FREE MEDELLIN SURVIVAL WORKSHOP

Traveling to another country can be a frightening experience.  By traveling to Medellin your friends and family may think you are crazy due to Medellin’s past history.  Not to fear.  Medellin has changed in the past forty years.  It is now known as the City of Eternal Spring!  With great people, great weather and great transportation, Medellin has turned into a must-visit tourist destination worldwide!  

However, Medellin is a big city and must be treated with respect.  This is why we have developed the FREE Medellin Survival Workshop!  This 90-minute interactive workshop takes place every Wednesday at our Estadio campus restaurant/event center at 4pm.  AND, after the free workshop, stick around for the free weekly activity-based language exchange!  (see event’s calendar here)  Practice more than just tourist Spanish.  Work out your conversational Spanish through a variety of activities and games with locals and people from around the globe!

Outline for workshop:

• Know the city
  • Comuna numbers and names
  • Estratos, maps and hot spots
  • Public and private transportation
  • Understanding the Colombian address system
• Experience Medellin
  • Four must-see sites
  • Four must-see museums
  • Eight must experience tours
  • Four traditional Paisa meals
  • Traditional street food and drinks
  • Clinics and hospitals
  • Nightlife
  • Safety & dating
• This and that
  • Extending your tourist stamp
  • Phone services – Colombian sim
  • Cash – ATM’s
  • Scams
  • Haggling and gringo pricing
• The Colombian 10 Commandments – You’ll have to attend to see what they are!

 Don’t miss this FREE information-packed workshop.  It could save your life! 

 See also:  Spanish Immersion 

A portion of every Spanish class tuition goes to The OLSA Foundation to help impoverished Colombians learn conversational English skills; to help them better compete in the job market.