CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA; JANUARY 6, 2016 - JANUARY 28, 2016
A beautiful historic center, packed full of restaurants, boutiques and a Caribbean way of life
SPANISH, MUSIC, CHOCOLATE AND SUNSHINE IN CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA:
During the seemingly never to end cold and dark months up north...in January we take you to the beaches and warmth of Colombia. Enhance your Spanish and your mood as we move to the sun-drenched "calles" of Cartagena, Colombia, for individual Spanish instruction and the amazing palate and entertaining ways of Martín Mantegini who will take us on a never to be forgotten journey of the tastes and histories of chocolate, coffee and rum with nightly classes and afternoon forays. We will be studying the best that Colombia offers, all while getting our three hours of one-on-one language classes in each day. Yes, you will have to work on your Spanish, refine your senses and stretch your memory, but what an experience it will be and in what a wonderful location. This beautiful walled city, once ravished by pirates, combines modern and historic in a beautiful way in a still relatively unknown corner of the Caribbean. As fellow adventurer Roberto from Kentucky will tell you...Colombia is an undiscovered jewel! We will enjoy this wonderful Caribbean city of amazing beauty during its festival of lights and music. The Cartagena International Music Festival borrows some of the city's most picturesque public and private spaces to create a cultured start to the year. Check out the offerings here http://www.ticartagena.com/en/what%27s-happening/events-in-cartagena/cartagena-international-music-festival/ You'll spend the month in beautiful modern apartments right on the beach, with mornings and evenings spent in one of the most historic and elegant of all South American cities...and the food, wow!
During the seemingly never to end cold and dark months up north...in January we take you to the beaches and warmth of Colombia. Enhance your Spanish and your mood as we move to the sun-drenched "calles" of Cartagena, Colombia, for individual Spanish instruction and the amazing palate and entertaining ways of Martín Mantegini who will take us on a never to be forgotten journey of the tastes and histories of chocolate, coffee and rum with nightly classes and afternoon forays. We will be studying the best that Colombia offers, all while getting our three hours of one-on-one language classes in each day. Yes, you will have to work on your Spanish, refine your senses and stretch your memory, but what an experience it will be and in what a wonderful location. This beautiful walled city, once ravished by pirates, combines modern and historic in a beautiful way in a still relatively unknown corner of the Caribbean. As fellow adventurer Roberto from Kentucky will tell you...Colombia is an undiscovered jewel! We will enjoy this wonderful Caribbean city of amazing beauty during its festival of lights and music. The Cartagena International Music Festival borrows some of the city's most picturesque public and private spaces to create a cultured start to the year. Check out the offerings here http://www.ticartagena.com/en/what%27s-happening/events-in-cartagena/cartagena-international-music-festival/ You'll spend the month in beautiful modern apartments right on the beach, with mornings and evenings spent in one of the most historic and elegant of all South American cities...and the food, wow!
Music and dance in the streets...add Spanish with great Colombian "profesores" and it will be a January you will never forge
Spanish, Music and the Coffees, Chocolates and Sunshine of Caribbean Colombia will start on Wednesday, January 6 in Cartagena where we will pick you up from the airport and take you to your apartment for the next 23 days. Plan your flight home from Cartagena for Thursday, January 28 (Flights on United's partner Avianca take less than three hours from Miami). Time in Cartagena will include daily one-on-one classes in español and nightly adventures in music, food, history, dancing and the wonderful world of the Caribbean's most mystical and mythical city.
You will be staying near the historic center in beautiful, modern 1 and 2 bedroom apartments with great views...and the beach is right across the street!
While we had a wonderful beach right out the front door of our apartments in Cartagena, just down the road in Playa Blanca is the proverbial Caribbean beach of white sand and turquoise water...
Cartagena is not only beautiful and warm (in the afternoons definitely head for the beach) it's just a fun place to be...
A once-a-year extravaganza, we will be enjoying the "Cartagena Festival of Classical Music" and the warmth of music filled Caribbean evenings
"Español, musica, comida"...and a city dressed up in one of the prettiest displays of holiday lights we have ever seen...
Spanish "classes" are not like any Spanish lesson you've ever had before, but relaxing hours of conversation "in language" is amazingly helpful to fluency and vocabulary...
Evenings in Cartagena are magical
Every type of coffee and coffee making process is available here in Colombia
Chef Ismael kept us fascinated and working night after night...Ceviche, Fruit Carving, local specialties "todo en español".
Mesas de español allow for fun evenings of food drink and practice...watch out there is a "multa" (fine) for every word of English that comes out of your mouth! Not fluent yet, no importa, listening and practice make for great strides in comprehension during the adventure....
Some of our talented instructors
Martín our talented sommelier from Mendoza, Argentina keeps us enthralled with nightly programs on chocolates, rums, coffees and amazing South American wines!
