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news, we will be presenting four main areas: conferences, courses, local
information (cool restaurants, web bars, cinema..) and ‘bureaucracy’.
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Noticias, os presentaremos cuatro áreas de información: conferencias,
cursos, información local (los mejores restaurantes, web bars, cine v.o...)
y ‘burocrasía’. ¡Echa un vistazo!
CONFERENCES,
TALKS & WORKSHOPS
Atlantic Forum Our
next get-together is taking place on Wednesday
June 27th, with kick-off at around 9p.m. The venue is
the tasca ‘El Dornajo’ in La Laguna which is on the corner of c/Juan
de Vega and C/ Anchieta.
There
will probably be another in late July or mid-September so watch this space.
If anyone can assist in finding a venue, please let us know, noticias@atlanticls.com
as we would like to try to hold one in the north and another in the south
of Tenerife.
Nuestro
próximo encuentro tomará lugar el 27 de junio (miércoles), empezando
sobre las 21h. Nos encontraremos en la tasca ‘El Dornajo’ en La Laguna
(esquina C/Juan de Vera con C/ Anchieta). Nos
gustaría hacer otro encuentro a finales de julio o a mitad de septiembre
– ya os avisaremos aquí. Si alguien conoce algún local donde
reunirnos, la dirección también es noticias@atlanticls.com
. Lo ideal sería encontrar algún sitio en el norte y otro en el sur
Tenerife. Brighton
2001
Report on
the IATEFL conference courtesy of Cathy Ellis (see last edition, Guest
Writer) The 35th IATEFL (International
Association of Teachers of English as a COURSES
There
are many courses on offer, so each edition we will provide you with
regularly up-dated information on just a few.
ESADE are running a summer school in Barcelona in July. The theme
is teacher development.
Speakers include Ron White, Martha Pennington, Chris Tribble, Nicky
Hockly and
Lyle Bachman. Topics
include Management of Language Teaching Centres, Teaching Languages for
Professional Purposes, Technology in Language Teaching, Languages and
Language Learning & Language Teaching Methodology. For
further information contact Teacher
Education Esade-Escuela
de Idiomas Av.
D’Esplugjues 92-96 08034
Barcelona www.esade.edu/ted
Tel: 93 495 20 95
Fax: 93 495 20 75
e-mail: idiomas esade.edu The CELTA (Cambridge
Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults) The CELTA
can be taken in many centres world-wide either part time or full time,
including over 100 centres in the U.K. and 7 in Spain. Full time courses
take about four weeks, and part time between four months and a year. Individual
centres will give you details of starting dates. Those
in Spain are listed below: BRITISH LANGUAGE CENTRE Tel: 3491 733 0739 CAMPBELL COLLEGE Tel: 3496 352 4217 CLIC INTERNATIONAL HOUSE Tel: 3495 437 4500 INSTITUTO
DE IDIOMAS(UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA) 15782
Santiago de Compestela, A Coruña Tel: 349 81 547 062 INTERNATIONAL
HOUSE BARCELONA Tel: 3493 268 4511 Courses
offered: INTERNATIONAL HOUSE MADRID Tel: 3491 310 1314 Courses
offered: INTERNATIONAL HOUSE, PALMA
DE MALLORCA Tel: 3497 172 6408 LOCAL
Our
favouriteTascas, Restaurants and Bars.
Nuestros
restaurantes y tascas predilectos.
(en
español e inglés) La
Hierbita
Tucked
away just near the Teatro Guimera, in Santa Cruz on calle Clavel,
is La Hierbita.
The building itself, once a
local whorehouse, goes back about two hundred years, and is full of
atmosphere, being very bright and airy.
This place gets very busy at lunch times, but it’s worth having a
drink at the bar, as you don’t usually have to wait very long for a
table. Apart from weekends its solely a lunchtime venue.
