Spanish courses Altea in SPAIN / VIDEO

 

Enjoy talk and cook in Spain !

 

Spanish courses in Spain / Altea Spanish Courses 2012

SunSea & Language

Altea Spanish Courses Cultural Package! One or more weeks of sun, sea & mountains in the most picturesque town on the Costa Blanca-Spain! All levels, all year around.

Sun Sea & Language courses in Spain are an ideal opportunity to combine study Spanish Language abroad with activity holidays: trips and visits, walking on mountains, wine tasting or cooking Spanish food in a family house. There is a wide variety or activity to choose from according to your specific interests. Students will experience features of daily life in Spain; food, shopping, cultural life…and more.

 

SunSea&Language programme basic “One week”

 

• Each day comprises of lesson and practice. (Monday to Friday)
• One walking excursion taking in the most important points around Altea old town.
• One “Cooking Course” to prepare and eat together in a rustic family house.
• Accommodation:  6 nights (Hotel in Altea centre with breakfast)
• Printed information about principal places, activities, “mercadillos”, fiestas, restaurants, guides, sports, baby-sitters, etc.
• Optional: excursions.
• In/out Aeropuerto de Alicante

Inclusive Price:

All classes and materials. Certificate of attendance. Hotel. In/out Airport

Total Price:  € 1200.- one person (couple:€ 990.- each one)

(Apartment or Casa Rural: ask for details)

 

We can also offer: One to one, Intensive Courses and “tailored made” Spanish courses for groups, please email us directly for details!

 

Nelly Figueroa, Spanish Teacher                                                      ^{www.alteaspanishcourses.com  www.asociacionlaflor.org}

Argentinean restaurant Casa Malevo in London’s Connaught Village since 22nd October 2010

New London restaurant Casa Malevo opening later this month

by Newsdesk – Monday October 11, 2010 11:59 am

The restaurant is a joint venture between renowned chef Diego Jacquet and restauranteur Alberto Abbate which aims to showcase Argentina’s food and culture.

Apparently the aim of new London restaurant Casa Malevo is to “offer honest and truthful cocina Argentina (Argentinean cuisine) while exploring the different regions of the country, from Patagonia to Salta, the Pampas to Mendoza.”

The menu is set to include empanadas, mollejas al verdeo (grilled sweetbreads with spring onions, bacon and lemon), fabulous Argentine beef and for dessert, dulce de leche crème brulée with “banana Split” ice cream.

Between them Alberto Abbate and chef Diego Jacquet have plenty of experience under their belts; Jacquet has worked at Ferran Adria’s El Bulli, Aquavit in New York and most recently, The Trafalgar and Zetter hotels in London, whilst Abbate has almost 30 years experience in the hospitality industry and is also the man behind Santa Maria del Sur, runner up for best local restaurant in Gordon Ramsay’s The F word.

Jacquet appears to be beside himself with excitement over Casa Malevo, saying “I have spent the past 15 years cooking at some of the most exciting restaurants in the world with some fantastic chefs – but I do miss the food of my homeland. It has always been my dream to open an authentic Argentine restaurant and when this opportunity arose I had to jump at it.”

Expect to get an authentic taste of Argentinean food, wine and culture when this new london restaurant opens in 2010!

www.casamalevo.com

Buenos Aires y la actual gestión del Gobierno de la Ciudad, planteando su visión de Bs As como “La capital cultural de Latinoamérica”

Entrevista a Toni Puig en Barcelona “La marca Ciudad”

Entrevistamos a Toni Puig en una mesa a la calle del mítico Café Zurich de Barcelona. Uno de los máximos exponentes mundiales del “citimarketing” y quién nos brindará una conferencia magistral el próximo 26 de Agosto en el Hotel Conrad de Punta del Este se refirió a la marca “Barcelona”y a casos de ciudades como Berlín, Shanghai o Medellín.

Toni opinó además sin tapujos sobre . Duración 18 min. 5 de Julio de 2011

ReporteInmobiliario.com ®

Naples Tango – News!!!

Naples Tango
Master the art of “Permission Seduction™”!

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Hola, Nancy!

At last Thursday’s Practilonga I announced Jeremias and Mariela’s workshop next Thursday. Our usual Sunday Tango Brunch with them is suspended for June and July.

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Before I tell you about the workshop, I have other great news for everyone in the SWFL tango community!:

We’re starting a Monday night Guided Practica, next Monday, July 11, from 7:30 to 10:00 PM. This will be in addition to the Thursday Practilonga.  Monday’s encounter will be a no-frills, working practica (no wine, no buffet, but spring water on the house).  I will be available to answer any questions about your tango, to help you with any issues, or to let you practice freely if you don’t want help.

