Spanish Lessons on Wheels in México!

Come, join us!  Study Spanish while touring a most magnificent country! Lessons will be given while visiting several important and diverse places in Central Mexico.

Our classroom on wheels is available for groups of 10 maximum.   This 7 days tour is appropriate for students of all levels.

Places to visit: Morelia, Pátzcuaro, Tzintzuntzan, Ihuatzio, Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary (in season) or Tlalpujahua, Los Azufres, Uruapan, Lake Zirahuén, Santa Clara del Cobre, Capula, Quiroga, Santa Fe de la Laguna,  Cuitzeo, Zinapécuaro, Querendaro.

Strategy:

Our aim is to speak mainly Spanish during our session of School on Wheels.  Therefore all activities of the day will be conducted in Spanish but will be translated immediately to English if it is required by any of the students. We will use the same method used by most recorded Spanish lessons in which you will hear the English word, phrase, or, sentence and then the Spanish pronunciation.   Ours will be similar, in that, for example, if we say, Aqui celebran la Noche de Muertos, we  will translate for you immediately to, Here they celebrate the Day of the Dead. The only exciting difference between recorded lessons and these lessons is that we will be in the town where they actually celebrate the event, Lake Patzcuaro.

During the tour you will be encouraged to ask “How do you say?” -  Cómo se dice?”- And the guide-instructor will give you an answer not only for you but for everybody.

The manner of speaking Spanish during this tour will be clear, slow, and, often repeated.   It will not be like a recording that is often too fast, unclear, and difficult to repeat.

Objectives:

Our main objective is to familiarize you with the language in conditions that will encourage you to listen and speak Spanish in a relaxed, friendly manner.  We are not promising you that you will speak Spanish fluently in this small number of days.  We are saying that you will be communicating each day to the limit of your possibilities.  It is not our purpose to involve you in uncomfortable situations.  We want to put you in real conditions of oral communication under our control and yours and with the help of translation to English if and when needed.

The other main goal of these lessons is that these conditions, by themselves, will be in places that will also enrich your spirit per se. We will travel through areas of central Mexico, in the State of Michoacan defined not only as touristic attractions, but also as typically Mexico.  Therefore learning the language should be existential.  Everybody knows that practice makes perfect, but oftentimes, with the little Spanish that is known, one is frightened or does not have the opportunity to practice it.  In Spanish Lessons on Wheels we invite you to practice it….in the heart of Mexico.

Another purpose of these lessons is that once you have this experience behind you, you will grow in confidence.  You will be more capable of measuring your own possibilities.  You will be able to walk by yourself not only in Mexico, but in any Latin-American country.  Self-examination concerning your language goals will become more complete, more specific, and, as a methodological consequence, easier to attack.  We believe that this tour will change your perspectives.  Even if your spoken Spanish is difficult to maintain, the experience of having lived it in its own environment will improve your comprehension of it and the size of your challenge.

Who provides this service?

We are professional tour guides recommended by different travel guide books with 14 years of experience providing tours in the English language.  Through this involvement we have detected some communicational needs of foreign people travelling within Mexico, or of those persons living in the country full time.  We will combine the interest and allure of touring new areas together with time spent teaching you the beautiful, romantic Spanish language.

Language pre-requisites:

English speaking students do not need previous Spanish studies.  Obviously if you have previous Spanish experience the journey will be that much more delightful and meaningful.  The number of students allows for us to dedicate sufficient time to each individual.

Come with us and experience the magic of Mexico while learning a new language!

Dates:

 2011

Jun 27th – Jul 3rd                Ago 22nd – 28th               Sep 5th – Sep 11th

Sep 19th – Sep 25th            Oct 3rd – Oct 9th            Oct 14th – Oct 20th

Oct 25th – Oct 31st                  Nov 3rd – Nov 9th                Nov 14th – Nov 20th

Nov 22nd – Nov 28th            Dec 1st – Dec 7th             Dec 12th – Dec 18th

2012

Jan 9th – Jan 15th               Jan 19th – Jan 25 th           Jan 30th – Feb 5th

Feb 9th – Feb 15th               Feb 20th Feb 26th              Mar 1st – Mar 7th

Mar 12th – Marz 18th           Mar 21th – Mar 27th

Total cost per person: $7300 pesos

Price Includes:

Hotel for 8 nights in Morelia.

