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Ninot exhibition: 4 Feb to 15 March
Feb 2
The annual Ninot Exhibition opens this Saturday, 4 February and runs until 15 March.
For those of you who don’t know a lot about Fallas yet, ninots are figurines (often life-sized) which make up part of a falla. Every year, each of the clubs which build a falla puts one ninot into the exhibition where the public vote for their favourites.
Route 66 Idiomas language school students shouldn’t miss this opportunity to get a close-up look at over 750 ninots and vote for their favourite models. The winners of the public vote in the “mayor” and “infantil” sections will be declared “indultat” and saved from being burnt on 19 March (they are then kept in the Fallas Museum).
Tickets for the last 2 weeks of the exhibition and weekends usually sell out fast. So if you want to visit to exhibition, get down to Nuevo Centro shopping centre (metro stop: Turía) as soon as you can to avoid queues and disappointment.
For those of you who are new to Fallas, the pictures above should give you an idea of the calibre of previous winners of the prestigious honour that is being chosen as Ninot Indultat. For more information, check out fallas.com.
Indiana Jones at the City of Arts and Sciences
Dec 14
Indiana Jones™ and the Adventure of Archaeology exhibition
If any Route 66 Idiomas Language School students are looking for an escape from Christmas, the City of Arts and Sciences is offering an adventurous alternative.
On 22 December, the Príncipe Felipe Science Museum will open the Indiana Jones™ and the Adventure of Archaeology exhibition. This is the European premiere of the exhibition, which will be in Valencia until 16 September 2012.
Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology will not only feature a vast and exclusive collection of Indy props, models, concept art and set designs (from the Lucasfilm Archives), it will also display a wealth of historical and cultural facts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and the National Geographic Society.
Information and tickets
Tickets are on sale here. Adult tickets are 15 euros and reduced admissions 11.55 euros.
To find out more about the exhibition, visit the official website (available in English, Spanish and French).
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Restaurant Week/ Cuina Oberta
Nov 24
This weekend, Route 66 Idiomas language school students may like to take advantage of VLC Cuina Oberta (Valencia Restaurant Week), which runs from 21-27 November.
In a celebration of local cuisine, 82 restaurants in and around the city offer you the chance to enjoy a gourmet lunch for 20 euros, or dinner for 30 euros.
For a list of particating restaurants, menus and maps, visit the event website. Here you can also check availability and book online (reservations are essential). But hurry! Tables book up quickly!
DELE exams November 2011
Oct 12
You still have until this Friday, 14 October to register to sit the November 2011 round of DELE exams.
For those for you who don’t already know, the Diplomas of Spanish as a Foreign Language (DELE, Diplomas de Español como Lengua Extranjera) are official qualification which accredit your level of competence and fluency in the Spanish language. They are awarded by the Instituto Cervantes, acting on behalf of the Spanish Ministry of Education. They are the only qualification in the Spanish language which is recognized worldwide and can be extremely valuable for your future educational and professional career.
Route 66 Idiomas’ intensive DELE preparation courses will start on 25 October. Classes are for a maximum of 6 students, so if you’re interested, sign up quickly so you don’t miss your chance at getting a place.
As I’m sure you already know, the teachers at Route 66 Idiomas Language School have years of experience preparing students to take these exams and we are proud to be able to say that the results have been favourable in the vast majority of cases.
If you’d like to take the DELE, you can register online now. For information about preparation course prices, click here.
We hope to see you in a preparation course soon and good luck to those of you taking the exams!
