Camino Barcelona Blog

Hey guys! Here’s something for all the romatic ones out there! Love is in the air!

First of all, I wanted to introduce this subject because… I’m called ‘Jordi’ myself! So April 23rd is my name day. And here we have Alex to tell you a bit about this nice festivitie that everybody in Barcelona celebrates each year:

Hi! I’m Alex and the ”new one” working at the reception As it’s just my second week I can’t give so many hot tips where to go out, eat, etc. but as you may have already noticed, I’m presenting you the daily activities, and tomorrow we have a special one, because it is St. Jordi’s Day! (more…)

Hi everyone!

Here I am again. I was thinking about an original subject to write about. Well I was thinking about a tipical subject for students: Budget tips!!
You want to do and see a lot here in Barcelona, but you do not want to spend all the money you got, right? So I will give you some tips and places you can go.

Well, like you all probably know, the Spanish Cooking is famous for its Paella. There are different types of paella. If you do not like sea food, you can order a ‘paella’ with meat or vegetables. Or if you like both you can order a ‘mixed paella’. I know a very good restaurant which is very cheap and that I would like to recommend you, where you can eat the best paella! 

The name of the restaurant is: La Fonda. It is situated in a side street of Plaza real: ‘Pasaje Escudellers’ But: if you want to go, you should be there at 20.15 pm, as there is normally a queu to get in, but when the restaurant opens at 20.30 you are garanteed to come in. Just for your information… Of course you can eat other things apart from paella. Just see it for yourselves. You can eat a ‘menu’ (starter, main course and dessert) with drinks for about 17 euros!

Budget tip number 2: Xampaneria
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Hey folks!

¿Qué tal?
Time flies when you are having fun. Of course this week we will help you to have fun! Come on and enjoy our great activities!

Monday
Welcome drink for students @ 15.00
The spring is here and our garden is full of flowers to add an special interest to our regular Welcome drink, where you can meet old and new students and start planning all the places and things you want to do! So come on and join it! You will enjoy the great typical Spanish tapas we prepare for you, together with great and cold Sangría!

Tuesday
Workshop: Pronunciation @ 14.45
After this week’s succesful pronunciation workshop, we come with it again, so that all of (more…)

Hi everybody!

How are u doin´??
I feel really fine! I enjoy the weather here in Barcelona! It seems to be improving! I hope it stays like this. So people! Put on your T-shirts because the summer begins!
Of course we have soms fascinating activities! Enjoy them!

Monday
Welcome drink @ 15:00
A big welcome to all our new students! If the weather continues like this, you can enjoy a nice glass of Sangría in our beautiful garden, while sitting in the sun! There will also be tipical Spanish tapas. This is a perfect opportunity to get to know other students here at school!

Tuesday
Workshop: Wine tasting
Wine lovers, this is your opportunity to learn how to get the most of your cup of wine! Javier González, a wine ‘connoisseur’ and sommelier, will introduce you to the culture of Spanish wine. In this workshop you will learn how to taste different types of Spanish wines. Very interesting and tasteful!

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Hi everybody!

Have you already planned what you will be doing the next few weekends? Me I am preparing myself for the Festival Season: Barcelona this year is so full of music festivals you can’t imagine!

Let me tell you a bit of what is coming in the next couple of months so that you can start buying your tickets:

First we have Primavera Sound. This is a very good festival for people who like International alternative pop and rock music. (more…)

Hello to everybody!

Here I am, introducing myself to all of you!

I am Gemma, and I have just started working in Camino Barcelona School!

This is my first blog and I am pretty excited and nervous

I have been here for almost two months but unfortunately I didn’t have enough time to enjoy this magic city as I would have liked! (more…)

Dear all,

I hope you have had a fabulous Easter weekend! Me, I went to a city near Barcelona just to relax a bit.

It has been too long since I wrote in our blog for the last time, I was missing it! I was thinking about a good thing to write and suddenly I remembered one of the most repeated questions we get in the school reception desk: Where can we go for lunch/dinner today?

Taking into account that we are in the very city centre of Barcelona and that the available options are endless, I try to recommend students nice restaurants and bars to eat or drink which are on the way to their accommodation. And as most of our students stay now in our Superior apartments I normally tell them a good place on the way from the school to there. Superior accommodation is just 10 minutes walk from here, but there are plenty of options on the way! (more…)

Hi Everybody!

How are you?

I am sure you all have made your plans for the long weekend of 21st March until 24th! For the people who need a little bit of inspiration, I think I  can give you some greath tips! So I make sure that nobody will be bored in this weekend.

I will go back to Holland for a few days, to visit my family! I am realy looking forward to it! For the people who stay in Barcelona, will be a lot of options. You can go out on Thursday, because you do not have to stand up early for school! There are a lot of good clubs in Barcelona were you can go on Thursday night. (more…)

Hello everybody!

How are you? I went to Germany for a short holiday trip 1 week ago. Unfortunately, it rained a lot, it was very cold (-3ºC) and we had snow… As I arrived in Barcelona last Wednesday, I saw that there has been really sunny weather… I thought about what you could discover on those sunny day in Catalonia. So, pay attention and keep reading…

If you have time left for a day or weekend trip from Barcelona, I can propose various ideas… in the mountains, on the beach and cultural trips…

First of all, let me start with Montserrat. The mountain and monastery of Montserrat are one of the most important places in Catalonia. It is not only know for its beautiful landscape, but also for its historical and religious meaning. In one day you can visit the monastery, use the Funicular railways, walk around to discover the nature park or just taste the regional gastronomy. It is located 40 km from Barcelona and it’s a very important place for all the Catalans. Beside from being a natural reservation, Montserrat is also visited by thousands tourists every year from all over the world. (more…)

Hello everybody!!

How are you all doing??

Today is a very nice day here in Barcelona! I’m also very happy because I am going to Italy for some days to visit my family and friends there!!! But even if I will be on holidays, I would first like to give you some tips for these days…

Today I’m going to talk to you about three novels, which action is set here in Barcelona, had a huge success internationally and I highly recommend to everybody!

As you probably know, I really love books and I hope one day I could have my own publishing house!

These 3 books I am going to talk to you about are not part of my academic studies, as I read them during my free time, but I definetly loved them! The books are:

“La Sombra del Viento” (”The shadow of the wind”) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón; “Nada” (”Nothing”) by Carmen Laforet and “La Catedral del Mar” ( “The Cathedral of the sea”) by Ildefons Falcones.

All these 3 writers are from Barcelona and they give very accurate descriptions of the city in 3 different historical periods. (more…)