Now, my review!

We originally signed up to take only one week of classes but we learned so much in our first week and liked our teacher so much that we decided to take it again. All of the teachers are extremely warm, friendly people and skilled in teaching Spanish.The class size was small and we went at our own pace, we could ask any questions we wanted, all of the material was based on what we wanted to learn. It was very personalized.
Sara Burke-Gorewitz. Albany, CA, Estados Unidos.

My review for Spanish in Bariloche School, in Patagonia.

All the teachers are extremely competant. They all understand how to teach foreigners every part of the Spanish language. They are also very fun and feel like your friends. The price is incredible value for what you receive in return. The teaching materials are very relevant and the class rooms are confortable. The program is flexible to your needs, interests ans schedule. The after class cultural activities are great bonus. Great experience, highly reccomend it!
John Garand, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Learning Spanish at Español en Bariloche, Spanish School

A great School with great teachers. Relaxed and challenging at the same time. Because the school is small, attention to individual students is great.
William Urmston, Boston, Ma, EEUU

Our experience in Spanish in Bariloche

Spanish in Bariloche is a very good school. It gave us all the tools we need to know to speak Spanish.
¡Adriana es número uno!

Roz Abuhatziva & Asaf Amit - Israel

My experience in Spanish in Bariloche

I am very impressed by the quality of the teacher; Adriana has been excellent. Very patient, dear explatanion and made me feel at ease immediately. I found a couple of private lessons on top of the classes very useful. Thank you. My spanish is 200% better than it was.
Fionna Smyth - Ireland

My time in Spanish in Bariloche School

A very nice School, with very understanding and patient teachers. Course tailored to me and my girlfriend as we didn't know a word of Spanish and we wanted to learn the necesaties for travelling. We both feel confident in restaurants and understanding numbers, prices, asking directions, etc. We also have the building blocks of Spanish to be able to make sentences as are vocab builds. If you are a begginer ask for the vocab sheets in the first couple of lessons as this will help to understand the course and enhance your ability to speak to people.
Graham Drew, Londres.

Las Diferencias culturales entre EEUU y la Argentina.

Soy un estadounidense que está viajando por tres meses en la Argentina para mejorar mi castellano y conocer la cultura de acá. Estoy en la Argentina hace un mes y medio y he visto muchas diferencias culturales entre este país y el mío.

Por un lado no hay barreras grandes entre personas no conocidas. Siempre la gente se esta saludando con un beso, incluso los hombres. Hay que saludar casi a cada persona que se encuentra como si fueran amigos viejos (pero me parece que es más difícil ofender a un Argentino que a un estadounidense, entonces si metes la pata, no pasa nada). También, especialmente en la Capital Federal, no hay mucho espacio en los colectivos porque son muy usados. Por eso, encuentras mucha gente en cada viaje, quieras o no. En mi país es un poco diferente. Normalmente, no es necesario dar la bienvenida a todas las personas que se vea. Casi nunca se besan personas desconocidas (especialmente los hombres no se besan) y (salvo en Nueva York, tal vez) hay mucho mas espacio en los transportes públicos y normalmente se puede sentar (aunque no hay tanto transporte público en mi país).

Por otro lado, los Argentinos no tienen nada de fe en su gobierno. Por supuesto, en EEUU (como en casi todos países) la gente se queja mucho sobre el gobierno y piensa que puede ser mejor. Pero en EEUU es más que la gente le gusta un partido en vez de otro, y sabe (más o menos) cuales cambios que quiere. Acá, en contrario, todas las personas que conocí me dijeron que todas las cosas están empeorando y piensan que el gobierno no puede cambiar nada. Muchas personas me dijeron que no les gusta ninguno de los candidatos para presidente y solamente están votando porque es obligatorio. Aunque la gente quiere un cambio, creo que es más difícil explicar exactamente cual cambios quiere. Parece que la gente se pone un poco nerviosa por la elección que viene y tal vez va a cambiar en poco tiempo.

Finalmente, los horarios en Argentina son muy distintos. En EEUU la gente come más temprano cada comida salvo el desayuno, que casi no existe en Argentina. Por ejemplo, una hora regular para cenar acá es diez de la noche. En EEUU la hora para comer es cerca de las siete y media. También, todos salen más tarde por la noche. Acá, es normal salir de la casa a las tres a un boliche y no regresar hasta el amanecer. En Argentina, a veces la gente trabaja a la mañana siguiente. No sé cuando duermen (tal vez en la siesta). En EEUU, los bares y clubs están cerrados después de las dos de la mañana!

Aunque la cultura es diferente, me gusta mucho. Estoy viajando para conocer otra cultura y tener una experiencia afuera de mi vida normal. Me encanta que existan tantas diferencias para disfrutar.

The Cultural Differences Between the USA and Argentina

I am a student from the USA who is in Argentina to improve my language skills and get to know the culture. I have been in Argentina for a month and a half so far and have seen many differences between the culture of this country and my own.

Initially, there are not very many barriers between people who do not know one another very well. People are always greeting each other with a kiss, including the men. Here, you have to greet every person you encounter as though you were old friends (though it has been my experience that it is very difficult to offend people in Argentina, so it probably won't be a problem if you do not act appropriately). Also, in Buenos Aires there isn't a lot of space on the busses, so you have to meet many people every trip you take, whether you want to or not. It is a little different in my country. People rarely, if ever, kiss each other hello (especially the men) and (save maybe in New York) there is generally a lot of space and you can generally have your own seat (though, really there isn't very much public transportation in the USA).

Additionally, the Argentineans do not appear to have a lot of faith in their government. Of course, in the USA (like almost every country) people generally complain about the government and think that things could be done better. However, in the USA, people generally side with one party over another and they seem to know more or less what changes they would like the government to make. Although the people there appear to want changes in the Argentinean government, it is difficult to explain exactly what changes they would like. It could just be that the people are concerned about the upcoming election and all of this will change shortly.

Finally, the daily schedule in Argentina is very distinct. In the USA, people generally eat earlier for every meal than people do in Argentina, except for breakfast, which basically does not exist in Argentina. For example, a regular time to eat dinner is ten o'clock at night. In the USA the typical time to eat is 7:30 or so. Furthermore, the people here go out later than those in the USA. It is normal to leave the house at three in the morning and not return until dawn. I the USA, the bars and clubs are closed before two at night. And, here, the people work the next day after going out for so long. I have no idea when they sleep.

Although the culture here is different, I like it a lot. I am traveling in order to experience another culture and have a different type of experience from my normal daily life. I love that there are so many differences that I am able to enjoy.