Have you ever wondered how Christmas and New Year’s are celebrated in Spain or Mexico? Here’s your chance to find out when you celebrate the holidays with as much warmth as you do back home - and you learn Spanish!

Your classmates will be students sof other nationalities who want to learn Spanish and are also looking to experience Christmas and New Years in a different culture. Together, you can look forward in enjoying the Three Wise Men parades on the streets of every Spanish city or taking part in the house-to-house pilgrimage of Las Posadas in Mexico.

Enhance your Spanish language experience when you participate in our daily Spanish cultural activities or when you sign up for our optional guided excursions to nearby places of interest. Make friends of other cultures and learn Spanish as you live and practice the language with the locals during this special time of year.

2008 Christmas course program:

• A Spanish cultural activity every day
• A guided excursion during the weekend (December 27th):
• Madrid – Excursion to the remarkable medieval city of Toledo
• Valencia – Excursion to the Museo de Belenes (Nativity Scenes) in Valencia
• Salamanca – Excursion to the city of Ciudad Rodrigo (half-day trip)
• Tenerife – Excursion to the Teide volcano
• Granada – Excursion to the white mountain villages of Las Alpujarras
• Barcelona – Excursion to the mountain and monastery of Montserrat
• Guanajuato, Mexico – Excursion to the picturesque colonial city of San Miguel de Allende

* Excursions are optional, are not included in the course price, and will depend on interest of the students (minimum number of attendees.)
** These excursions are subject to possible changes due to unforeseen circumstances

• Duration: 1 or 2 week of Spanish classes.
• Start date: December 22th (2-week course). December 29th (1-week course)
• Level: All levels, beginner through advanced.
• Age Range: +18.
• The School: Barcelona, Granada, Madrid, Salamanca, Tenerife, Valencia, Guanajuato.