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Here's a Quick Way to Get a Tan
by Stephen on 4/9/2010 10:47:00 AM
Invest sometime in learning Spanish where the rain in Spain is mainly - nowhere to be found. According to WikiAnswers, on average Madrid has 349 sunny days a year!In Salamanca, for example, the Plaza Mayor has sprung… more »
Semana Santa in Spain
by Stacey on 4/6/2009 4:04:00 PM
Semana Santa or Holy Week in Spanish, is an Easter tradition of street processionals which are repeated year after year in Spain and some parts of Latin America during the month of April.It is a time when both the… more »
Salamanca's summer 2008 festival
by Stacey on 5/26/2008 2:23:00 PM
The 4th International Arts Festival of Castilla y León is coming to Salamanca May 30-June 14. This 15-day event will distinguish Salamanca as one of the top hotspots this summer for musical & arts… more »
Teacher Appreciation Week 2008
by Stacey on 5/8/2008 1:19:00 PM
This week is dedicated to honoring the people that help contribute in making a difference in the world by molding, guiding, enlightening and inspiring the minds of the future. And because teachers are special, it is… more »
The incredible Machu Picchu
by Celine on 3/5/2008 1:48:00 PM
Machu Picchu is a pre-Columbian city that was created by the Inca in the 15th century. It is located at 2,430 m on an Andes mountain ridge in the Urubamba Valley in Peru, about 70 km northwest of Cuzco.Forgotten for… more »
¡CARNAVAL! Carnival Cádiz and Carnival Tenerife
by Erin on 1/25/2008 8:25:00 PM
It's Carnival time in Tenerife and Cádiz!If you thought that festive Carnival celebrations were the exclusive property of Brazil or Venice, you'll be in for a wild surprise during a February visit to… more »
On Fiestas, Festivos and Puentes…
by Erin on 9/4/2007 8:00:00 AM
This article was prepared for the English language press in Spain by a don Quijote intern from the UK earlier this year. Some of the fiesta dates vary each year…. so we've included links to handy sites where… more »
Don't Just Imagine It - Cool Tourism Resources
by Erin on 1/10/2007 6:00:00 AM
I was just searching for a travel topic for our next monthly newsletter when I discovered that the official Spain tourism site has an impressive multimedia file about Spain.There are videos, photo galleries, panoramic… more »
Salamanca's Plaza Mayor, Christmas 2006
by Erin on 12/27/2006 7:52:00 PM
Happy Holidays from… more »
A Quick Guide to Spanish Christmas Posts on Spanish Teaching
by Erin on 12/10/2006 8:48:00 PM
With the holidays close at hand, our web stats show more and more of you arriving from Google searches for Spanish Christmas songs, Spanish Christmas traditions, Spanish vocabulary about Christmas, etc.To make finding… more »
Christmas in Spanish: Learn Spanish Words and Phrases for the Holidays
by Erin on 12/4/2006 4:50:00 PM
In our November monthly newsletter we presented a glossary of Spanish Christmas words and phrases for beginning students….or for anyone who just hasn't had a chance to talk about Christmas in Spanish!… more »
Christmas Activities!
by Erin on 10/18/2006 1:08:00 PM
Christmas Course activities are up on the schools' Activity Agenda.All of the cultural classes and special activities going on at each school are listed here for the week starting December 18 and here for the… more »
don Quijote announces special Christmas Offer: 3 weeks for 2
by Erin on 10/9/2006 3:28:00 PM
More great news on the Christmas Course!don Quijote has just announced that the annual special Christmas offer will be 3 weeks for the price of 2.Here's the promotion as it hits the streets today:Had enough of… more »
So what's all this fuss about Study Abroad?
by Erin on 7/29/2006
don Quijote prepared this editorial for a US-based Study Abroad site and we thought we'd share it here with all of you, too:Surely each of us has listened to the tale of a friend's semester or academic year… more »
Cheap Flights to Spain
by Bas on 5/4/2006 12:06:00 AM
VuelingVueling is a Spanish low-cost airline which offers flights to Amsterdam and Brussels from several airports in Spain. From these cities daily flights are offered to Barcelona, Madrid and Valencia. The prices… more »
Road Trip from Spain to Portugal
by Christophe on 1/13/2006 4:00:00 PM
When I walked out of Spanish class I didn't see the poster advertising an organized trip to Toledo. It was the Canadian girls standing around the don Quijote message board hollering "roaaad triiiip!" that… more »
Spain Welcomes 60 Million Tourists Every Year
by Paqui on 1/11/2006 11:18:00 AM
Spain has become one of the most popular international destinations for travellers, tourists and for students of Spanish. Every year, up to 60 million visitors arrive in the country attracted by its yeartly 315… more »