In one word; fantastic! I only stayed for two weeks but it was really cool! It is a small school, like a family, you get to know everyone and I think that helps create a good atmosphere. The very competent teachers also helped to achieve this. Stefano Switzerland

Taronja school is a good place to learn spanish. In the school you meet a lot of people from different countries, in general European. The people who work for the school make everyone feel very welcome and comfortable. If you have any problem they help you. Valencia is a beautiful and comfortable city, I will return someday to this city 🙂 Irena Germany

Grupo Horn

 

Valencia is a very beautiful and interesting city. We lived in pairs in spanish families during 6 days and we liked it very much.

Valencia is very funny. We visited many monuments and ate typical valencian meal. We visited many interesting museums.

Every day we had spanish class in Taronja between 13:30h and 17:00h. The classes helped us.

The activities which we made in the morning and in the evening were really good.

Especially the cooking class, the Oceanografico, the museums, the beach and the flamenco night.

We will come back to Valencia.

Names: Yakup, Uli, Patricia, Stefanie

Country: Austria

Hi at all!

We´re students from Austria and we had one beautiful week in Valencia. We visited many monuments of Valencia, for example the Plaza de Toros, the cathedral of Valencia and the Ciudad de las Artes y de las Ciencias. The most beautiful monument for us was the Oceanografico, which is situated in the Ciudad de las Artes y de las Ciencias. Every day we visited another monument in the morning. After lunch we had four hours of spanish class with Carlos and Clara. The classes were really interesting and funny. Every day we had to do an exercise for that we had to go out on the street and ask the people.

For the night we visited many bars and went to some activities, for example a tour de tapas and a night of flamenco. We could watch futball matches in the television as well.

The week was very nice but it ended too fast.

Names: Dominik, Lukas, Gerfried

Country: Austria

Hi at all!

We´re three boys from Austria which are studying spanish in a little institute in a villa. For that reason we went to Spain, to practice the language.

We lived in pairs in spanish families which are very nice and funny.

In the morning we made study trips to the monuments of Valencia and made some exercises for practicing our new knowledges.

At 13:30h we went every day at Taronja and studied with Carlos and Clara and in the evening we made typical things from Valencia.

Valencia is an impressive city with much culture and modern and old architecture.

It was a very interesting and unique voyage and we wish to come back to Valencia.

Names: Dorian, Alex

Country: Austria

I really enjoyed the experience in Taronja! I learned spanish by having much fun, the lessons have been very funny and interesting. Everybody was nice and I loved the activities like the welcome-paella and the cooking lessons with the great Chef Nando! 🙂 It also was very interesting being here during the Fallas and to see how the valencianos are living this celebration! I´d really like to come back to enjoy more time with people from all over the world learning spanish!! Ciao Name: Erica Country: Italy

Hi! My name is Alex, I’, 24 years old and I’m from Germany. In the six weeks that I’ve spent here to do an internship at Taronja School, I’ve not only had the chance to learn how a language school works, but I’ve also encountered the city where I’d really like to live if I were to move to Spain. Taronja School has impressed me a lot. Their team and the teachers show a great deal of enthusiasm and motivation which transfers to everybody inside the school. Also, the combination of small groups, the use of multimedia in class and extracurricular activities seems to create the best foundation for people from all over the world to learn Spanish. Thanks a lot to the whole team, the teachers and my colleagues for giving me such a wonderful time! Name: Alex Country: Germany