They specialise in Canarian cooking, and the Menu del Dia is 1350
ptas. Opening
times- Mon-Sat, 1200-1600,
Fri-Sat 2100-2400. Tel. 922 24 46 17 They have
a web page- www.guiatenerife.com/lahierbita. A
un minuto de la Calle Castillo y muy cerca del Teatro Guimerá, se
encuentra La Hierbita, en C/ Clavel, Santa Cruz. El edficio, antiguo prostíbulo,
cuenta con unos dos cientos años de historia, y el ambiente, la
luminosidad y el aire ofrecen un respiro refrescante en el mismo centro de
la capital. Llenísimo
al mediodía, merece la pena esperar a la barra, copa en mano, ya que la
espera para una mesa no suele alargarse mucho. La especialidad es la
cocina autóctona, y un menú del día te costará unas 1,350ptas. Horario:
lunes a sábado 12h00-16h00, viernes y sábado 21h00-24h00. Tel. 922
24 46 17
www.guiatenerife.com/lahierbita. La
Radio
On the
corner of the Rambla General Franco and Calle Doctor Guigou, opposite the
Hotel Mencey in Santa Cruz, this slightly up-market ‘tasca’ has been
one of my happiest discoveries of the year. The menu is read out to you by
the ever cheery Alexis, and the eight or ten dishes on offer are mostly
seafood and fish. The ‘calamares a la andaluza’, the tomato and
avocado salad and the ‘pulpo a la gallega’ are a must, though you won’t
be disappointed whatever you choose.
One word of warning, however; as there doesn’t seem to be a
written menu, prices remain a mystery until after coffee, and I wouldn’t
wait until the end of the month to visit. Situada
en la esquina de la Rambla General Franco con la calle Doctor Guigou,
enfrente del Hotel Mencey en Santa Cruz, esta tasca ‘de categoría’
constituye uno de mis descubrimientos más felices, este año. El siempre
sonriente Alexis, es el encargado de recitar la carta, y los ocho o diez
platos que ofrece, son mayoritariamente de marisco y pescado. Los
calamares a la andaluza, los tomatitos aliñados, y el pulpo a la gallega
son inmejorables; pero pidan lo que pidan no se llevarán ninguna
decepción. Una advertencia; dado que no parece haber una carta escrita,
los precios se ven envueltos en un misterio hasta después de los cafés,
y no les recomiendo esperar hasta finales de mes para su visita. Vale la
pena !!! Patio Canario En pleno centro de
La Laguna, muy cerca de la Catedral, se encuentra la tasca el Patio
Canario. Su cuidada decoración,
típica del lugar, unida a la variedad de platos y taperío, así como, el
buen vino del país, hacen de esta tasca un lugar imprescindible para tus
reuniones. Los
sábados por la noche suelen acudir grupos de amigos con guitarras e
instrumentos amenizando la estancia y animando a todas las personas
presentes a participar, haciendo del “Patio” un lugar entrañable
durante años. Abierto a partir de
las 20:30. The
Patio Canario is situated right in the centre of La Laguna, quite near the
cathedral. Its
typical Canary décor, along with its wide variety of local dishes and
tapas, - a very decent local plonk – make this wine/tapa bar the perfect
place for a night out with friends, On
Saturday nights, many of the regulars turn up with guitars, ‘timples’
and other typical musical instruments, and all those present are
encouraged to join in with what is generally a very enjoyable, sing-along
evening, which the Patio has long been famous for. Open from
8.30p.m. ‘til late. Other
info./ otros temas
English
Library
Taoro
Park, Puerto de la Cruz
(open Mon 1500-1730, Wed 1000-1200,
Fri 1600-1800,Sat 1100-1300)
Web Bars Santa
Cruz
Ciber Scout, (Centro
Castillo) c/Castillo
400ptas per hour
(helpful staff) (open 1000-2200 Mon-Sat)
tel. 922 53 33 90 Mirror
Telecom c/
Valentin Sanz (between
Angel Guimerá and the bridge) 400 ptas per hour
(open 1000-2300 7 days)
tel 922 27 39 19 Cyber
Dream c/
Iriate 16 near Plaza Militar
400 ptas per hour, 600 ptas for two hours(open 1000-1400 and 1700-
2200 Mon-Sat) tel 922
28 90 22 Ciber
La Rosa
c/
La Rosa 35. 350 ptas per hour.(open 1000-2200 Mon-Thurs, 1000-2300
Fri-Sat, 1600-2400 Sun) tel 922 24 39 82 La Granja
Ciber Avda
Madrid 32, opp. the park 300 ptas per hour (open 7 days
1000-2300) tel.
