

Monday 12th April, 7:45 pm - Welcome Drink at the Tequitlán Bar!
This week we are branching out and will be hosting our welcome drink for new and old students alike in this tequila bar just near the school!

Tuesday 13th April,7:15 pm - Jam Session in the Jazz Sí Club
Tonight we are going to jam with various musicians in this bar in the Raval area. Get set to dance the night away!

Wednesday 14th April, 4:30pm - Walk round the gothic area
This afternoon we are going to discover one of the oldest and most beautiful parts of Barcelona!
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Hi everyone!
I hope you all had a good Easter and enjoyed the extra long weekend! But don’t worry the fun’s not over just yet as we have organised more exciting activities for you to do in school this week….

Tuesday 6th April, 3pm - Welcome Drink
There are lots of new students joining us this week so come and meet them and find out what all your friends were doing over Easter!

Wednesday 7th April, 2.30 pm- Visit to the Museum of Pre-Columbian Art
Come with us to see this museum which holds one of the greatest collections of art work including textiles and ceramics from this period!
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Hi everyone,

very soon it will be Easter time and Barcelona will change a lot during those four days of “fiesta”! So, what can you do at Easter in Barcelona?

Don’t miss the Easter processions - we really recommend you go and watch some easter parades! There are two you can see outside churches either in El Raval (Saint Augustí Church, Saint Augustí Square, El Raval) or in the Gothic Quarter (Iglesia de Sant Jaume, Calle Ferran, Barri Gotico) with hundreds of participants and lots of music!
As an alternative, you might go on a trip to Gaudí’s Park Güell or to the Ciutadella Park.

Cheers,

Corinna

Hi everyone!

My name is Alex and I’m doing an internship here at Camino! I’m 21 years old and I’m studying French and Spanish at Edinburgh University so working here is a great opportunity to practice and learn more Spanish and live in Barcelona!

As I’m sure you are all aware Barcelona is a fantastic city to be in, no matter how long you’re here for as there is always something to do and see! I love the beautiful architecture of the city and the sunshine which definitely makes a change from rainy England! As you know there is always lots going on in the city but in this blog I’m going to talk about one particular day in April when the city really comes alive!

This day is the festival of San Jordi on April 23rd, a day that combines World Book Day with Barcelona’s equivalent of Valentine’s Day. San Jordi is a patron saint and as legend has it, he slayed the dragon to save the princess in a town just south of Barcelona. From the dragon’s blood grew a rosebush and San Jordi picked the prettiest rose to give to the princess and so it is today that on the day of San Jordi all women, from little schoolgirls to elderly grandmothers are given a rose!

In 1923 this festival was joined with World Book Day because April 23rd also marks the anniversary of the deaths of Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare who both died in 1616. To celebrate this part of the day there is a bookstall the WHOLE length of La Rambla (that’s 1.2km!) and in return for their roses women are supposed to give men a book!

There is so much happening in Barcelona on this day from a 24 hour reading of Don Quijote to jazz bands in the gothic quarter, dances in Plaça Sant Jaume and amazing flower displays everywhere! As it gets dark you will find the floor of La Rambla strewn with rose petals and little red and yellow ribbons with the words ‘San Jordi’ and ‘Diada de la Rosa’. Make sure you join in all the fun when you have finished classes for the day!

Alexandra Runciman

Hello everyone! Well I think I spoke too soon last week when I said the weather was getting warmer as today it is actually snowing in Barcelona!!! But don’t worry if you don’t know what to do in the bad weather we hve lots of activities as always to keep you entertained!

Monday 8th March, 4p.m. - Walk through the Gothic Quarter/Eixample.
Walk through Eixample and get to know the area where the school is located better! We will finish in the beautiful gothic quater of Barcelona just next to La Rambla! As we have lots of new students this week this will also be a good opportunity to get to know everyone!

Tuesday 9th March, 1p.m - Workshop about Barcelona and Gaudí
In this workshop we will discover the different zones of this wonderful city and find out which ones are home to some of Antonio Gaudí´s innovative buildings. We will also look at his life story in order to get to know this Iconic Spanish designer and his innovative ideas a little better.

Wednesday 10th March, 2.30 p.m. - Visit of Gaudí’s Pedrera
Let’s go and see the beautiful Pedrera, the house which Gaudí built in 1906-1910 in the Modernista style of architecture to celebrate the marriage of Pere Milà i Camps y Roser Segimon i Artells.
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Hi everybody!

Here are the activities of next week…

Monday 28th of September, at 20.00; Welcome drink

We head off to bar “37 grados” for the traditional Welcome drink. The best way to mingle with old and new students!

Tuesday 29th of September, at 19.00:Workshop on Gaudi and it’s work

Wednesday 30th of September, we’re going take a walk to see 19.00: the different Gaudí’s houses

Thursday 01st of October, at 20.00: Jazz sí : Descarga cubana
Let’s take a drink earing a group of cuban music!
I wish you all a good week!

Pierre

Good afternoon!

I hope that you all have had a great week-end and that you are ready to start this new week full of energy…

This time my blog will be a little different as the ones I usually write as I am not going to write a blog about what’s on in the city, swing music or movie (my weaknesses…) but about one conversation I have had this week with one of our students: Charlie.

Charlie was actually commenting upon one of his activities outside school: Flying airplanes.

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Dear all,  

It is with great pleasure that I am introducing this new entry :

As most of you probably know, Genta started working in our school a few weeks ago. I will let her introducing herself and give you her impressions (and some few tips) about Barcelona:

Hi everyone!

I hope you all are fine and are enjoying these spring days in Barcelona!

I’m Genta, 23 years old and Albanian. I’ve started working here in Camino Barcelona two weeks ago. I’m enjoying this new experience very much. I Like a lot the atmosphere here in the school and I’m learning new things on my work every day.

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¡Hola! 

This week is nearly over and most of you probably already know what you will
be doing on Friday and Saturday, the two hectic days/nights of the end of the week:
Shopping, meeting friends in bars, restaurants, home or night-club, going to the cinema
etc. The possibilities are endless in Barcelona!

But what about Sunday??? Sunday is usually another story. The shops are closed,
there is nobody in the street, your friends only think about sleeping… Not very exciting, is it? That is probably the reason why I used to dislike Sundays myself.

But since I have been living in Barcelona, my Sundays just feel different… No longer
idle, no longer greyish! But why???? Why is Barcelona so different than Paris or
London on Sunday???

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¡Hola!

Today I will write to you for the last time in the ”Camino Barcelona’ blog. Unfortunately I have to fly back to Germany on friday. :-(

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