Each Monday session will start with 30 minutes (7:30-8) of unstructured warm-up time, followed by 30 minutes (8-8:30) in which I’ll review a figure with you, or we’ll practice an exercise together, or learn a milonga step.  Then you’ll still have 90 minutes to practice freely, and ask for help if you like. Sound good?

- The price of the 2.5-hour Monday Guided Practica is $20*/person.
Or if you combine it with the Practilonga (normally $10), it’s $25 for both evenings (requires Monday payment).

Introductory offer (July and August 2011):
- Prepay both Practica and Practilonga for a month (July 11-August 5, August 8-Setp. 1) and pay $75 – get one week free.  Couples $130 (life partners OR practice partners).

- Prepay the Guided Practica only – $60/month.

* Note: For students enrolled in private and semi-private lessons as of July 1, the Guided Practica in addition to your program package is $15, or $45 for the month.

Contact me with questions or to enroll at 239-776-6535 or helaine@naplestango.com.

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Jeremias and Mariela return!!

Thursday, July 7, 2011
6:00-7:30 PM
Intermediate Tango Workshop
with Jeremias Massera & Mariela Barufaldi
Register by Wed. 7/6 and save!

Followed by our regular Practilonga, 8:00-10:30 PM
News!  Jeremias will be our musicalizador (dj) this Thursday!
(While, tangueros, you can invite Mariela to dance!)

Location:
The Naples Tango Club
5650 Yahl St. (off Pine Ridge), Naples, 34109

- Practilonga – $10 (Free to my students currently enrolled in lesson programs, and to curious new observers after 8PM)
- Workshop (Intermediate/Pre-intermediate level) $30 at the door.
- Workshop with pre-registration/advance payment by Wednesday July 6: $25
Some advanced beginners may attend, with advance permission.

Please pre-register online or in-person for the workshop (you’ll pay $5 less)!   Contact me with questions at 239-776-6535 or helaine@naplestango.com.

Register directly at http://naplestango.com.
Scroll down to “Thursday Workshop and Practilonga”.

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Looking forward to seeing you Thursday night with Jeremias and Mariela!  Remember too: Jeremias is putting on the music at the Practilonga!

Abrazos,

Helaine

P.S.  Intermediates (Advanced friends welcome too) remember to enroll early for your workshop with J&M, to save $5!  Wednesday’s the deadline for the discount.
P.P.S. Do take advantage of the new, 2.5 hour no-frills Monday practica.  You’ll get some serious practicing done, and can ask me for help!

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Master the art of “Permission Seduction™”!

http://NaplesTango.com

The Naples Tango Club, 5650 Yahl St. #2, Naples, FL 34109
239-776-6535  239-236-0984 (fax)

Download Helaine’s FREE Report: “Permission Seduction™ Secret #1″ at: http://NaplesTango.com

TANGUEROS!  To watch the “Permission Seduction™” VIDEO and receive FREE 1-month e-course:  “9 Surprising Tango Tips for Men” sign up at http://permissionseduction.com.

- “Una Noche de Tango”, Practilonga every Thursday night at The Naples Tango Club
- Sunday Tango Brunch, third Sunday of every month!
Check http://NaplesTango.com for details and directions.

Schedule your lesson appointments with Helaine online at http://naplestango.genbook.com.

Watch the 6-minute video on Helaine and her tango school in Italy, UmbriaTango:

LUXURY MERCEDES BENZ, LUXURY CHOFER!, GREAT PRICES!

Our chofer Jorge Rodriguez will welcome you at the  airport.
You will be able to organize your shopping direct from leather factories  with Jorge,a Buenos Aires born that spend 30 years cooking in  NY top restaurants.
Lunch and diner at the best kept secret places for  porteños,not known by tourist,guided by New York Chef Jorge Rodiguez,actually working as a food consulting in BA.

Mercedes Benz with a bilingual  chofer,well known New York Chef and an Expert in Buenos Aires,

You can’t ask for a better welcome to  buenos aires

PRICES :
FROM AND TO AIRPORT : 70 USD
VISITS PER HOUR : 25 USD

10 ways not to be a travel writer by Lonely Planet

Straight from the keyboards of the Lonely Planet team

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10 ways not to be a travel writer

Vivek WagleLonely Planet author

It’s the dream: travelling around the world and getting paid for it. Every day, thousands of aspiring travel journalists start up blogs, pitch pieces to editors and put pen to paper (at least metaphorically) in the hopes of making travel a full-time job.

