Garden Intercambio: Saturday 12noon in Gracia

NOTE: Please reserve (RSVP) online for our intercambios and update your status if you can no longer attend.

Garden-Party-Style intercambios:

We love Olokuti's back garden patio! It's a hidden paradise of tranquility. We have chosen Olokuti because we share their philosophy of fair trade,ecological products&cultural diversity.

The set-up / format = Sit - stand - sit: The fantastic garden creates a very social relaxed atmosphere. We start by forming tables of 5 people but then after about 1 hour we get everyone to fold their chairs and form new groups (by star sign, colored dots etc). After about 20 minutes of mingling people are encouraged to unfold the chairs and continue talking freely.

ENGLISH: Olokuti (planet earth in Swahili) is a shop in Gracia specializing in and promoting fair trade,ecological and environmentally friendly products. It also has a great outdoor patio at the back of the store which is where we will meet.

CASTELLANO: Olokuti (planeta tierra en Swahili), es una tienda en Gracia que promueve y se especializa en productos de comercio justo,ecológicos y que respetan al medio ambiente. También tiene un fantástico patio exterior que es donde nos reuniremos. Each group controls their own "language bell" to make sure that everyone gets a fair practice of their target language.

FAQs: For more information about our language exchanges visit our FAQ intercambio page.

The details:

• When: Saturday 12noon - 2pm


• Where: In the garden of Olokuti-C/Asturies 38 (Gracia)


• Nearest metro: Olokuti is about 1 minute walk from Fontana (L3) metro.


• Intercambio organizer: Germaine (click link for more info about the English Oasis team)

2012 Prices

Price for intercambio FIRST TIMERS with or without online reservations

• English 1st timers wanting Spanish: FREE


• Españoles/Catalanes que vienen por primera vez a uno de nuestros intercambios para practicar su inglés: 2€

Price WITH online RSVP (reservations):

• English speakers wanting Spanish: 3€


• Españoles/Catalanes y otras nacionalidades que buscan practicar su inglés a cambio de Castellano: 4€**

Price WITHOUT online RSVP (reservations):

• English 1st timers wanting Spanish: 4€


• Españoles/Catalanes que vienen por primera vez a uno de nuestros intercambios para practicar su inglés: 4€

* We offer a 1€ discount to native and near-native English-speakers who RSVP (reserve) online
**Porque tan solo ofrecéis descuentos a los angloparlantes que buscan español?! Disculpad pero necesitamos animar a mas Anglo-parlantes a participar. Damos aun mas razones en nuestra sección de FAQ.

BASIC INTERCAMBIO INFORMATION

Entrance our intercambios includes:

• Meet & greet by the organizer (whether you come alone or with a friend, we make sure you meet at least 4-5 others)


• "Language bells" to ensure equal & fair language practice time for all languages.


• Notepads to write down (apuntar) new vocabulary, expressions, good websites etc... and a dictionary.

Please buy a fair-trade drink from Olokuti's vending machine.

In return for using Olokuti's magnificent garden please get a drink from the vending machine at the start of the intercambio/language exchange. In line with Olokuti's philosophy all drinks are fair-trade (comercio justo). They have great hot teas, great for the winter months as well as coffee and fruit juices (no soft drinks or alcohol).

FAQs:

For further information on our intercambios see our intercambio FAQs.

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