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de fin de semana
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Ademas de intercambios organisamos actividades
de fines de semana (generalmente domingos por la tarde) para aprovechar
de la enorme oferta cultural que ofrece esta magnifica ciudad. Quedamos
para asistir a un festival, una fiesta mayor, ir de tapas, exhibiciones,
un mercado etc...
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| ¿COMO
ME APUNTO A UNA ACTIVIDAD? +
¿ Como me informo de la siguiente actividad? |
Para
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presentándote (nombre, nacionalidad, sector en el que trabajas,
algún otro dado de interés). Una vez apuntado a nuestro
mailing list, te enviaremos un mail semanal con todas nuestras noticias
y proximas actividades.
No
siempre tengo tiempo de actualizar la página web con la actividad...por
eso necesitas apuntarte a nuestro mailing para información sobre
nuestras actividades. |
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| PRECIO
de Actividades: Lo bueno es que el precio de nuestras actividades
los fines de semana cuestan entre Gratis y
2euros para los que asistieron a cualquier de nuestros 3
intercambios esa misma semana. Los demas pagan 4euros.
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NUESTRA
PROXIMA ACTIVIDAD...
se anunciará próximamente |
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| Keith
Haring Exhibition: Sabado 10 mayo 2008 |
| Keith
Haring , was the creator of some of the most popular, enduring images of
late 20th-century art. Had he not died from AIDS in 1990, this year would
be his 50th birthday. over 200 of his works were exposed at Caixa Terrassa's
"Obra Social". 22 of us braved the wettest weekend of the year
to visit the exhibition. There was a near even split of English and Spanish
speakers so the lunch which followed was a very bi-lingual affair. Great
day out despite the bad weather!. For more info visit Keith
Haring's official website |
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| I
snapped some shots of the exhibiton before getting into trouble with security...I
didn't even use flash!!!! |
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| Above,
classic Keith Haring. |
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| Cosmo
Caixa - Sunday
19th April |
| Cosmo
Caixa is a fantastic interactive Science musuem. I am not big on museums,
but this one is definitely worth a vuist and thanks to San Jordi celebrations,
entrance was free. There was much too much to see in one day as we missed
seeing the planetarium show, the "toca toca" and a zillion other
things! |
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| Interacting
with the Music and Science exhibit, the Sunken forest and some of the the
group. |
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| Sunday
Brunch - Doming
06 abril |
| Nuestro
primer Brunch (BR = Breakfast + UNC = Brunch) en febrero fue un tal exito
que todos querian repetir. De nuevo nos reunimos en el bar Milk a las 11:30am,
comimos nuestro brunch, fuimos para un cafe en Gilda, despues para cocteles
en Ample 32, "cheese cake" en Born Cooking y finalmented al parque
de la Ciutadella para disfrutar nuestro pastel. El dia se acabo sobre las
17h. Un buen dia, y excellente compania, gracias a todos!!!! |
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| En
las fotos: Pilar, Montserrat, Maria and Ele. Group photo. Massimo, Teresa,
Germaine |
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| Sunday
at the Movies - Sunday
30th March |
| Just
back from the Easter weekend, (needed something easy to organise) repeated
Sunday at the movies. A combination of poor movie line-up, Easter re-entry
blues and daylight saving confusion meant fewer people gathered than last
time. Ten people gathered and we saw a movie and then discussed the movie
and other topics for 2 hours at a cafe afterwards. |
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| EXCURSION
A MONTSERRAT: Sabado 08 de Marzo |
| Octavi,
unos de nuestros miembros aficionado a hacer excursiones llevó a
7 de nuestros miembros a una excursión a Montserrat y tuvieron un
gran día. |
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| FESTIVAL
DE JAZZ DE TERRASSA - Sabado 01 Marzo |
| El
festival de Jazz de Terrazza es el mas conocido de Catalunya. 19
de nosotros cojimos el tren de FCG para Terrassa, un viaje de 40
minutos. Alli encontramos a Adrian, uno de nuestros miembros que vive en
Terrassa y nos hizo de guia. We then had a huge lunch and continued our
walk, finally going to the famous Amics dels Arts cafe at about 6pm for
coffee. |
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| Festival
de Jazz en la plaza principal de Terrassa, almuerzo de lujo por solo 13euros
y en frente de magico Masia Freixa. |
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| CALCOTADA
- Domingo 24 febrero |
| The
blurb: Nuestro
maximo de 20 personas asistieron a nuestra Calcotada de 2008. “Calcot”
is a variety of spring onion which is cultivated in the Tarragona region
and every year, at the beginning of Spring (Feb, March) Catalans organise