Image by swimparallel, Flickr

 

The good news is that it’s achievable. While only a select few attain the high life of sipping margaritas by the pool while churning out leisurely prose on their Macbooks, travel writing for a living is a real possibility for those who have the talent and are willing to put in some really, really hard work.

However, we’ve noticed that there is a subclass of potential travel writers, photographers and video journalists who don’t really seem to have their heart in it. For some reason, they do their best to sabotage any chance of success. We believe you can learn a lot from them, so we’ve put together a list of their most common traits. Engage in these behaviours and you’re pretty much guaranteed to lock yourself out of a career in travel journalism.

10. Be sloppy

Whether you’re pitching a 500-word essay to the New Yorker or dashing off a quick blog entry, you’re presenting your professional face to the world. Is it the best face possible?

No one is perfect, and everyone except the stodgiest subeditor will forgive the occasional typo. But when you’re an aspiring content creator, any form of communication you produce becomes part of your portfolio. If your work is amateurish in quality, don’t expect to be paid for it.

9. Treat your pieces as personal journals

If you’ve started up a blog to keep your friends and family informed about your travels, go crazy! But all too often, we see works that are all about the creator and not at all about providing real value to the audience. They have the stink of those WhatWeDidOnOurFamilyVacation slideshows that everyone used to dread.

Use Facebook or personal blogs to reassure your mother and make your friends jealous. Use the avenue from which you hope to derive income to inform, educate, entertain or otherwise improve the lives of your audience.

8. Be flaky

Have you promised an editor that you’ll have that sample in for next week? Have you told your blogging audience, ‘Stay tuned for a big post tomorrow?’ Then please deliver. Nothing alienates people more than broken promises. Editors have tight, busy schedules and they are primarily concerned with getting great content out on time. Your audience has a ton of options vying for their attention, and if you fail to earn their trust they will go elsewhere.

7. Act like a jerk

You’d think this one would be obvious. But we’re constantly surprised by content creators who appear to lack any respect for those who are there to help them.

Here are a few simple tips:

• Don’t call your editors names or make bombastic demands from them. (Any reasonable editor will listen to calm, professionally delivered opinion, but no one wants to be yelled at.)
• Don’t belittle the people who comment on your website.
• Don’t be rude in any form of communication with anyone who might have anything to do with your getting your work published. These people are here to help you live your dream. Don’t ruin it for yourself.

6. Stay shallow and general rather than building expertise

Bill Bryson may be able to say anything he likes about whatever he likes (no matter how general), but you can’t just go out and make observations about ‘stuff’. Build your niche and establish your credibility in it – this is crucial to earning trust. Are you THE authority on hiking in northern Spain? Are you an incredible wildlife photographer? Are your videos mordantly funny? Figure out what it is you’re amazing at, and go after that. Once you’ve established your area of expertise, you can begin branching out. But start focused.

5. Demand respect without earning it

Not too long ago, having your words on a printed page provided an instant credibility boost. But nowadays, anyone can self-publish – to the web, to ebook readers and even to print-on-demand machines. What this means is that you need to provide better evidence for your claims to expertise than being a published writer. Have you won any credible awards? Can you demonstrate having a large following? Have you produced something truly meaningful? If you can answer ‘yes’ to these questions, then let people know! And if you can’t, get to work on it. We’d all love to be paid $5 per word, but before you get there you need to demonstrate your value for more realistic returns.

4. Lack voice and personality

Most travel writing is insanely boring. If you can make someone smile, cry or act, you’re well ahead of the game. Gimmicks and tricks can help, but it will come down to how authentic you are. If you don’t put enough of yourself in your work, your travel content will be as woeful as the rest of the dross that pollutes the travel-blogging universe, and even the Travel Literature section of your local bookstore. Please be interesting.

3. Act without integrity

Trading unverified links with others to bolster your search-engine juice? Made deals with the devil (eg sketchy ‘advertisers’ who put malware on people’s machines)? Lied about your accomplishments – such as where you’ve been? Making promises you can’t keep to your editors and audience?

Sorry – there’s just no room in the travel-content community for you. Get out.

2. Ignore or disrespect your audience

Your audience is by far the most important factor in your success as a travel journalist. And yet we so often come across people who have no idea whom they’re writing, photographing or making videos for. If you don’t know who is going to consume your content, you haven’t targeted it appropriately. And you’ve demonstrated that your priorities are all wrong.

If you’re pitching or creating a piece, make sure you know exactly whom it’s intended for. (Case in point: if you’ve read this far down this list, then this list is DEFINITELY intended for you.)

1. Never try

Of all the mistakes aspiring travel writers make, none is more catastrophic than failing to enter the game.

