Spanish National Day, 12/10

Spain celebrates its national next October 12th, which falls on a Sunday this year.
More info, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic_Day

Ride the city!

You would like to ride a bike in the city but you don’t want to leave it in the street, you don´t have much room at home, in the Bicing station near where you live you can’t find a bike when you need it or it´s full when you want to park it. The Aula Ambiental- Punt Verd in Sagrada Familia can lend you a foldable bike so you can try it before buying one.

Requirements: 100€ deposit
More information in http://www.aulambiental.org/ (in Catalan) , 93 435 05 47 or aula_ambiental@telefonica.net

European Day of Languages, Sept 26th

Europe celebrates its linguistic diversity with activities all around the continent, like free intercambios and 20 minutes crash courses in many European cities.
Check the website of the European Commission for more info:

http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/lang/awareness/day05_en.html

Festes de la Mercè 2008- La Mercè Festival 2008

The biggest festival which celebrates the patron saint of the city with music, parades, family activities and much more!
More info:
http://w3.bcn.es/V01/Serveis/Noticies/V01NoticiesLlistatNoticiesCtl/0,2138,1653_1802_3_574583812,00.html?bcnAccessible=true&accio=detall&home=HomeBCN

La Diada de Catalunya

Catalunya celebrates its National Day next September 11th. Get info on its history here,


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Day_of_Catalonia