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Blog 2018


2018 was the third year of our CSS Valencia summer Spanish course for Irish secondary school students. The Blog 2018 aims to give you an overview of what we did that second summer.

Evie Carter was the Irish group leader for that year’s CSS Valencia programme. Evie is a university student studying Business and Spanish in Trinity College Dublin. She did the CSS Valencia programme in 2016 when it first began. Evie had wanted to return to Valencia ever since – and here she is! Throughout the three weeks of the 2018 course Evie kept a blog to keep everyone informed about what we happened each day in Valencia.

Abby, Daniel and David, all from Kildare, Aoibhin from Galway, Ulan from Belfast and Daisy from Dublin joined Evie in 2018.

Day 22-Home Sweet Home

22nd July 2018

The day has finally arrived for us to say our goodbyes to Valencia, and what an unbelievable few weeks it…

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Day 21-Calpe

21st July 2018

The final day of activities and fun in Valencia. Today we went to a coastal town south of Valencia called…

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Blog 2018 - certificates

Day 20-Graduation Day

20th July 2018

Final day of classes over and out! All the hard work has finally paid off and everyone graduated and got…

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Day 19-Tarde de Voléibol

19th July 2018

Today the guys had the 6th and final oral class with Ana and after this they had their interviews with…

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Day 18-Urban Art Yincana

18th July 2018

Today we had a nice long gap between classes and activites. We had four hours to relax or do whatever…

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Day 17-Waterpark

17th July 2018

It’s so hard to believe that we’re well into our third week here in Spain. It’ll be no time before…

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Day 16-Barranquismo

16th July 2018

After today’s classes there was no time to waste, we got straight on the bus and headed 2 hours outside…

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Day 15-Montanejos

15th July 2018

Above all days, today was the day I was most looking forward to. We met up at 10 am to…

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Day 14-Oceanogràfic & La Ciudad de Los Artes y Las Ciencias

14th July 2018

It’s hard to believe it’s the second weekend already 😮 😱 . Oceanografic and La Ciudad de Los Artes y Los Ciencias…

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Day 13-Catamaran

13th July 2018

Another week of classes finished! Time is flying by here in Valencia. After classes today we had 4 hours to…

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Day 12-Surfing

12th July 2018

Today after the oral class with Ana, we went on the bus back to La Pobla de Farnals where we…

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Day 11-Shopping & Bowling

11th July 2018

Everyone’s Spanish is improving a lot in the classes with lots of new vocabulary. Ulan and Abby featured in a…

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Day 10-Sailing in Port Saplaya

10th July 2018

After the regular classes this morning, the students had the extra class with Ana focusing on oral work. They went…

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Paella in Valencia

Day 9-Paella & Yincana

9th July 2018

After the classes this morning, our activities started straight away at 1 pm. We were taken to a local restaurant…

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Day 8-Peñiscola

8th July 2018

Today’s Sunday, so an extra few hours sleep 😊. We all met up at 10:45 am and headed for a coastal…

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Day 7-Cycle Through the Old Riverbed

7th July 2018

After a busy week of classes and activities, we were given a lie in. We didn’t have to meet until…

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Day 6-Bioparc

6th July 2018

After the final set of classes for the week, we had the option of taking part in this afternoon’s activities…

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Day 5-Vóleibol

5th July 2018

Today is Thursday. It’s the fourth day of class and the guys really seem to be enjoying these and learning…

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Day 4-Paddle Surf

4th July 2018

After classes today we had a really fun activity of going paddle surfing outside of the city to a little…

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Day 3-Escape Room

3rd July 2018

Everyone seems to be getting more and more used to the city and settling in well with their Spanish families…

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Blog 2018 - group photo

Day 2-City Tour

2nd July 2018

Monday was our first full day in Valencia and it began with an early start. The host families accompanied the…

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Day 1-Valencia Here We Come

1st July 2018

My name is Evie Carter, the Irish group leader for this year’s CSS Valencia programme. I’m a university student studying…

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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 2018 - group photo
Blog 2018 - certificates

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