Grupo Marie Curie

Hey everybody around the world! On the 23rd of February we arrived in Valencia and it’s a very nice city. It’s a city full of history but it’s also a modern city. The people here are very open and sympathetic and always helpful. On the first day we went to the beach and saw the port but it was a little bit windy. On the second day we visited the historic center of the city, had a Horchata and in the evening we had paella with seafood and vegetables. On the third day we went to the Mercado Central and in the afternoon we had a cooking class with the hilarious Chef Nando. On the fourth day we took a trip to see the modern part of the city and the Fallas Museum. On the last day we visited the Oceanografic Museum. We really loved our stay here and Spain is very beautiful. We can’t wait to return. See you soon! Name: Maria, Silvia, Martina, Francesca Country: Italia During our stay in Valencia we visited the most important places in Valencia, like for example the Plaza de Toros, the Estacion de Norte, the cathedral, the Plaza Redonda, the Plaza del Ayuntamiento and the City of Arts and Sciences. Today we went to see the Oceanografic Museum. We really liked Valencia because it’s a much bigger city than the village we come from, so here you can find a lot more shops! The people here are very friendly, open-minded and the food is as tasty as is in Italy. For example, we loved the paella, especially the one with seafood. We also loved the beaches. We had an awesome week and we can only recommend Valencia to everybody! Thanks for all! Goodbye! Name: Beatrice, Sara, Alessia, Erica Country: Italia Valencia is a phantastic city; very clean, with a cosmopolitan flair and full of sympathetic people. There are a lot of ancient and architectonically interesting buildings. But there’s not only history but also the beaches, the food, restaurants and a lot of shops. On Monday we went to see the beach because the weather was awesome. On Tuesday we went to see the historic center of Valencia which was very interesting. On Wednesday we went to the Mercado Central which is a place full of fresh and delicious food. On Thursday we visited the Fallas Museum, which is something very typical of Valencia. Today is our last day in Valencia and we are quite sad because life in Valencia is very different from life in Italy. Taronja School is very funny, the teachers are excellent and that’s why the classes never got boring. Thanks a lot to Victor and Lucia for everything! VIVA VALENCIA! Name: Ambrosino,  Bionda, Zaroli Country: Italia Hi! We are Roberto, Manuel, Beatrice and Giulia and we are from Italy. We’ve been here for a week to study and improve our Spanish. Valencia is a fa-bu-lous city and we’ve seen every bit of it! The activities are very funny and one can learn a lot. The school is pretty and the teachers are hilarious. We want to return to Valencia again! We really liked the beach and cooking Paella with Chef Nando ( especially the shrimps for Beatrice) We’d really like to live here because the Spanish are more open than the Italians and Valencia is a cosmopolitan city with a lot of shops. Hugs and kisses Name: Giulia, Roberto, Manuel, Beatrice Country: Italia Our names are Martina, Alessia, Stefania and Luca and we’re from Italy. We really liked Valencia and Taronja School. The courses there were a lot of fun and the teachers are very sympathetic. This week we visited the Plaza de Toros, the Estación del Norte, the Plaza del Ayuntamiento, the Teatro Principal, the Plaza Redonda, the Fallas Museum and the Cathedral. Today we’re going to see the Oceanografic Museum and yesterday we saw the City of Arts and Sciences. The families here were very friendly, nice, helpful and polite. We don’t want to return home because life here is fun! Hugs and Kisses Name: Alessia, Martina, Stefania, Luca Country: Italia Hi! We are Arianna, Paulina and Rebecca and we’re from Italy. We’ve been here in Valencia for a week to study Spanish and we’ve had a great time! Taronja Schoolö is very nice and the activities are hilarious. The teachers are nice and friendly. What we liked most was walking through the streets to interview the people passing by and doing the theater in the end. Valencia is very pretty and so are the candy-shops! 🙂 We’ve seen the most important monuments of the city and we really liked the beach. We want to come back! Thanks to all for this splendid week! Name: Arianna, Paulina, Rebecca Country: Italia

ISISS F. Daverio – N. Casula School On Sunday, March 9 we arrived in Valencia. We’re a group of eight girls (Honey, Giulia, Fiorella, Maddalena, Arianna, Victoria, Valeria, Federica) and one guy (Federico). On Sunday we visited the beach and afterwards we got to know our host families. On Monday we got to know Marta (our guide) and she took us to the Mercado Central where we did a very hilarious activity: we had to gather information on ingredients we would need for a home-made dinner. After that we visited the Palacio de las Cortes de Valencia, which also goes by the name of Palacio de Benicarló. It’s very beautiful! In the evening we had our first spanish classes at Taronja School with our two teachers (Mariajo and Ana). On Tuesday morning we went on a tour to see the historic center of the city; after that we had classes and at nightfall we, together with our teachers and the interns and employees of the school had our Welcome-Paella. On Wednesday we went to the Science Museum Principe Felípe in the City of Arts and Sciencies, but it rained throughout all morning. After our classes we had a reunion with the directors of the school (Eva, Maxi and Fernando); we already had known Fernando on Monday because he was the one who prepared for us a Paella, Patatas Bravas and Sangria (typical food). On Thursday we visited the Fallas Museum and and in the evening we all went to see a Flamenco matinee in a typical Valencian bar.On our last day we visited the Oceanografic Museum and for the last classes we did a very special activity: Theater. In all the lessons we talked about topics that deal with business, exactly as our school had planned on beforehand. Names: Honey, Giulia, Fiorella, Maddalena, Arianna, Victoria, Valeria, Federica y Federico Country: Italy Hi! We’re Beatrice, Noémi, Martina, Francesca, Daniela, Federica, Eliana, Fulvia y Sofia. It’s been a week that we’ve been in Valencia for now, right in the week before the Fallas. We’ve seen a lot of places of this modern city, as well as the Fallas figurines which are very beautiful and give colour, hapiness and a special atmosphere to the city. We really appreciate the experience we’ve had here. The classes were very interesting and fun even. Although the weather was rather bad – something which normally doesn’t happen here at all – we’ve had an unforgettable experience. We hope to return soon to Valencia and especially to Taronja School. Hugs and kisses! Names: Beatrice, Noémi, Martina, Francesca, Daniela, Federica, Eliana, Fulvia y Sofia Country: Italy

