The Homestay Experience.

The Homestay Experience

You will live and share your daily life with a Spanish speaking family. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included and there is a washing machine available or your clothes will be washed once a week. Families are carefully chosen, and during your stay you will be another member of the family. We visit the families regularly and we permanently assess their services and the location of their house. All the family houses countain hot water, wi-fi, private room with a study table, and all familias does not speak English.

Here are 5 benefits of living with a Homestay:

1. You learn the language faster.

If you are studying Espanish in colombia, then living with a homestay family is definitely the best way to adjust. The more time you spend with other locals, the more you are forced to speak the country's native language. The best way to learn is to use it all the time without a crutch.

2. You experience the customs and tradition of the country first hand.

Through living with a homestay family, you are more likely to embrace the culture more quickly than if you were living solo. For example, families often include you in holiday meals or teach you how to prepare indigenous foods.

3. You discover the best local places.

There's nothing worse than getting to a new country and not knowing where you are going. Sure, you'll get hold of a map, but will it tell you which cafe has the best espresso? Where to find the most popular club? Where are the best places to shop or sight see? You'll only get this kind of insider information from the locals.

4. You make international friends more quickly.

Studying in a different country is most rewarding when you branch out and meet people who live in your host town. Your homestay family will introduce you to their family, friends, and neighbors. Homestay with children or teens are especially beneficial. They are more able to relate with a student and usually have quite a large and diverse network for friends.

5. You feel like part of the family.

The first few weeks of your international experience might give you a bad case of homesickness. If you are living with a homestay, you will have a group of people that will keep you company, dote on you, and treat you as if you are part of their family.

jueves, 16 de diciembre de 2010

Mirador turístico del sector.


Ubicado al noroccidente de Medellín, en la comuna 6, con una extensión de 41 hectáreas se encuentra el cerro El Picacho a 2.108 metros sobre el nivel de mar. Picacho, según el diccionario de la Real Academia de la Lengua Española, significa una punta o pico agudo que tienen algunos montes o riscos. Con este nombre fue bautizado este cerro, que es según Lina Marcela Osorno Mazo, una de las dos guías era uno de los más "puntudos", pero debido a su estructura de piedras que se han ido desmoronando y deslizando poco a poco su origen ha desaparecido. Además, está rodeado de cuevas, que aunque mudas, también cuentan su historia y que son las causantes de su asentamiento.

“Allí se encuentran piedras con marcas de los indígenas aburráes que indican la forma como se comunicaban en sus tiempos y que actualmente se ha demostrado a través de objetos arqueológicos a medida que han surgido nuevos barrios” menciona Gabriel, y es que en la construcción han sido hallados en distintas excavaciones. Hoy, algunos de estos objetos se encuentran guardados en el colegio Alfredo Coop de esta localidad.
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