The Gijon School of Tourism & Catering is delighted to announce its inaugural Thanksgiving dinner, brought about by the activities of the school’s Bilingual Project.  The traditional meal will take place on 25th November at 14:45, in the central restaurant.  The price will be €9. Please reply stating whether you plan to attend.                We look forward to hearing from you!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Yesterday, Thursday, students of Tourist Accommodations visited two very different tourist projects.

One of them, “La Quintana de la Foncalada” is in Argüeru, halfway between Gijón and Villaviciosa.
A short distance from the sea and a full slate of Asturias, the Quintana of Foncalada is a very special tourist project in the countryside.

Everything is designed to build relationships with nature. La Quintana de la Foncalada enjoys the authenticity of a very simple life in a very warm and relaxed environment.

What did you think about the visit?  Please tell us your experiences and opinions.

Welcome! You have the possibility to make comments
If you activate the text “commentary” under every writing or video. But it is more interesting to read your feelings in more extensive articles (and we learn better the English)

The singer  is  Chantal Kreviazuk and the video  production is the result of the opinions of many persons about their personal experience.

Have a nice day.

I have been trying for some time to make some comments on the videos you have uploaded here, but I am a bit clumsy and I have not been able to do so.

I will write it here then. First, thanks to Mark for the video on the pipe band. I have enjoyed it and I hope a lot more people will do so.

The video on the Camino de Santiago has been a reminder that that’s something I have to do one day. Why not next year? Shall we go in spring?

By the way, who sings the song?

 It is late and I have to go now.

What do you think about the Camino de Santiago?

Hi, this is Mark posting a blog for the first time.

 If you want, I could write in English, ich koennte auf deutsch schrieben, o poderia escribir en español.  Hell, if ye waant, a cud even write in the local Glesgae dialect, ken?

 Anyway, I´m having a really good time here so far.  Meeting lots of people, have been lucky enough to see a fair bit of Astutias.  I can get my favourite German beers from Carrefour, and my digs are cheap as.

I´ll post another blog soon about my initial thoughts and experiences in Spain, as well about the thanksgiving presentation I have to do.

Above I have attached a video from Edinburgh on December 31st.  A pipe band is walking up to the castle just before midnight.  It´s a massive festival, full of tradition.

Today is Sunday. It´s raining cats and dogs and is a good day to stay home. On the coast the wind blows strongly and the sea is angry.

Yesterday afternoon, I posted on the bilingual blog and inserted a song by Simon and Garfunkel. Tomorrow morning, at eleven o’clock, we will meet with Mark to talk in, and improve our, English.

Someone told me a while ago that learning make us free, when we learn and try to speak other languages we become yet more free.

Good week to all.

“The songs of silence”: one of the most beautiful song ever written.

Are you agree?

Every Tuesday at 11.05  the bilingual group in our Hostelería y Turismo School (Catering and Tourism School), has an hour-meeting to share the work done during the previous  week, and comment and exchange ideas and proposals that might be interesting to implement in the programme.

A few weeks ago we agreed to publish this Blog as a means of communication and interaction amongst students and teachers. We will be adding contents, improving  its different sections and encouraging students’ participation.

We will welcome suggestions and ideas from our students.

 The members of the bilingual team this year are:

Begoña Quintana González (English Department)

Natividad Jiménez Muela (Tourism Department)

Consuelo Fernández Cuartas (English Department)

Tomás Flores Rubio (Tourism Department)

José Antonio Suárez González (Tourism Department)

 Feel free to make comments.