a Calçotada, a huge meal of Calcots, grilled artichokes, escalivada,
pan amb tomaquet as starters, butifarra (porc sausage) and lamb as a main,
dessert, and copious amounts of wine (drunk from a porron). |
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| Un
babero es casi imprecindible para comer calçots. Despues de mojar
los calçots en su salsa Romesco, se comen de manera algo parecido
a un "traga fuegos"...despues, por supuesto, tuviomos que practicar
el arte de beber vino tinto de un porrón. |
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| Despues
de comer en cantidad, tomamos un paseo por la famosa "Carreterra de
les Aigues" con aire fresco, vistas de Barcelona y Tibadabo como recompensa. |
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| MOVIE
CRITICS' SUNDAY Domingo
17 febrero |
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| Dimos
dos opciones. Una, reunir a las 16:30 para una copa + pelicula + una copa,
o la opcion de reunir solo para la pelicula y una copa a las 17:30. Nos
reunimos en una cafeteria antes de la pelicula. Los primeros a entrar fueron
el grupo que fueron a ver Jumper y en el Valle de Ellah, los demas, 16 de
nosotros (en fotos) quisimos ver Juno. Despues de la pelicula los grupos
reformamos para una copa. En todo unas 26 personas asistieron. |
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| SUNDAY
BRUNCH - Domingo 03 febrero 2008 |
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| All
23 places were taken for our Sunday BRUNCH at Milk!
A great way to start the day. Eggs Florentine, pancakes, fry-ups, smoothies
and so much more!!! We then went on to "La Luna" for drinks and
then at around 4pm...as people got hungry again, about 10 of us went for
pizza!!!....and then coffee at Dos Trece...the day ended around 6pm. |
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| ENGLISH
GUIDED TOUR OF BARCELONA'S TOWN HALL
- Domingo
20 enero 2008 |
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Getting people up on a Sunday morning for a cultural tour
was always going to be challenging...still 12 made it. The tour traced
the history of the building which is clearly reflected in the names of
the major streets of Barcelona: Consell de Cent, Almogovers, Roger de
Lluria etc...probably not amongst our most exciting activities...but...well...we
all came out feeling very cultured...and in desperate need of caffeine!!!!
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| MERCADOS
NAVIDEÑOS DE SANTA LUCIA
Domingo
09 diciembre 2007 |
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| The
group slowly gathers in Plaza St. Jaume as 4 o'clock approaches...the group
waits outsite the Antiquari bar for it to open... |
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| Typical
Barcelonian Christmas ornaments: Caganers (pooping boys), Caga
Tios (pooping logs)....and Caganers of the rich and famous...no one escapes:
Mossos d'esquadra, riot police, Tin Tin, Gaudi, bishops, Castellers, Barça
footballers, George Bush, Rajoy and so many more...hmm...if you don't understand,
best get a Catalan person to explain it! |
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| Over
20 people attended our Christmas market visit |
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| Some
of our attendees in the Antiquari...ok...Joseph, Mary and co. did not attend...bet
they would have liked to though!!!! |
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| PASEO
POR GRACIA- Domingo 24 noviembre
2007 |
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The blurb: Gracia se annexó a Barcelona en 1897...el
legado de esta separación se palpeable en el ambiente "de pueblo"
de Gracia. Organizamos un pequeño paseo por las calles del barrio
de Gracia compartiendo nuestros conocimientos historicos y gastronómicos
con todos. |
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dia comenzó...pues...FRIO...esperamos unos 15 minutos mientras
que el grupo se iba haciendo, impartí una muy breve historia del
barrio de Gracia, y comenzamos a caminar. Visitamos la Plaça dels
Diamants, Plaça de la Virreina, Plaça de la Revolució
and Plaça John Lennon y compartimos su historia...tambien por el
camino signalamos lugares buenos sitios para comer, beber...comprar cositas
ecetera... |
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| Yes...it
was a wee bit COLD...a few photos of our walk: Plaça Virreina...everyone
freezing as we waited for everyone to gather before we started our walk
and plaça John Lennon. |
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| Everyone
was happy to arrive at "La Cigale" and the warmth and coziness
of the attic-like room...nice warm sofas, armchairs, drinks, food...and
many cocktails... |
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day:....... |
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EXHIBICIÓN
del "WORLD PRESS PHOTO"
Domingo 11 Noviembre 2007 |
The
blurb: World Press Photo aims to support professional press
photography on a wide international scale. This year 4,460 professional
photographers from 124 countries entered 78,083 images in this prestigious
competition for press photography.
