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Blog 2016


We started our summer courses in 2016! The Blog 2016 aims to give you an overview of what we did that first summer. Gemma Duffy was the CSS group leader that year and wrote a daily blog. Gemma is a Spanish secondary school teacher in Bush Post Primary School in Carlingford, Co. Louth.

5 people were on the initial 2016 course. Gemma was the group leader. 4 students joined Gemma – her brother Mícheál, Evie from Kildare, and Ailbhe and Emily from Dublin.

Enjoy our Blog 2016!

Carla interviews Mícheál and Evie

26th June 2016

Carla interviews Mícheál and EvieRead More

Day 22 – #HomeTime

26th June 2016

The last day of the programme. We go our separate ways today. Evie is flying home to Dublin and so…

Day 22 – #HomeTimeRead More

Day 21 – #TopNotch!

25th June 2016

Oh my god! Terra Mitica = Class Craic = Muy Guay! What a fun way to spend our last full…

Day 21 – #TopNotch!Read More

Day 20 – #GraduationDay

24th June 2016

Today was our last day of classes and we were so sad to say goodbye to our teachers and our…

Day 20 – #GraduationDayRead More

Day 19 – #TheSurfers

23rd June 2016

It’s Thursday and after classes we went to Pobla de Farnales where we met with Santi for another Surf lesson!…

Day 19 – #TheSurfersRead More

Day 18 – #SpanishWordGames

22nd June 2016

We do our weekly exam on Wednesdays. Today is our last one. The result will be displayed on our finishing…

Day 18 – #SpanishWordGamesRead More

Day 17 – #Sailing

21st June 2016

After classes we went with Gema to a Natural Park called Albufera. Albufera boasts the largest lake in Spain and…

Day 17 – #SailingRead More

Day 16 – #TheGiant

20th June 2016

Today we had classes as usual in the morning and in the afternoon we got to meet a new CSS…

Day 16 – #TheGiantRead More

Day 15 – #FirstFarewell

19th June 2016

It’s Sunday and so we can relax. It was also Ailbhe and Emily’s last day and Liam, the CSS rep,…

Day 15 – #FirstFarewellRead More

Day 14 – #Splash!

18th June 2016

Every Saturday we have a full-day’s activity. We had been looking forward to this one for the past week: a…

Day 14 – #Splash!Read More

Waterpark in Cullera

17th June 2016

Waterpark in CulleraRead More

Day 13 – #UrbanArtTour

17th June 2016

On Fridays we finish class at 13:00. We normally have the afternoons to ourselves but this afternoon, after classes, we…

Day 13 – #UrbanArtTourRead More

Day 12 – #PaddlePaddleStandUp!!

14th June 2016

Today was our second day of surfing. We had such fun last week that we really wanted to try it…

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Day 11 – #Shopping

14th June 2016

We finished class at 15:30 in CSS Valencia and then it was off shopping! We have fitted in a bit…

Day 11 – #ShoppingRead More

Day 10 – #LittleVenice

13th June 2016

After classes in AIP we went to a nearby village called Alboraya. This is Carla’s hometown and she showed us…

Day 10 – #LittleVeniceRead More

Day 9 – #HampsterLife

13th June 2016

After our class in CSS Valencia we went to the City of Arts & Science at 16:00 where we watched…

Day 9 – #HampsterLifeRead More

Waterballs at the City of Arts and Science

12th June 2016

Waterballs at the City of Arts and ScienceRead More

Day 8 – #Birthdays

12th June 2016

Sundays are our days of rest. We are busy with Spanish language classes and activities from Monday to Friday, and…

Day 8 – #BirthdaysRead More

Day 7 – #TheFutureUnderWater

11th June 2016

Saturday is set aside for a whole-day activity. So today we all met with Carla at 9:30am at the metro…

Day 7 – #TheFutureUnderWaterRead More

Day 6 – #AfternoonOff

10th June 2016

Every Friday, after classes finish in AIP Academy at 13:00, we have a free afternoon. Evie, Ailbhe and Emily decided…

Day 6 – #AfternoonOffRead More

Blog 2016 - group photo

Day 5 – #CatchingWaves

9th June 2016

After classes, Carla brought us to a nearby village called Pobla de Farnals where she introduced us to her brother,…

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Day 4 – #Escape

8th June 2016

After classes in the morning, we had lunch at a park and then had another class with Marta in the…

Day 4 – #EscapeRead More

Day 3 – #ToTheTop

7th June 2016

After classes in the morning, we went to the Nuevo Centro shopping centre where we got a chance to do…

Day 3 – #ToTheTopRead More

Day 2 – #ItStarts

6th June 2016

Monday was our first full day in Valencia and what a busy day it was! Our classes are split between…

Day 2 – #ItStartsRead More

Day 1 – #Butterflies

5th June 2016

Day 1 – #Butterflies Hi, my name’s Gemma Duffy, the Irish group leader for this year’s CSS Valencia language programme!…

Day 1 – #ButterfliesRead More

Thanks for reading the blog! We hope you have enjoyed reading and that you have a flavour of what the CSS Valencia Summer course is all about. We try to get a great mix between academic activities, afternoon excursions and cultural experiences. Together with our friendly host families, we think this is a summer course you won’t forget.

The three weeks of the programme flew by – we’ve had a lot of fun, learned and practised lots of Spanish. We also got to know the beautiful city of Valencia very well and are already thinking about doing it all again next year!

Blog 2016 - group photo
Blog 2016 - group photo

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09.00Spanish language support classSpanish language support classSpanish language support classSpanish language support classSpanish language support class
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