The Photography class students went last weekend to Sabadell, one of the largest suburban towns in Barcelona. A city of over 200,000 inhabitants, Sabadell was known in the past as the “Catalan Manchester” due to the proliferation of textile factories… More
From February 9 to 12, the streets of Barcelona get filled with festive traditions to celebrate the Feast of Santa Eulàlia, the co-patroness of the city. It is a great opportunity to discover the most popular Catalan traditional culture learnt in class… More
The field trip arranged for the course Gastronomy and Culture in Spain this semester consisted of a visit to the first wine museum in Spain: VINSEUM Museum, which first opened in 1945. This was followed by a visit to nearby Adernats winery, where our… More
One of the pleasures that barcelonins love to do is going out to have a “vermut”.
How do we describe the word vermouth? It is a drink and at the same time it is like a social act.
Let's see what wikipedia says: It is an aromatized, fortified white… More
This week, as part of the Cornerstone courses, students participated in a guided visit to Casa dels Entremesos. This is a specific center of production and dissemination of the wealth of traditional Catalan folk culture that provides the public with… More
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