Activities 09/06-14/06

This week full of shows, fun and many other unusual things to do. Besides of the 12th of June, 

it´s a great holiday of San Juan, the  patron of the city, there will be street shows, cinema, tapas route and excursion to Oporto. Wish you a good week!

Monday  09, 17.45 – STREET SHOW.

Traut 'The McKensy's Clan Band' 

A group of eccentric Scottish passing through the streets with bagpipes timbales and drums. Their passage presume is  a spectacle which has an humor, surprise and magic of music. Thus, their march through the city becomes a work of street theater and comedy improvisation.

Tuesday 10, 19. 50 – STREET SHOW.

Brincadeira 'Street Dance'. 

The Catalans company walk through the main streets with their dynamic percussion show, in which the choreography and rhythms evolve constantly into a real party where the audience participates in bulk, dancing, cheering and applauding the percussionists. 

Meeting point: Tia Tula - Approximate Length: 30 min.

Wednesday  11, 20.00 – TAPAS ROUTE.

With the theme of gastronomic event, we will go to one of the participating café to sample and vote on their culinary proposals: "el pincho fácil" we should have any ingredient in yellow, the color that defines this year's Festival poster image. 

Price: Your Eating (+ - 6 €) 

Meeting point: Tia Tula - Approximate duration: 1:30

Thursday  12, HOLIDAY.

There will be fireworks the night of 11 June at 22h45 by the Roman bridge. I recommend them.

It is the feast of San Juan of Sahagún, patron of the city. There are no classes in the morning.

Friday  13, 12.00-16.30 –CINEMA.

Pan's Labyrinth by  Guillermo del Toro (2006) 

In 1944 fascist Spain, a 13 years old girl, fascinated with fairy-tales, is sent along with her pregnant mother to live with her new stepfather, a ruthless captain of the Spanish army. During the night, she meets a fairy who tell her she's a princess, but must prove her royalty. If she fails, she will never see her real father, the king, again. 

Location: Tia Tula - Film Duration: 112 min.

Saturday 14 -EXCURSION

Oporto (with Viamar company) 

You need join before the 11th June on Wensday. 

For more information ask at secretariat.

Remember to sign up for the activity at the reception beforehand (the minimum number of people needed for each activity is 3). If the cost is not stated then the activity is free. We recommend that our students participate in the activities so they can get to know other students in the school, so they can broaden their knowledge of Spanish culture and to practice and improve their Spanish in a fun way.

¡Viva Sevilla!

Last weekend we went with a group of 30 students from different language schools in Salamanca to Sevilla with the company Viamar. Sevilla is located in the south of Spain and is the capital city of Andalusia. The city is worldwide known for its culture, traditions, monuments and squares, moreover it´s the city where the Flamengo is born.

We got a tour in Salamanca accompanied by a very enthusiastic guide, who told us a lot of information and history about the city in Spanish. I will share some of the knowledge of the most important buildings we saw during this trip.

Cathedral 

Cathedral of Sevilla
The cathedral of Sevilla, a roman catholic cathedral, is one of the biggest cathedrals in the world. Some parts of the cathedral are still in Arabic style because the cathedral was built over the ruins of a mosque, for example the tower: La Giralda is the former minaret of the mosque. "Hagamos una Iglesia tan hermosa y tan grandiosa que los que la vieren labrada nos tengan por locos" ("Let us build a church so beautiful and so big that those who see it finished will think we are mad").

Orange tree

Santa Cruz
The neighborhood of Santa cruz is picturesque and you should definitely visit this central place in Salamanca, with their orange trees, flowers, white houses and all of this is situated in narrow streets.  

Plaza de España
This plaza is one of my favorite places I´ve visited, it looks like a scenery of a fairytale, it doesn´t surprise me that this place is one of the city´s top attractions. The square is decorated with fountains, bridges and ceramic tiles and was built for the Ibero-American exhibition of 1929. All along the square there are benches representing each of the Spanish provinces.

Plaza españa

Torre del oro
The Torre del Oro is situated next to the Guadalquivir river, opposite to the Maestranza, the famous bullfighting ring of Sevilla. The tower is built by the Arabs in the 13^th century. Probably the name of this tower stems from the gold that was unloaded here during the time that Sevilla had the monopoly over the trade with the New World.

Setas de Sevilla and Flamenco show
We also went in the evening to a Spanish flamengo show and sunday we had a magnificent view over the city from the so called ´mushrooms´ of Sevilla. (see pictures below)

We were just visiting this beautiful city for two days, but if you ever get the same opportunity I recommend you to go!

* all pictures are made by students of Tia Tula.

Liane - intern/student of Tia Tula