Lunch on the road

Admissions

Vehicle

Lessons for 7 days

Tour Guide-instructor

Not Included: Transportation to Morelia. Dinner, breakfast. Whatever else.

Obs.

1. Based on double occupancy. We can´t have individual beds and pupils  most have open mind to share a big bed with someone of his/her same sex, or definitely to ask for an individual room in which case he/she has to pay an extra $2200 pesos, if there are available rooms for our dates. Same condition for solo travelers.

2.  You can get your room after 2 pm on the previous day. Must leave hotel by noon of the day after tours finish. V.gr. if you chose dates Oct 25th - Oct 31st, then you could arrive to hotel after 2 pm on Oct 24th, and must leave hotel at noon on Nov 1st.

3. In case you need extra days in hotel you have to ask availabilty to your instructor.

4. The hotel rooms have strict rules that will be provided by organizators.

5. Each date limited to 10 pupils. Ask for availability before depositing any money.

To register

To  register, please deposit 50% of total to our bank or Pay Pal account. We´ll indicate them. This ammount is refundable by Pay Pal sistem if you cancel 7 days before the event. Non refundable after. If by any reason you have to miss some day of itinerary there isn´t refunding. If by some reason we have to cancel your refund will be 100%, or proportional to the days we toured.

Program Itinerary

Previous Day .Your arrival to Morelia on your own. Overnight at included hotel from 2 pm on.

Day 1.    - 9 am Meeting and Morelia City school-tour. 4 hours.

              - Lunch Food Spanish lesson (FL) (Included)

              - Panoramic City school-tour. 1.5 hours in vehicle.

              - Explore on your own.

              - Overnight Morelia

Day 2  - 9 am Departure to Pátzcuaro Lake School-tour.  Spanish on Wheels

            - Visiting archaeological sites of Tzintzuntzan and Ihuatzio. Lessons on ruins.

            - Lunch. UNESCO World Heritage Michoacanian food lesson

            - Patzcuaro historic center school-tour.

            - Overnight Morelia

Day 3  - 8 am Departure to Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary

            - Overnight Morelia

Day 4  - 9 am Departure to Uruapan area School-tour

            - Visiting National Park. Lessons of Spanish related to Nature.

            - Lunch at Lake Zirahuén (FL)

            - Santa Clara del Cobre. (Pueblo Mágico)

            - Overnight Morelia

Day 5   - 9 am Departure to Capula (Catrinas town)

             - Quiroga (Crafts market)

             - Santa Fe de la Laguna (Indigenous town) Visit to members of cooperative and eat with them. (FL)

             - Overnight Morelia

Day 6  - 9 am departure to Cuitzeo (Pueblo Mágico)

            - Zinapécuaro. Lunch (FL)

            - Queréndaro (Example of bakery, chiles, mole) (FL)

            - Nocturnal visit to Morelia in vehicle. Telling Legends

            - Overnight Morelia

Day 7  - 9 am Departure to Los Azufres (geothermal area)

            - Mud Crater (time for bath)

            - Lunch on the road (FL)

            - Presenting of participants certificate. End of lessons.

            - Overnight Morelia

Day After --- Leave room at noon.

From June 27th toNov 9th all itineraries without Monarch Buttelfly visit for been out of season.

From Nov 14th to March 27th, all itineraries include a Monarch Butterfly visit.

Itineraries around Day of the Dead (Nov 1st and 2nd) could increase price because of hotels demand.

Depending on weather conditions to visit butterflies, and other situations that we cant control, we could modify order of itineraries, but all places indicated should be visited.

Alternative tours  in case access to Monarch Butterfly is cancelled or any of the others.

           - Tlalpujahua, with its Dos Estrellas Mine, cantera workshops, Christmas spheres workshops, and its historical center.

           - or Tiripetío ans San Nicolás Obispo