PLANNING

PLANNING YOUR WEEK IN SANT ESTEVE!

    When you come here, you’re going to visit many places, and in this website, we’re going to explain a little bit of information about them:

SUNDAY 22/3

 The first day, when you arrive at the airport, you're going to come to Sant Esteve Sesrovires. In fact, you are going to arrive to the high school around 8 and we will welcome you there. After an introduction of the exchange partners, you are going to go to your host family.

MONDAY 23/3

    On Monday, you're going to do a school tour and the teachers are going to explain you the timetable for the Exchange week and then you are going to visit the village on foot and you will finish in the Town Hall where you are going to be received by the Major: Enric Carbonell. In the afternoon, you’re going to visit Sitges, one of the most beautiful seaside villages in Catalonia. It is full of souvenir and ice-cream shops, and the beaches are amazing. Besides, an important cinema festival is celebrated there, and it is also the gay official town. Sitges is also known for its Carnival, because it's one of the funniest and original ones in Spain.

TUESDAY 24/3

       On Tuesday, you’re going to visit our capital, Barcelona. This city is famous for the modernist places, such as the Sagrada Família, and it is a really common destination for many tourists in summer.

    To begin with, you’re going to go to the Gothic neighbourhood, the oldest place in the city, and also its historical centre. It is full of souvenir shops either, and the streets are very narrow. However, one of the squares is huge, and there’s where you can find the Cathedral. It is a Gothic cathedral, it was built between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries and it is dedicated to Santa Eulàlia, Barcelona’s patron saint. You can take beautiful pictures here.

       
    Later, you’re going to walk along Les Rambles, one of the main streets of the city. It is divided in two parts: in the first one, you can find pet shops and florist’s, and in the last part, and the most interesting one, is where you can see real human statues and the caricaturists. In this street there’s an important market as well. It is called the Boqueria Market, it is the oldest and the biggest market in Catalonia, and it and it is very special, because you can buy there expensive exotic fruits or any food you’re looking for.

    After having lunch, you’re going to go to Barcelona’s port, one of the most famous ports in the Mediterranean sea nowadays. In the middle of it, you’ll see a huge bridge that’s going to lead you to the Maremagnum, a big shopping centre.

                     

WEDNESDAY 25/3

   On Wednesday, in the morning you’re going to visit Cosmocaixa, a well-known science museum in our country. You can learn a lot and having fun at the same time in there!

The next place you’re going to visit is the Sagrada Família, probably the most famous building in the entire city. It isn’t finished yet, but it is outstanding anyway. It was built by Antoni Gaudí, a modernist architect of the nineteenth century, who’s acclaimed for his monuments inspired in nature and geometry. Sadly, he died run over by a train when he hadn’t finished the cathedral. For that reason, some of the parts of the building have been designed by other architects. Nowadays, it has 8 towers, but in the future, there will be 18 of them.

Finally, you’re going to see the outside of the Camp Nou stadium, where Futbol Club Barcelona’s players train and play. It has a capacity of almost 100.000 spectators. Moreover, it’s one of the most important stadiums in Spain and the club has a lot of fans around the world.

THURSDAY 26/3   

    On Thursday, you’re going to do a trip to Montserrat, a mountain nearby. It is distinguished because of its curious shape, the monastery and its choirboys, and the Montserrat’s black Holy Mother, called La Moreneta. Many years ago, the mountain was underwater, and that’s why its rocks are indeed little pebbles together. There is a well-known choir of boys in the cathedral and you are going to listen to them around 1 o’clock. They sing very well, their music style is religious. At lunch time, we are going to arrive in Sant Esteve.

FRIDAY 27/3

    On Friday morning, we are going to do different workshops in our school, and then you’re going to have lunch in your host house. In the evening, you’re going to have a FAREWELL DINNER in our Secondary School.

SATURDAY 28/3

You are going to leave very early (around 7 a.m.) so as to go to the airport and to come back to Germany!

We love Barcelona, not just because it is our city. We like its streets, its buildings and its shops. And we hope that when you come here, you feel the same way too.

WE HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT TIME WITH US AND ENJOY ALL THE ACTIVITIES WE HAVE PREPARED FOR YOU!