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 [...]
Semana Santa in Argentina
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 [...]
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 [...]
A Visit to Caminito, La Boca
Last Tuesday after our morning lessons a group of students from Elebaires were taken by Juani on a walking tour through Caminito, a famous street in the barrio of La Boca, an area of Rich Argentine history. Between the years of 1880 and 1930 La Boca, (a port hence its name “The Mouth”) was flooded [...]
Actividades: Walking Tour por el Barrio Chino
La semana pasada hicimos un Walking Tour al Barrio Chino de Buenos Aires. Es un área de la ciudad en el barrio de Belgrano en la que se encuentran diversos comercios orientales. No es un lugar exclusivo para la comunidad china sino que es un barrio que congrega distintas culturas orientales. La actividad comenzó en [...]
My First Week at Elebaires
Last week was my first very interesting week at Elebaires. I started as a student on Monday morning, when I was instantly welcomed into a very warm and friendly environment. The teachers and staff here at Elebaires are not only professional, but have the best intentions of each individual student at heart and are all [...]
ACTIVIDADES JULIO 2011 – Conociendo la ciudad de una manera diferente
Durante el mes de julio tuvimos distintas actividades en Elebaires. Hicimos caminatas por algunos barrios de la ciudad, visitamos museos, organizamos una clase de cocina de empanadas, jugamos un partido de fútbol y tours en bicicleta. Una de las salidas caminando que hicimos fue el barrio chino. Formamos un grupo de 5 estudiantes y comenzamos [...]
More Adventures Outside the Classroom
In the past few weeks Elebaires has been conducting its “Wikispaces” project which allows students to engage in a project outside of the classroom, practise their Spanish in the “real world” and improve their writing (and journalism!) skills. Student groups are given a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires (a barrio) to explore. While in the barrio [...]
Palacio Barolo – Heaven and Hell
When you first enter the building that houses Elebaires you will quickly realise that you are not in any ordinary building. In fact, despite entering one of the most beautiful and famous buildings in Buenos Aires, you have just entered hell! Well, we know your experience at Elebaires wont be like entering hell. However, we’ll [...]
Elebaires High School Program
Over the past few months Elebaires have been receiving High School groups keen to discover the wonders of Argentina. Through these experiences we have been developing our program at Elebaires further to offer a High School program like no other. We have developed a slide show packed with information that we’d like to share with [...]
