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Travel slow with us…

Posted by elebaires on October 18, 2012 in courses, culture, curso de español, elebaires

The concept of “slow travel,” like “slow food,” is a growing philosophy.  A slow traveler stays in one place and gets to truly enjoy and know the area, not feeling rushed to see five cities in one week or to explore a whole continent in a month. Slow travel is when one plants themselves in [...]

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Cultura Argentina: fiestas populares – Mendoza

¿Famosa por el vino? ¡Por supuesto que sí! Si estás pensando en estudiar español y viajar por Argentina tenés que descubrir las tierras del buen vino… Mendoza es sin duda es el lugar que tenés que visitar. Mendoza es una provincia de Argentina ubicada en la región de Cuyo, región del país donde se cultivan [...]

 
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Cultura Argentina: fiestas populares – Córdoba

OKTOBERFEST ¿Esto es Argentina? ¿Están seguros? ¡Sí por supuesto que existe esta fiesta también en Argentina! Oktoberfest es una celebración tradicional alemana, y con los alemanes que eligieron Argentina para vivir también llegó a nuestra tierra. En el mes de Octubre, Villa General Belgrano (ciudad de la provincia de Córdoba) se llena de Argentinos que [...]

 
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Cultura Argentina: fiestas populares – Salta

La fiesta de Juan Martín de Güemes: el héroe del Norte ¿Alguna vez viste el famoso poncho rojo y negro de Salta? ¿Sabés de qué se trata? Se trata del tradicional poncho que usaban los gauchos en el Norte. Gauchos que fueron reclutados por el General Juan Martín de Gúemes para defender el Norte argentino [...]

 
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Invierno en Buenos Aires

Posted by mlmecias on July 11, 2012 in Buenos Aires, Elebaires Activities, Food and Drink, courses, culture

¿Qué hacemos los porteños cuando hace frío como hoy?  En verdad hacemos muchas cosas… Abrigarse… ponemos mucha ropa, guantes, bufandas, y gorros. Ahora hay una nueva moda de utilizar gorros muy elegantes y en calles muy transitadas como la tradicional calle Florida, se pueden ver cabezas de diferentes colores y texturas. Tomar mate caliente, bien [...]

 
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Although I have had previous experience of living in Argentina, coming to Buenos Aires was at first a bit daunting. It is such a huge city, and the pace of life here and the speed in which the Argentines speak does take some getting used to. I arrived at my residence and immediately felt at [...]

 
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A day away from Buenos Aires- Best Day Trip Options

Whilst in Buenos Aires it is hard to find yourself getting bored. In a city that never sleeps there is always something to do whether it may be an art gallery, a museum, a football match, a tango show, or a polo game, the city is packed full of exciting things to do. Nevertheless, however [...]

 
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Semana Santa in Argentina

Posted by elebaires on March 28, 2012 in Buenos Aires, Elebaires Activities, culture, day trip, elebaires, excursion

Made any exciting plans for the long weekend to celebrate Easter? If not then don’t worry, we here at Elebaires thought we would give you some advice on how to make the most of your long weekend away from your  intensive language courses. As you have 4 days (Thursday – Sunday), why not use the [...]

 
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Afternoon Activities with Elebaires

What’s great about the courses at Elebaires is that they are all accompanied by a range of afternoon activities.  This gives you a great opportunity to meet people and make some new friends but also means you can fully immerse yourself into the culture of Buenos Aires. You start to learn the social way of life by [...]

 
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A Semester Abroad with Elebaires

We all know that the ability to speak a second foreign language is becoming increasingly more important. Learning a language can be difficult, tiring and frustrating but the best way to overcome these difficulties is to spend a few months studying the language first hand. That’s why Elebaires offers a semester abroad option so that [...]