School Blog

Monday, 30.04.2012
14.00-15.00 h
Welcome session with information about Granada & Andalusia



Wednesday, 02.05.2012
15.30-17.00 h
Film session at the school
"La niña de tus ojos" (Fernando Trueba / España 1998)

Thursday, 03.05.2012
14.00 h
"Día de la Cruz"
Students and teachers visit the May crosses.

Friday, 04.05.2012
15.55-20.00 h
Horseback riding at Sierra Nevada National Park
Fee: 30 €

21.00-22.30 h
Flamenco at the Taller Vimaambi (Albaicín)
Fee: 15 €

Saturday, 05.05.2012
09.00 h
Guided trip to the Alpujarra Mountains
Fee: 44 €

Friday/Saturday/Sunday, 04-06.05.2012
3 day trip to Northern Morocco
Fee: 200 €

Nicanor Parra, de 97 años, no pudo acudir al acto de entrega del galardón, el más prestigioso de las letras hispanas, en la Universidad de Alcalá de Henares.

Cristóbal Ugarte, nieto del autor, recibió el premio y fue el encargado de leer el discurso de aceptación escrito por Parra. A su lado tenía una vieja máquina de escribir con la que Parra escribió numerosos poemas.

Nicanor Parra es considerado el creador de la denominada antipoesía. Además, es el único superviviente del trío más famoso de poetas chilenos, con Pablo Neruda y Vicente Huidobro. Es hermano de la famosa cantante Violeta Parra, ya fallecida.

Tuesday, 24.04.2012
20.00-21.30 h
Visit to the Arabic bath Hammam de Al-Andalus
Fee: 25 €

Wednesday, 25.04.2012
16.00-17.30 h
Film session at the school
"14 kilómetros" (Gerardo Olivares / España 2007)

Thursday, 26.04.2012
16.00 h
Visit to an olive oil mill in Nigüelas
Fee: 38 €

Friday, 27.04.2012
15.55-20.00 h
Horseback riding at Sierra Nevada National Park
Fee: 30 €

21.00-22.30 h
Flamenco at the Taller Vimaambi (Albaicín)
Fee: 15 €

Saturday, 28.04.2012
09.00 h
Guided trip to the Alpujarra Mountains
Fee: 44 €

Ya se van acercando las fechas de los conciertos de Abril para Vivir (18 al 22.04). Os recordamos que ya tenéis disponibles las entradas del concierto inaugural del día 18 en el Teatro Isabel la Católica (Mangrana, canciones de Carlos Cano y Labordeta) y del concierto de Clausura en el teatro Caja Granada en el que Andrés Suárez presentará su nuevo disco "Cuando vuelva la Marea".

Monday, 16.04.2012
14.00-15.00 h
Welcome session with information about Granada & Andalusia

19.30 h
Guided tour to Granada city centre & tapas
Fee: 17 €

Tuesday, 17.04.2012
20.00-21.30 h
Visit to the Arabic bath Hammam de Al-Andalus
Fee: 25 €

Thursday, 19.04.2012
15.30-17.00 h
Film session at the school
"Un cuento chino" (Sebastián Borensztein / Argentina 2011)

Friday, 20.04.2012
15.55-20.00 h
Horseback riding at Sierra Nevada National Park
Fee: 30 €

21.00-22.30 h
Flamenco at the Taller Vimaambi (Albaicín)
Fee: 15 €

Sunday, 22.04.2012
08.00 h
Guided trip to the Costa Tropical
Fee: 46 €



Friday, Saturday, Sunday 20/21/22.04.2012
3 days trip to Northern Morrocco
Fee: 200 €
More information on: www.studytravel-spain.com

To promote our Spanish courses in Hungary we haven given a scholarship during the "Encuentro Nacional de Institutos Bilingües de Hungría" which took place from 23 to 24 of March in Pécs. The grant consists in a 2 weeks Spanish course at our school.

We also haven given grants for several 1 week Spanish courses with accommodation to the Universidad Eötvös Lóránd of Budapest. The Spanish Department has more than 200 students of Spanish.

Monday, 09.04.2012
14.00-15.00 h
Welcome session with information about Granada & Andalusia

19.30 h
Guided tour to Granada city centre & tapas
Fee: 17 €

Tuesday, 10.04.2012
20.00-21.30 h
Visit to the Arabic bath Hammam de Al-Andalus
Fee: 25 €

Wednesday, 11.04.2012
16.00 h
Visit to an olive oil mill in Nigüelas
Fee: 38 €

Thursday, 12.04.2012
15.30-17.00 h
Film session at the school
"Los abrazos rotos" (Pedro Almodóvar / España 2006)

Friday, 13.04.2012
15.55-20.00 h
Horseback riding at Sierra Nevada National Park
Fee: 30 €

21.00-22.30 h
Flamenco at the Taller Vimaambi (Albaicín)
Fee: 15 €

Weekend trips: Cordoba and Seville in springtime!
Saturday, 14.04.2012
08.00 h
Guided trip to Cordoba
Fee: 55 €

Sunday, 15.04.2012
08.00 h
Guided trip to Seville
Fee: 60 €

They were especially interested in a Spanish conversation class and our Flamenco and cooking workshops:

http://www.antena3.com/especiales/noticias/sociedad/a-fondo/

Monday, 02.04.2012
14.00-15.00 h
Welcome session with information about Granada & Andalusia

Tuesday, 03.04.2012
20.00-21.30 h
Visit to the Arabic bath Hammam de Al-Andalus
Fee: 25 €

Wednesday, 04.04.2012
¡La Semana Santa en Granada!
17.00 h
We join the famous Gypsy Procession



Friday, 06.04.2012
15.55-20.00 h
Horseback riding at Sierra Nevada National Park
Fee: 30 €

21.00-22.30 h
Flamenco at the Taller Vimaambi (Albaicín)
Fee: 15 €

During the processions, the floats ("pasos") with the figures are carried on the shoulders of the "costaleros", and are followed by processions of "nazarenos" in long, hooded gowns, the penitents (carrying figures of the cross on their shoulders), and women and girls dressed in black traditional Spanish costumes carrying candles and crosses.
The weight of the paso depends on the size and it can take as many as 40 men to carry. If you come to Granada in the weeks leading up to Semana Santa you might possibly run into one of the practice sessions and might wonder what a group of men are doing trying to carry a wooden structure on their heads with bags of sand.
It is hard to choose between the different processions, but perhaps the important ones are the "Silent Procession" on Thursday (when the street lights along the route are turned off and the procession takes place in absolute silence) and the "Gypsy Procession" on Wednesday which goes through the Albaicín/Sacromonte quarter. During the Gypsy Procession, bonfires are lit along the route and stops are made every so often for "saetas" (traditional songs to the Virgin) to be sung.