Posted by Chris Showers on April 27th, 2009.
A man sells roses on Sant Jordi in Barcelona.
Well, I’m finally back from my school trip to Barcelona and I’m still alive after spending four days with sixty students. Honestly, the students were for the most part well-behaved and we, the teachers, really didn’t have to discipline anyone very much at all — so, it was a good trip.
I wanted to write a little something in this post about an interesting holiday that I just happened to be in Barcelona to see. It’s the day of Saint George (“Sant Jordi” in Catalán) and it’s celebrated on April 23. You see, Barcelona is quite well-known for its Saint George celebration because there it is customary for men to give women a rose on this day. Thus, as you can see in the above picture, “Las Ramblas” in Barcelona gets FULL of people buying roses at outdoor stands that are setup just for the occasion. Continue reading this post…
Posted by Chris Showers on April 20th, 2009.
Hello all! I just wanted to write a quick post to let you know that tomorrow morning I am going on a school trip to Barcelona with my students and, thus, won’t be updating the blog for a few days. I will be returning around the beginning of next week so stay tuned for updates (and Barcelona pictures) at that time! Continue reading this post…
Posted by Chris Showers on April 15th, 2009.
It’s been a few days since I’ve posted. That’s because I teach English at a local high school here in Burgos and am one of the teachers in charge of an upcoming trip to Barcelona for the students in 4° ESO (tenth grade for all you people from the US out there). The trip is next week and I’ve been so busy getting things ready for it that I haven’t had a lot of time to write a post.
You know, when I signed up to help lead this trip it sounded like fun to me; however, as the departure date approaches, I’m suddenly beginning to realize the magnitude of what I’ve gotten myself into. Imagine this: four “fun-filled” days in Barcelona (a six-hour bus ride away) with about sixty adolescent Spaniards and only myself and one other teacher to bring “law and order” to the group. Continue reading this post…
Posted by Chris Showers on July 12th, 2008.
I was just surfing the web and came across a really great site for tourists planning on traveling to Spain. The site is http://www.spain.info and it contains a wealth of information about where to go and what to see in Spain. It also includes some great historic and cultural information about the various areas/regions of Spain. Continue reading this post…
Posted by Chris Showers on June 25th, 2008.
In a world where gas prices are rising more and more each day, finding an affordable airline ticket to Spain has become quite difficult. The key word here, however, is difficult – finding affordable airfare to Spain doesn’t have to be impossible. In this post, I hope to share some of the most basic “secrets” that I keep in mind when I’m looking for a cheap flight to Spain. Continue reading this post…
Posted by Chris Showers on June 21st, 2008.
Well, today I finally got my “official” letter which contained the information that I needed to apply for my visa to study abroad. More importantly, this letter contained my “official” placement for the scholarship: I found out that I am going to be going to the city of Burgos, Spain (see the map above). I was quite excited to get the letter and know once and for all where exactly in Spain I’m going. Continue reading this post…
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