The
day: Around 35 people attended. We gathered at the cafe's outdoor
courtyard, viewed the exhibition for about 45 mins - 1hour and re-group
at the CCCB's cafe for more tha 2 hours! A most enjoyable day, thank
you to everyone who came and made it so enjoyable.
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El
grupo se va reuniendo en el patio exterior de 3C, la cafeteria del museu. |
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| Algunas
de las fotos: Record breaking diving without
breathing equipment (F. Seguin, France), the tragedy of illegal immigrants
arriving on Canary Island beaches in makeshift crafts (A. Rodriguez, Spain),
Surfing the waves (S. Christo, Australia) & Breakdancing (D. Darzacq,
France). |
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| MERCADO
MEDIEVAL (St. Caterina - Born) - Sábado 27 octubre
2007 |
| The
blurb:Once a year, Santa Caterina market turns medieval! About
fourty "medieval stalls" are set up around the market selling
everything from armour, to swords, bow & arrows, clothes, medieval
remedies and of course...food!
The day: Unas 25 personas nos reunimos primero en la cafeteria
del Palau de la música. Caminamos unos 5-10 minutos al mercado
de Santa Caterina, volvimos a reunir después de unos 40 minutos
y fuimos a un bar de tapas en el Gótico.
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Regrouping
after the medieval market... |
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| Medieval
giant squid, medieval pedal-powered dragon merry-go-round & medieval
dancers! |
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| BORN
& BEST MOJITOS WALK - Domingo 14 octubre 2007 |
| The
blurb:This idea emerged from an innocent comment during an intercambio...I
said I knew where to get the best mojitos in Barcelona and...well...
The day: Nos reunimos en el bar vasco Sagardi esperando
que todos llegasen... después salimos por el Born, visitando la
iglesia de Santa Maria del Mar, el passeig del Born...y signalamos unos
lugares gastromicos fantasticos, tal como "Born Cooking" para
pasteles y galletas tipo estado unidiense. Acabamos el mi lugar preferido
para mojitos en Barcelona y es...me temo...se guardará como secreto
entro yo...y los que vienieron aquel dia...un exito rotundo...algunos
se quedarón unas cinco horas!!!!
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| Relaxing
with mojitos after a stroll through the Born neighbourhood. |
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FESTIVAL
DE LA MERCE, Circo en la Ciutadella-
Domingo 23 septiembre |
| The
Merce Festival celebrates Barcelona's patron saint and the Generalitat organises
various activities during the week-long celebrations. Taking advantage of
the good weather, the opportunity for a picnic and entertainment...we visited
the open-air circus. |
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| PICNIC
en el PARQUE de la CIUTADELLA- Agosto 2007 |
The
burb: To mark the last day of the English Oasis before the summer
break, we gathered for a picnic in the park...food, drink, friends...and
a game of bilingual pictionnary.
The day: A perfect day for a picnic. With home-made Welsh
pastries and other snacks and drinks + a challenging game of bilingual pictionary.
We started easy, and nice...dividing into two teams. Then we grew increasingly
competitive...increadibly people kept on guessing the ever more complex
sentences! They actually guessed sentences such as "Ronandinho cooking
a Spanish omelette in Bernabeu stadium as Rickhart watches"!!!! Incredible...and
great fun!!!! |
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| SAN
JORDI QUIZ + quiz de Semana Santa 2007 |
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| Pub
quizzes are great fun, and, as questions are read out alternatively in Engish
and Spanish, you need to consult with your team to ensure you have understood...and
then...deciding on the correct answer is something to debate...very social,
great fun and excellent language practice!!! |