Arcadia Spain

Last weekend, the BUSP370 Brand Barcelona class went to Bilbao as part of the fieldstudy of their course. Bilbao is located in the north of Spain in the Basque Country region. The city shares some characteristics with Barcelona and other post-industrial…

Last weekend, the BUSP370 Brand Barcelona class went to Bilbao as part of the fieldstudy of their course. Bilbao is located in the north of Spain in the Basque Country region. The city shares some characteristics with Barcelona and other post-industrial…

As part of the SOG210 Gastronomy and Culture in Spain course, students prepared some typical tapas helped by the well-known chef Adrià Llenas. While enjoyed preparing and eating them, they also learn the origins of each ingredient, the region where they…

Last Friday we visited Sitges with our Spring 2019 students. This popular coastal town remained as beautiful as always! We had such a great time walking through the historical streets of Sitges and enjoyed the good weather that characterizes this town…

Last Friday there was the field study for the 20th Century Spain: An Uneasy History class. Our day trip to the Spanish-French border, the Museum of Exile and the small seaside village Collioure is planned as a way to show students the hardship and pains…

Spain is well known for its vast variety of cheeses from fresh to cured, fermented to blue-veined, from cow’s, sheep’s or goat’s milk or a mixture of all three. A paradise for cheese lovers with 13 cheeses with Denominations of Origin in Spain! Cheese…

The Casals are great gathering spaces for meetings and interactions; it is where democratic values, solidarity, associationism and collaboration are promoted. One of its main challenges is to respond in a participatory and inclusive manner, to all the…

Holy Week is approaching and Lent starts today; the fast began by forbidding the meat, because it was considered, red and hot, a source of sin as well as a sign of wealth. Then the fish, cold and pure, appears in the Middle Ages to complete this rigorous…

Between the months of December and March, when the calçot is in season, we enjoy the Calçotada! Calçot is a type of scallion or green onion known as calçot in the Catalan language. The calçot from Valls (Tarragona, Catalonia) is a registered EU Protected…