Christmas Special @ GLS Campus Berlin 2010 :: 2011

  • Date: Sunday, Dec 19 - Sunday, Jan 2, 2011
  • Price: 630 € for 2 weeks including

32 German lessons on 8 days | accommodation in a studio on campus incl. breakfast (shared double - if you prefer single: surcharge 394 €) | invitation to a classic German Christmas dinner and a New Years brunch| free guide on activities in Berlin

Last year 80 students from 19 nationalities attended the Christmas special.


Sunday,
Dec 19
ArrivalCheck-in in your apartment at the GLS campus: there is no activity planned for the arrival day, but you´ll find lots of bars and cafes nearby, and also some shops like famous KaDeWe will be open between 1 and 8 pm

Monday,
Dec 20

Breakfast at the
GLS cafeteria,
placement test, then
4 lessons German
from 9 - 12.30 pm

Free afternoon, in the evenenig GLS invites you to a classic German Christmas dinner at the GLS restaurant "Die Schule"
Tuesday,
Dec 21
4 lessons GermanWe show you Berlin´s biggest Weihnachtsmarkt, selling sweets, toys and Glühwein (see Alan´s photos)
Wednesday, Dec 224 lessons GermanGLS guides show you Potsdamer Platz and we visit an exhibition in "Gemäldegalerie" at the Berlin Kulturforum
Thursday,
Dec 23
4 lessons German

We take you on a tour to Kreuzberg and have dinner at a famous restaurant known for its German delicacies (dinner @ own expense)

Friday,
Dec 24
holiday

December 24 is the most important holiday in Germany. Shops are open till 2 pm. We suggest to visit a free organ concert at the Berlin Dom or to go dancing at Kulturbrauerei next door (no GLS guide)

Saturday,
Dec 25
holidayGo ice-skating with us, in the very center of Berlin - right next to the Opera
Sunday,
Dec 26
holidayWe take you on a daytrip to Dresden
Monday,
Dec 27
4 lessons GermanRegulars´ table for all students @ GLS restaurant
Tuesday,
Dec 28
4 lessons GermanWe visit the Jewish Museum with its spectacular architecture
Wednesday, Dec 294 lessons GermanSauna on River Spree at the Badeschiff (no guide)
Thursday,
Dec 30
4 lessons GermanWe go bowling near GLS
Friday,
Dec 31
holidayWe take you on a daytrip to Potsdam. At night there are lots of partys in Berlin for "Silvester" = New Year´s Eve, the biggest party is the one at Brandenburg Gate. GLS guides accompany you on the daytrip, but in the evening there is no guide.
Saturday,
Jan 1
GLS invites all Christmas special students to a classical New Years brunch with Lachs and Sekt (11 am - 4 pm) at the GLS restaurant 
Sunday,
Jan 2
Departure

Please note that there maybe minor changes.

Christmas Special - what former participants say:

Ana Maria Florescu (Rumänien) – 29 Jahre alt. ana.galadriel@gmail.com 

Aziz Mahmoudy (Frankreich) – 32 Jahre alt: „Lehrer, Methodik und Atmosphäre exzellent.“ aziz.mahmoudy@hotmail.com

Sabina Alieva (Russland) – 27 Jahre alt: „Die Lehrerinnen sind sehr gut und sehr lustig und ihre Methodik gut. Die Unterkunft auf dem Campus ist exzellent  - auch Ordnung und Komfort. Danke schön. Ich mag GLS.“ eva-sabina@mail.ru

 Doo-Roo Ihm (Korea) – 18 Jahre alt: „Lehrer, Methodik und Atmosphäre exzellent.“ doorooihm@gmail.com

 

 

See fotos showing last year´s Christmas Special in