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Blog 2017


2017 was the second year of our CSS Valencia summer Spanish course for Irish secondary school students. The Blog 2017 aims to give you an overview of what we did that second summer.

Mícheál Duffy, 16, had just completed his Junior Certificate. He went to Valencia in 2016 with CSS and enjoyed it so much that he returned in 2017. Mícheál wrote a daily blog to give an overview of that year’s activities. Andrea, Leena, Conor, Iseult, Ione and Gemma (Mícheál’s sister and the leader of the group), joined Mícheál for the 2017 trip.

Our host families are one of the most important parts of our course. Mícheál returned to the same family as in 2016, and everyone at CSS Valencia was delighted to see Mícheál and Gemma again.

Gemma is a Spanish secondary school teacher in Bush Post Primary School in Carlingford, Co. Louth.

Enjoy our Blog 2017!

Alba interviews Mícheál and Ione

23rd July 2017

Alba interviews Mícheál and IoneRead More

Sunday 23rd July #Hometime

23rd July 2017

We had breakfast with our host families and said our goodbyes. It was sad to leave them but we all…

Sunday 23rd July #HometimeRead More

Saturday 22nd July #TourDeAlbufera

22nd July 2017

We hopped out of bed this morning and got ready to meet at the Benimaclet metro station for 11:10am for…

Saturday 22nd July #TourDeAlbuferaRead More

Friday 21st July #LaClaseFinal

21st July 2017

Today was our final day in the AIP Academy, we had a normal day in classes with a few rounds…

Friday 21st July #LaClaseFinalRead More

Thursday 20th July #TheFinalSurf

20th July 2017

Después de las clases, we got the tranvía out to the University of Valencia where we ate our lunch outside…

Thursday 20th July #TheFinalSurfRead More

Wednesday 19th July #Bonaire

19th July 2017

After our classes in AIP and a few rounds of Kahoot, we had the entire evening free. We all headed…

Wednesday 19th July #BonaireRead More

Tuesday 18th July #PuestaDelSol

18th July 2017

In class, we played a memory game whereby we had to remember what was behind each card, and then match…

Tuesday 18th July #PuestaDelSolRead More

Monday 17th July #CityTour

17th July 2017

After our classes, we met up with José outside the academy in Benimaclet to go on an Architecture tour of…

Monday 17th July #CityTourRead More

Sunday 16th July #Barancismo!

16th July 2017

In my opinion, today was the best day by far on the entire course! Ione, Iseult, Leena, Gemma, and I…

Sunday 16th July #Barancismo!Read More

Saturday 15th July #Oceanográfico

15th July 2017

My parents had been in another part of Spain on holiday while I was in Valencia and they had always…

Saturday 15th July #OceanográficoRead More

Friday 14th July #TiempoLibre

14th July 2017

We had the option of going to the ‘Mestalla’, which is the official football stadium of the Valencian Football Club.…

Friday 14th July #TiempoLibreRead More

Thursday 13th July #PaddleSurf

13th July 2017

Unfortunately, Conor is leaving tomorrow so he got his certificate today. He was a bit camera shy so didn’t want…

Thursday 13th July #PaddleSurfRead More

Wednesday 12th July #Fallas

12th July 2017

Después de las clases, fuimos al museo fallero (after classes we went to the Fallero museum), which is the museum…

Wednesday 12th July #FallasRead More

Tuesday 11th July #LaLiga

11th July 2017

In the AIP Academy, for our last class of the morning we usually have a change of teachers, and our…

Tuesday 11th July #LaLigaRead More

Monday 10th July #CiudadDeLosArtesYCiencias

10th July 2017

After our AIP Lessons in the morning, we headed for the science museum in Valencia! The City of Arts and…

Monday 10th July #CiudadDeLosArtesYCienciasRead More

Blog 2017 - group photo

Sunday 9th July #Peñíscola

9th July 2017

We had a bit of a lie in this morning as we didn’t have to meet at AIP until almost…

Sunday 9th July #PeñíscolaRead More

Saturday 8th July #Splash

8th July 2017

We met Alba at the meeting point in Benimaclet (near the AIP academy) at 10am and we made our way…

Saturday 8th July #SplashRead More

Friday 7th July #BioParc

7th July 2017

In our classes in AIP, we split into two teams, one team watched the start of a short animated film…

Friday 7th July #BioParcRead More

Thursday 6th of July #CatchingWaves

6th July 2017

After classes in AIP, we had our lunch and headed to the CSS Academy for our speaking classes with Marta,…

Thursday 6th of July #CatchingWavesRead More

Wednesday 5th July #Voleibol

5th July 2017

I must say I really enjoy the Spanish classes here! I know it seems mad to ‘enjoy’ being in classes…

Wednesday 5th July #VoleibolRead More

Tuesday 4th July #MasterChef

4th July 2017

Everyone seems to be settling in very well with their host families, especially Ione and Iseult who have Spanish ‘siblings’…

Tuesday 4th July #MasterChefRead More

Centre of Spanish Studies class – outside

3rd July 2017

Centre of Spanish Studies class – outsideRead More

Blog 2017 - group photo

Monday 3rd of July #DayOne

3rd July 2017

We woke up early to get to the Language School called AIP where we sat an entrance exam to determine…

Monday 3rd of July #DayOneRead More

Sunday 2nd of July #Here we come

2nd July 2017

Hello, my name is Mícheál Duffy, I’m 16 and I just did my Junior Cert. I went to Valencia last…

Sunday 2nd of July #Here we comeRead 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 2017 - group photo
Blog 2017 - group photo

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