European interested in China?

The program I am participating in METP (Management Exchange Training Program) is now looking for participants for next intake that is planned to start in April 2008 and will last 10 months.

If you are interested and want to look for details you can find the information on the following site http://www.eu-china-metp.eu/ or http://www.metp.net.cn/. Please do not hesitate to askme any question or send them an Email.

The First Week in China

My first 10 days in China have been very interesting and busy at the same time. I am participating, together with other 40 Chinese and 17 European (6 Spanish, 5 Italian, 1 British, 1 French, 1 German, 1 Swedish, 1 Lithuanian and 1 Finish), on an Intercultural Training program of two weeks before starting the mandarin lessons.

The first week was in Beijing, except two days that we went for an outdoor training near Beijing. We just had been in Shanghai for the last two days. Now, we are on are way to Wuhan for two days before returning to Beijing on Thursday.

The first impression is very positive, but I am aware that I have not seeing the “real China” yet. We are at major cities in nice hotels and with not much free time to explore the cities.

The mandarin language will be a big challenge and I will start the classes next week at UIBE University in Beijing. For the moment I am learning few words
together with the Chinese colleagues of the program.

Madrid - Beijing

I travelled from Madrid to Beijing last 10th August and I plan to stay in China for the next 10 months participating in a program between EU and China (http://www.eu-china.metp.eu/).

I had a very comfortable flight. It was a direct flight and thanks to my friend Cristina and Juan Carlos I managed to travel on the front part of the aircraft. Thank you!

A combination of jet lag after 11 hours flying and tiredness I brought from Spain, I felt really tired when I arrived to the hotel. So, I have been just resting today. Tomorrow I will start to discover the city of Beijing.

Enópolis

Enopolis (the city of wine) is a project that links two of my main hobbies: wine and travel. This is located at my litter village FUENTELISENDO, which is 2 hours from Madrid to the north.

Last first of August Enopolis presented a refurbished Roman wine press from 18th Century, as well as the guided visits that Enopolis offers, which include vineyards, wine tasting as well as visit to modern Torrederos winery.

The list of assistance included Tourism Information Offices from the area, wineries as well as wine tourism companies. All agreed that this will not leave indifferent to the visitor.

Please do not hesitate to contact us for any question you may have.

Opening days: Mon, …, Thu, Fri, Sat & Sun
Opening Hours: 11:00 – 14:00 & 15:00 – 20:00
Email: Info@enopolis.es
Tel: (+34) 606 239 507
Contact: Silvia Rocher

Canada: “C`est beau Québec”

Québec city, capital of the province of Québec, celebrates next year (2008) its 400th anniversary. I was very well treated by Ysabelle and her parents Loraine Dupont and André Burassa. I would like to thank them as well as to invite you to visit the city next year. I do not speak French, but I have learned a sentence in French that says: C´est beau Québec!

I really liked Québec city where I had the opportunity to enjoy its summer festival. The main festival location is Parc des Chaps de Bataille, where in 1795 French were conquest by the British. Even thought they lost the battle they have managed to maintain the language and the culture. The museum of French American offers a good historic perspective.

Canada can be proud about the amount of nature it´s got, I could enjoy a bit during a hike at Jacques-Cartier National Parc. The French name of Jacques-Cartier is very popular in Québec because he was the first European to discover Canadian land (former New France). I also enjoyed with the Bourassa-Dupont family in an excursion to St. Joseph de la Rive through the Royal Road which goes along the great San Lorenzo river. Please, do not forget to visit the recent builted fountain broght stone by stone all the way from Bordeaux.

Montreal was my last stop of the trip before I returned to Spain. I managed to have a good guide, whom just included Spanish among the languages of guided visits. From Australia, headquarter of the Lonely planet, I also received very good recommendations which were very useful.

My next trip is to Beijing as from the 10th August, where the 2008 Olympics will take place in a years time. I have started already a competition with Mrs. Dupont: She will learn Spanish and I will learn Mandarin...