On Wednesday, 28^th April, 2010, the students of Tourist Information and Catering visited Burgos.

Burgos is situated in the north of Spain, between the Cantabrian Mountain Range and the Iberian Mountain Range. The Cathedral of Burgos is the third largest cathedral in Spain, with a gotic style. Other important touristic features are: “El Camino de Santiago” (Way of St. James), a pilgrimage about faith, and travel to one’s self; “Monasterio de Silos”, with its monks and their Gregorian singing; and “La Sierra de Atapuerca”, where a few decades ago scientists discovered remains of different homo species, that is to say, they made discoveries on Human Evolution.

Gastronomy is also very popular in this region. “El Queso Fresco de Burgos”, a type of fresh white cheese; and “La Morcilla de Burgos”, made of meat and blood, are very well known. And because we are students of a catering school, we have arranged a visit to Mahou – San Miguel, the biggest beer producer in Spain, and we learnt the ins and outs of this market.

We would like to thank the staff of Mahou – San Miguel for the excellent welcome.

A representative of this company accompanied the students to a two-hour guided tour, which ended with a beer tasting menu, followed by free snacks and sandwiches.

After this great experience, the students of Tourist Information organized an on-foot tour around downtown Burgos, visiting the cathedral and the river walk. Each student gave a commentary to the other students, both in English and Spanish. María, Laura and Jenny, our friends from Finland, are doing their practices in Hotel and Hospitality Management here in Gijón, and they joined this excursion.

The students of Catering also visited a cheese factory.

What a wonderful day!.

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