This is the companion class weblog for 'An Introduction to Catalan Culture'

What is a weblog?

A Blog (or weblog) is an online journal that can be instantly and easily updated. Sometimes a Blog can just be a list of interesting web sites, or a diary or someone's personal thoughts,or even a combination of these.

This weblog is designed to help you make the most of your stay in Barcelona.

To post to this weblog, you need to sign in first.

Registered Members:
Secilie Kui
Mari Merta
Marjolein Kok
Rita Finsland
Philippa von Gottberg
Saskia Dirkson
Laura Wright
Gemma Loughhead
Riitta Ryhta
Kiki Visschers
Oystein Oostergren
Orjan Arvola
Inge van Zeist
Karoliina Arola
Janita Somero
Narges Kolahdouz Moghaddam
Nilo Rahmani
Jop Veldpaus
Mariska Verbeek
Jo-Anne Knoops
Heli Suomala
Petri Kemilainen
Sonja Theunissen
Milka Latipää
Patricia Van Wetten
Meike Grouls
Sophie Hickman
Carley Clark
Randy Karssemakers

Catalan Culture 2004 Class Blog

miércoles, diciembre 03, 2003

Assignment 2

What makes Catalonia different from the rest of Spain? I asked three people from my english workshop class. There aswers were a little bit the same. They thought the language. The catalan people are very proud of their language and because of the dictatorship for many years they couldn´t speak it.
That´s why the catalan people are also very nationalistic. They want an independed Catalonia with no interfering from Madrid. They now have to pay a lot of money that they earn from the tourism here to Madrid. I think that´s really bad, because their is enough to rebuild in the city. For example El Raval.
They told me that the Catalan people are more closed and colder then the rest of the people that live in Spain. I can´t compare it because this is my first time in Spain. But I experienced that not always. I think that they are more friendly and open the for example the people from France. Also I can understand why they are mybe more closed and colder. They already experienced a lot in life because of Franco.
The last thing is that catalan people are hard workers. I´m still surprised when I see how many hours the shops are open and how late people go to home. We don´t have that in Holland and if people have to work longer they complain very fast about that.
So this are my findings about the catalan people!

Inge



This page is powered by Blogger. Isn't yours?
 
 
[ contact info ]
email
icq#306078251

[ general links ]

Turismo Sant Ignasi - Escuela Universitaria ESADE

Catalan Culture


[ Weblog links ]

Puerta del Sol Blog - Reflections on life in Spain and Spanish culture

Sonar Festival 2003


[ Barcelona ]

La Mercè festival

Barcelona Acció Musical

[ Catalonia links ]

Generalitat de Catalunya

Tourism in Catalonia

[ Art & Architecture videos ]

Dalí Museum documentary

Dalí: His life through his paintings

Modernism in Barcelona

Modernist Architecture in Barcelona

Picasso's Guernica

Final Vortex (Gaudí)

[ archives ]
past entries