922 23 10 50 La
Laguna
La
Caja del Mail
c/
Granero, nr Café Latino tel. 922 31 49 90
(300 ptas
per hour) Also at c/Tabares de
Cala,13 Note: Due
to the sudden mushrooming of web bars all over Tenerife, as elsewhere,
prices are becoming more competitive, and most of the places listed
have various bono (discount)
packages. Original
Version Cinema Filmoteca
(Caja Canarias) in Plaza del Patriotismo Santa Cruz,
regularly
shows films
in their original version with subtitles in Spanish. They’re shown on
Mondays at 8.30. On
June 25th they’re showing “Colorado Territory” (1949)
directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Joel McCrea and Virginia Mayo
Cine
Aguere.
La Laguna
O.V.
films are shown regularly. Cost is 400 ptas. Details are published in the
daily newspapers. Casa
Cultura, Parque La Granja,
Santa Cruz
O.V. films
shown regularly. Video Clubs
Scorpio c/Alvarez de
Lugo (corner
of 18 Julio)(o.v films for rent-400 ptas).
Blockbuster Ángel
Guimerá, - surprisingly poor selection for an American chain. Also
in La Laguna. (and the south?). Places
of Worship
These
tend to be in Puerto de la Cruz. There is an International Christian
Centre, an All Saints Anglican Church and a Christian Fellowship. Maps
If you’re
into walking or exploring you can get military maps of the whole island
with a scale of 1:25,000.
These are very detailed, and show contour lines and small roads and paths.
These can be obtained from the Dept. of Cartography in the Military
Building at the bottom of
Rambla Pulido, opposite Plaza Weyler in Santa Cruz. They only cost
about 300 ptas. They actually stock maps of the whole of the Canaries and
indeed, the whole of Spain. Flights
Information
supplied by Medysol, Santa Cruz Tel 922
88 25 55 and 88
25 97 email: medysol2@e-savia.net
Peninsula
Return
flights to the peninsula for July
Providing
you stay for at least one weekend and not more than 14 days, Iberia are
offering return flights to Madrid for 34,500 ptas., which reduces to
23,600 ptas. for residents. See note about residency under Bureaucracy. Fares to
other cities in the peninsula are slightly higher. The services to Madrid
and Barcelona are daily, whereas Alicante for example is twice a week. U.K. Single tickets cost an
average of about 17,000 ptas. to various U.K. destinations. The return
flight alone can cost anywhere between 25,000 ptas. and 35,000 ptas, so it
may be worth considering just buying the single here, and the return in
the U.K. Germany Condor
and UTA charters to Frankfurt and other destinations are around 22,000
ptas one way and 40,000 return.(hin und zuruck) France It may be worthwhile
checking out some of the travel agents in the South of the island, as
there doesn’t seem to be much available in the way of charters in Santa
Cruz. Residency
and travel discounts
When
travelling from the Canaries to the peninsula, residents of the Canaries
are entitled to a 33% discount. All you need to do to qualify is to ‘empadronarte’
in the area where you live. You will need to go to your local “ayuntamiento”
(town hall) with proof of your address, such as water or electricity bills.
If you’re sharing a house, one of your roommates needs only to give you
a letter of authority together with the bills in his name.
You will then be given a document
-its called “hoja de inscripcion” (there is a nominal charge)
Whenever you want to travel you simply go along to your
ayuntamiento, and on paying a fee of about 360 ptas, you will receive a
travel document- “certificado
de viaje” which is valid for 6 months. It isn’t necessary to specify
where and when you are travelling, and if you intend to travel frequently
you can obtain several at the same time.
A discount is also available for inter-island travel;
this is between 20% and 25%
depending on the ferry company. Identity
Number
European Community citizens
can apply to the ‘Extranjeria’ in c/La Marina in Santa Cruz for an
identity number. You will be
issued with a yellow form which can be taken to the police station
at Avda Benito Perez Armas near La Granja Park. The police will, after
about two weeks, issue you with a certificate stating an N.I.E. ( Numero
de Identificacion de Extranjero). This number will come in very useful at
times, and it’s advisable to carry a photocopy of the certificate with
you.
BUREAUCRACY Consulates in Santa
Cruz
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