It’s not an easy life. It requires a lot of talent, determination, perseverance and resilience. But the world is full of people who turn their travels into a living – through blogging, professional writing, video journalism and beyond. There are more resources than ever available to those who wish to travel for a living. If it’s what you want to do, then go for it.

What do you think?

Top 10 Shopping Cities on the Rise : PALERMO HOLLYWOOD – Buenos Aires

Top 10 Shopping Cities on the Rise

Since shopping districts the world over are becoming increasingly interchangeable with big-box stores, we sought out urban neighborhoods, some emerging and others longer established, where you can still find homegrown items that impart a true sense of place.

Central District, Hong Kong
Colonia Roma, Mexico City
HaTachana, Tel Aviv
La Candelaria, Bogota
Palermo Hollywood, Buenos Aires
Monti, Rome
Nakameguro, Tokyo
Northern Liberties, Philadelphia
Rue Tiquetonne, Paris
Shoreditch, London

Top 10 Shopping Cities on the Rise

• 1. Central District, Hong Kong
• 2. Colonia Roma, Mexico City
• 3. HaTachana, Tel Aviv
• 4. La Candelaria, Bogotá
• 5. Palermo Hollywood, Buenos Aires
• 6. Monti, Rome
• 7. Nakameguro, Tokyo
• 8. Northern Liberties, Philadelphia
• 9. Rue Tiquetonne, Paris
• 10. Shoreditch, London

Palermo Hollywood, Buenos Aires

With neighboring Palermo Soho reaching a stylish crescendo in the last five years, art galleries, design hotels, and quaint boutiques have spilled over into Palermo Hollywood, so named for its many movie and TV studios.

Shop: Housed inside an old livestock market, the Mercado de las Pulgas is a critical shopping point for antiques gurus. Dozens of vendors display rare items (along with a fair share of bric-a-brac), from Venetian glass chandeliers to vintage Argentine furnishings. At Braga Menéndez Arte Contemporáneo (www.galeriabm.com), a collective of 39 Latin American artists produces wildly original furnishings, sculptures, paintings, photography, and installations. The members’ work – on view and for sale – has made this gallery the neighborhood’s hub for contemporary art and creative types.

Eat: Locals will direct a steak-weary visitor to Jangada (www.restaurantejangada.com), a seafood spot dishing up platters of local grilled fish like dorado and white croaker. Or a shopper can recharge with a quick bite – say, café con leche and perfectly flaky pastries – at the boho-chic Oui Oui (www.ouioui.com.ar).

Skip: Puerto Madera, an ultra mod new business district created from a stretch of abandoned warehouses along the Río de la Plata, has plenty of flash (pricey boutiques and hotels) but none of this shopping city’s old-world charm.

Naples Tango News of the Week By Helaine !

Friday, May 13, 2011

Three days ago my brother left Naples to go abroad for an undetermined amount of time for his work and to reconnect with friends and colleagues.  He’s gone to an environment very different from that of SW Florida.  I miss him already, but I feel excited for him, and I can already imagine the “vibrational effervescence” (I made that up) that can fill one’s life when traveling and when living in another country.

A new vibrational effervescence can occur when one goes away on vacation or on a business trip, which is why traveling can be so exciting and stimulating. But what I’m calling “vibrational effervescence” (what would YOU call it?) can take on even greater meaning when we are not a tourist, a short-term house guest, or a hotel guest on business, but when we  become a temporary or occasional resident who seeks to integrate into the everyday life of the place.  When we take an apartment in another country with its different language, customs, and products, where the air in the street smells different, where the people have a different way of composing their facial muscles when at rest or when they talk, where they keep a different degree of closeness or distance when they speak with each other, where idioms in their everyday talk reveal the deep values of a people  . . . in our experience changing location for an extended period of time, for us, whether we’re a newcomer to the place or one who returns, the new quotidian can either be exotic or a familiar recollection brought back to life.

I wanted to share with you my excitement for the creative opportunities opening up to my brother now just because he got up and moved to another part of the world for a while.

It dawned on me as I was writing this message that I am particularly excited about my brother’s decision to relocate and integrate into a different culture for a chunk of time because it foreshadows my own establishing a seasonal residence in Buenos Aires at the end of the year!  And it reminds me of the creative life that this will make possible for me, and for some of my now and future North American students.  I chose to work with Nancy Landi, a porteña – a Buenos Aires native, to help me and later my students with the logistics of living in Buenos Aires, and thereby minimize the touristic aspect of the experience and maximize the vibrational effervescence that will come from our authentically participating in another culture, specifically the culture that over 100 years ago gave birth to Tango.

