点评:This seemed like ‘an adventure’ from the moment we docked in Santander, drove west through the superb Cantabrian scenery on the excellent road towards Oviedo, and then ‘turned left’ up into the remote mountains of Asturias for our week’s immersive Spanish language course with Alfredo and Jimena at ‘El Cuelebre’. Their beautiful house sits on the edge of the high village of La Peral with immense mountain peaks all around and the breath-taking valley and gorge of the Rio Somiedo visible below.
Nothing seemed too much trouble for them: the one-to-one lessons with Alfredo in the classroom were tailored to the different levels my wife and I are at, and the excursions out on walks and drives to the various historical, village, cafe, restaurant and geographical sites in the area had the Spanish conversation flowing between the four of us during the visits. Fortunately for me, they both speak excellent English, so when I (regularly) faltered in the language they sensitively interjected with the correct words and endings, explaining why it was so. And, unlike my language teachers at school of 60 years ago (who seemed hell-bent on destroying any self-confidence), they were both wells of infinite patience! Jimena is also a wild-life expert, so there was plenty to see and talk about, particularly the bears which inhabit the forests around the valley although all we saw of them was poo and paw-prints! They are very shy and reclusive animals.
Your accommodation in their house is a large and comfortable ‘annex’ with an en-suite bathroom and your own front door, so you can come and go as you please during your free time, with lovely short walks available to various mirador vantage points around the village itself with excellent interpretation boards, and to the tiny village bar; not to be missed!
You take your meals with Alfredo and Jimena - she is a great cook - speaking Spanish throughout (where possible!) and with a good flow of conversation related to the food, the day ahead, the day just spent, and the plan for tomorrow, the history of the area, and events taking place around the world. The phrase ‘Mi casa es su casa’ could not have been more appropriate.
We were with them in late October/early November this year (2023) with with some ‘wild autumnal weather’ and with the spectacular snow on the peaks this was also a useful topic of day-to-day conversation, as were the current news programmes on the TV.
This is what it says it is – an immersive course in both Spanish and Asturian culture in Spain, thoroughly enjoyable and in stunning surroundings and hosted by two very welcoming and approachable people. We can’t recommend it strongly enough. Hasta luego!
Jeff and Lorna Teasdale.
Macclesfield, GB. November 2023.
翻译:从我们停靠在桑坦德的那一刻起,这似乎就像是一场“冒险”,沿着通往奥维耶多的绝佳道路向西行驶,穿过坎塔布连的壮丽景色,然后“左转”进入阿斯图里亚斯的偏远山区,参加我们本周的沉浸式西班牙语课程阿尔弗雷多和希梅纳在“El Cuelebre”。他们美丽的房子坐落在拉佩拉尔高村庄的边缘,周围是巨大的山峰,下面可以看到令人惊叹的索米多河山谷和峡谷。
对他们来说,似乎没有什么太麻烦的:在教室里与阿尔弗雷多进行的一对一课程是根据我和妻子所处的不同水平量身定制的,还有散步和开车去各种历史、村庄、咖啡馆、在访问期间,我们四个人之间的西班牙语对话在该地区的餐厅和地理景点中进行。对我来说幸运的是,他们的英语都说得很好,所以当我(经常)在语言上结结巴巴时,他们敏感地插入了正确的单词和结尾,解释了为什么会这样。而且,与 60 年前我在学校的语言老师不同(他们似乎一心要摧毁任何自信),他们都是无限耐心的源泉!希梅纳也是一位野生动物专家,所以有很多东西可以看和谈论,特别是栖息在山谷周围森林中的熊,尽管我们看到的只是它们的粪便和爪印!它们是非常害羞和隐居的动物。
您在他们的房子里的住宿是一个宽敞舒适的“附楼”,配有连接浴室和自己的前门,因此您可以在空闲时间随意出入,并可通过可爱的短途步行前往周围的各个米拉多尔有利位置村庄本身有很棒的解说板,还有小村庄酒吧;不容错过!
您与阿尔弗雷多和希梅纳一起吃饭 - 她是一位出色的厨师 - 自始至终都说西班牙语(如果可能的话!),并与食物、未来的一天、刚刚度过的一天以及明天的计划相关的良好对话,该地区的历史以及世界各地发生的事件。 “Mi casa es su casa”这句话再合适不过了。
今年(2023 年)10 月底/11 月初,我们和他们在一起,当时有一些“狂野的秋季天气”,山峰上有壮观的积雪,这也是日常谈话的一个有用的话题,就像当前的新闻一样电视上的节目。
正如它所说的那样——一门关于西班牙和阿斯图里亚斯文化的沉浸式课程,在令人惊叹的环境中非常愉快,由两位非常热情和平易近人的人主持。我们强烈推荐它。哈斯塔鲁戈!
杰夫和洛娜·蒂斯代尔。
英国麦克尔斯菲尔德。 2023 年 11 月。