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  1. May Day celebrations around the world

    Experience Cultures: May Day celebrations around the world

    May 1st, often called May Day, is a national holiday in many different countries around the world. Each culture’s celebration has its own origins, whether they stem from nature, religion, or social welfare and revolution…

  2. Learn Italian away from the tourist trail this year

    Experience Cultures: Learn Italian away from the tourist trail this year

    Italy has got to be one of the most varied and beautiful countries in the world, so it’s easy to see why the country attracts so many foreign visitors each year…

  3. Berlin – a fantastic place for any film buff

    Experience Cultures: Berlin – a fantastic place for any film buff

    Every February, Berlin hosts the Berlinale - The Berlin International Film Festival – one of the film industry’s most prestigious annual events.

  4. Learn Spanish in Santiago de Compostela

    Experience Cultures: Learn Spanish in Santiago de Compostela

    When it comes to learning Spanish in Spain, it’s often the old favourites like Barcelona and Malaga that top the popularity charts, but there are plenty of other fantastic places to consider, like Santiago de Compostela for example.

  5. What makes Xi’an a great place to study Mandarin?

    Experience Cultures, Types of Courses: What makes Xi’an a great place to study Mandarin?

    Xi’an was founded over three thousand years ago and is therefore one of the China’s oldest cities.

  6. How to practise your German outside of lessons in London

    : How to practise your German outside of lessons in London

    If you’re doing a German language course in London it really helps if you can find opportunities to practise using your German outside the classroom. Fortunately there are lots of options if you know where to look...

  7. Why Honduras is a great Spanish study destination

    Experience Cultures: Why Honduras is a great Spanish study destination

    Honduras is a beautiful country just east of Guatemala and north of Nicaragua, in Central America.

  8. Top 10 things to do in and around Seattle

    Experience Cultures: Top 10 things to do in and around Seattle

    Most people know that Seattle has a pretty wet climate, with rain averaging 50% of the time. Keep that in mind when you visit as there are plenty of things to do outside, just be sure to bring an umbrella!

  9. Top 3 winter destinations in Italy

    Experience Cultures: Top 3 winter destinations in Italy

    Italy is a great place to visit at any time of the year. Good places to go during the winter include the ski resorts in the mountains of northern Italy, Rome and Sicily.

  10. English study destinations: Exeter

    Experience Cultures: English study destinations: Exeter

    Choosing where to do an English course can be difficult when so many different places are on offer. Despite being a city that is not well known internationally, Exeter has plenty to attract foreign visitors and students…

  11. 10 facts about Tours

    Experience Cultures: 10 facts about Tours

    One of the less well-known cities in France, Tours is actually a fascinating place with many attributes that make it a perfect place to learn French.

  12. Munich - a city with something for everyone

    Experience Cultures: Munich - a city with something for everyone

    Munich is probably best known for its famous Beer Festival, but, of course, there’s far more to it than that…

  13. Top tips for westerners learning Asian languages

    Attitudes to Language Learning, Making Progress: Top tips for westerners learning Asian languages

    It seems to me that Western languages have a lot of similarities.

  14. Study Spanish in Almeria

    Experience Cultures: Study Spanish in Almeria

    Almería, a small city on southeast coast of Spain, is a great place to study Spanish with a variety of language schools, fine beaches, a lively night life, interesting architecure, and a Mediterranean climate.

  15. Why Berlin is the place to be this November

    Experience Cultures: Why Berlin is the place to be this November

    On the 9th November 2009, Germany will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

  16. An A-Z of why to choose Rouen as a French study destination

    Experience Cultures: An A-Z of why to choose Rouen as a French study destination

    Rouen is a beautiful and historic city in the heart of Normandy. It is a great place to study French for many reasons...

  17. What makes Bogota a great study destination?

    Experience Cultures, Planning for a course: What makes Bogota a great study destination?

    Bogota is located up in the Andes in the centre of Colombia, which is nestled in the north west corner of South America.

  18. Top 5 Halloween destinations in Europe

    Experience Cultures: Top 5 Halloween destinations in Europe

    There are plenty of cities around the world that are steeped in history and mystery, but these five offer some of the spookiest tours and ghostwalks around...not for the faint-hearted!

  19. French courses in France: La Rochelle

    Experience Cultures: French courses in France: La Rochelle

    Mention La Rochelle to anyone who studied French in a UK secondary school in the late eighties to mid nineties, and they will probably tell you that they have heard of it. They may not recall where, though!

  20. Rediscovering Rome

    Experience Cultures: Rediscovering Rome

    Rome is definitely one of those places that I’m going to have to ‘do’ again…

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