Nancy wrote me in an email this week:
“. . .  you must know and live the road and the motor of Buenos Aires if you are dancing tango. Same for your pupils. To be in contact with the real culture (kind of glasses, plates, services at the apartments, maid service, neighbors, door man: all of them from BA) is not to be in an American hotel where everything (employees too) are Americans.  So, for sure I recomend an apartment to drink the culture and show it in your dance because the culture is in your skin . . . ”

Nancy, for starters I’d like a sunny kitchen and a balcony with a view, please, close to a great produce market.

I just found this delightful blog by a young Asian, relocated to Buenos Aires, who calls herself “Buenos Aires Foodie”, and shares her discoveries of the culinary world of this city.  If you’re wondering about life in BsAs and want to see gorgeous photos of mouth-watering foods, accompanied by witty comments, please go here:  http://aayudame.wordpress.com/category/the-piglet-oinking/eating-out/.  I suggest you visit all the sections of her blog.

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To go directly to today’s feature article,  “The Second Tango Sin . . . and its antidote”, please scroll down toward the bottom of this page!

For my readers who are fascinated by tango but don’t have patience to scroll down to read the “Second Sin” article, here’s the video I chose as today’s example:

Have fun, but to find out who they are, you’ll have to scroll down to the article.
I also give our men a fun assignment.

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Naples Tango News of the Week

New elite study programs with Helaine in Naples/Buenos Aires
Starting June 2011

As you surely know by now, in my new Naples/Buenos Aires VIP program, I will teach  my entire 9-module “Permission Seduction™ Tango Learning System”, normally a 2- or 3-year course of study, in just 6-8 months, with the final month in Buenos Aires!  You can read more about it at http://naplesbavipprogram.blogspot.com/

This program is for people who would like to visit Buenos Aires and participate in its authentic tango world, not as a tourist or a shy beginner, but as a competent dancer of social tango who will feel comfortable on the dance floor in the midst of the locals.  I’m sure you’ve had some experiences of visiting a city as a tourist, and other experiences of visiting a place as guests of a local person or family who led you to experience the best of their town as only an “insider” can do.  I’m offering the latter kind of experience, including some intimate dinners and other private time with my own friends and teachers who are world class tango artists.

Nancy Landi, http://www.nancylandi.com/, a native of Buenos Aires who lives in Naples and specializes in Buenos Aires apartments, is helping me put together a special infrastructure in Buenos Aires to support every aspect of the local travel and daily living needs of my VIP students.

To learn even more about what this unique program can do for you, please go to http://naplestango.genbook.com,  or click on the “Book now” button anywhere on my website, to set up a free, 15-20 minute telephone or in-person session with me, to discuss your needs and desires, and get answers to all your questions about how my program can help you fulfill them!  I can only accept up to three individuals or couples this year for my intensive VIP Program, but I have decided to also offer the month in Buenos Aires to 3 more from my Diamond Accelerated Program, which is somewhat less intensive than the VIP program.

If this program is not for you, but you know someone who may be interested, you may enjoy a generous Referral Reward as my thanks for your helping me find one of the right people or couples for this very special program!  To make a referral or to find out more about how the Referral Rewards program works, please go to  contact me at 239-776-6535 or at helaine@naplestango.com.

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PLEASE VOTE FOR THE NAPLES TANGO CLUB

as your favorite dance studio!

Southwest Florida’s Choice Awards 2011:

http://www.naplesnews.com/choice-awards/

You can only vote once on that page.  Please spread the word.  Wouldn’t it be cool if we won?  Thank you!!

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                                                                   Buenos Aires – Palermo – Dancing in the night!

Alzheimer ´s Association 2011

Time is running out – register today for AAICAD!
On May 13, discounted registration for the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease 2011 (AAICAD) will end, and with it, your chance to take advantage of reduced registration rates.
Visit alz.org/ICAD now to make all of your travel arrangements in one stop. Register, select a hotel and purchase a flight to get on your way to Paris. We have negotiated rates to help you save on your travel arrangements.

New! Physician and Clinician Preconference.
AAICAD is proud to introduce a new preconference on Saturday, July 16. Designed for practicing physicians, it will include information on:

Research, including new diagnostic criteria, diagnostic process and disease-modifying drugs.
Early identification, including screening.
Medical treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.
Ongoing care management.
Research opportunities for general practitioners.

Hot Topics submission closes today!
If you are working on late-breaking, up-to-the-minute research, Hot Topics is the place to share it for the first time. The deadline for submission is today, May 9, at 11:59 p.m. CT.
Submit now.

Other upcoming dates
June 10 – Deadline for refund requests

June 14 – AAICAD housing deadline to make new reservations or changes

For more information about AAICAD 2011, please visit the AAICAD website.