Group Borg DW

This week in Valencia we went to the beach on Thursday. We played football and volleyball. Afterwards we had a photo-competition at the beach. In the afternoon we had class until seven thirty. On Friday afternoon we visited the Fallas museum and in the evening we went out until midnight. The next day we went to Peñiscola by bus. There, we visited a castle and after that we went to the beach until four thirty. Then we visited a farm where they bring up bulls for the corrida. On Sunday we had churros with chocolate. Also, we went out on a trip to take photos. The afternoon was free. On Monday we went to see the Mercado Central and afterwards we had a cooking class. In the afternoon, we attended class. On Tuesday we had classes in the morning and in the afternoon we went out on another trip to take photos. In the afternoon we had paella with vegetables and seafood. On the next day we went to Bioparc in the morning and after that we attended class. Today we had classes in the morning and were given the rest of the day free and we went out until midnight! Valencia is very nice! :)) Names: Melissa, Marco Country: Austria This week we studied Spanish in Valencia. On the first day we met our host families and visited the school. On the next day we went to the beach and did a lot of activities their, like for example playing volleyball. In the afernoon we had classes at the school. On Friday we had classes first and then we visited the Fallas museum. In the evening we went out with other people. On Saturday we went to Peñiscola. There, we visited a castle. The next day we took lots of photos of Valencia. The afternoon was free. On Monday we visited the Mercado Central and they showed us how to make a Paella. After that we had classes. On Tuesday we were free to do what we wanted. On Wednesday we visited the Bioparc, which was very nice and today we have our last classes. Finally, we want to say that we had a really good time in Spain. Thanks! Name: Thomas, Meli Country: Austria This week in Valencia we went to the beach. There, we swam in the sea and took photos. On Friday we had classes and in the afternoon we visited the Fallas museum. The next day we went to Peñiscola. There we saw the castle and afterwards we went to the beach. On Sunday we made a trip to take photos of a lot of monuments. On the next day we went to the Mercado Central and after that we had a cooking class at school. On Tuesday we first had classes in the morning and then we went to climb the Miguelete. In the afternoon we had a very tasty paella in a restaurant. On the next day some of our group went to see the Bioparc in the morning and after that we had class together. On the last day first we had classes, then we went to the beach and in the evening we went out for tapas. Valencia is a very beautiful and clean city. The people are very friendly and they always helped us a lot. Name: Bettina, Jessica Country: Austria On the first day we went to the beach and swam in the sea. In the evening we went out in the center of Valencia. On Saturday we visited Peñiscola, a city by the sea which has a lot of old and beautiful buildings. We also saw Peñiscola Castle and took a lot of photos of our trip there. On the next day we took a lot of photos of Valencia and after that we went to the beach. On Monday we went to the Mercado Central. On Tuesday we visited the church of Santa Clara and the Miguelete. In the evening we had a big paella. Valencia is a very nice city and there are a lot of old buildings. It’s a very beautiful city. Name: Carina, Katrina Country: Austria On the first day in Valencia we went to see the school with our host mothers and took a walk in the city. Then, we went to the beach, played football, and visited a lot of monuments. On Wednesday we went to the Bioparc and visited a lot of interesting museums. The people in Spain are very friendly; that’s why our stay was so good. Valencia is a very nice city and there are a lot of good restaurants where you can eat paella. Name: Adrian, Lukas Country: Austria What’s up, man? Our trip to Valencia was the best! We had the time of our lives! Our school was called Taronja School. Our teachers were Ana and María José and we worked really hard. Ana is very cute <3 We visited Peñiscola and the Miguelete and Santa Catalina in the Plaza de la Reina. We also visited the Plaza Redonda, the old university, the Fallas museum, the Cathedral of  Valencia, the roman thermae, the Basilica de la Virgen (where we saw a lot of nuns) and the Mercado Central. The paella class with Chef Nando was great and the paella was really good. We ate rabbit and seafood.Although we totally lost it because the people park their cars in the weirdest ways and they pass the traffic lights when it’s red, the trip was really wounderful. Name: NONE Country: Austria Our week in Valencia was really great and has been an incredible experience. We especially liked the sunbathing, swimming in the sea and spending time together at the beach. Valencia is the perfect place to go shopping and there are a lot of different restaurants. The weather is always nice and it didn’t rain the whole week long. The city itself has a lot of history and pompous buildings. Our group really liked the history of Santa Catalina and the Miguelete. Valencia is very big and there are lots of museums and modern buildings, like for example the Mercado Central, old cathedrals and the Ciudad de las Artes y Ciencas, which are also quite pompous. The Language School, Taronja, is a fantastic place to learn Spanish. The teachers are very friendly, funny and they really put an effort into their work. We learned a lot! The week in Valencia was great. Name: Andjela, Meli, Michaela Country: Austria Valencia is a very big and lovely city. We liked the beach very much. The Language School Taronja is small, but the classes are quite different from those we knew before. There aren’t so many students in one group, which we found very helpful. In Valencia there are many interesting monuments and many shops to buy things. The teachers at school are very friendly and they show a lot of effort. Valencia is city full of culture and it has a very interesting history. The traditions of Spain are quite different from those i Austria. It was a good week 😀 Name: Ulli, Denise, Simone Country: Austria The teachers are very friendly and funny. We didn’t like very much travelling to see all the monuments because it was very hot. The beach was very beautiful and we really liked it. The activities really tired us out, but the buildings we saw were really nice. The day we went to Peñiscola was very interesting and the view we had of the sea when we were in the castle was very beautiful. We really liked Taronja Language School because we learned a lot and the schedule was quite different from what we knew before. The school has a lot of images and colors inside and we had a lot of fun. Name: Lisa, Kathrin, Deniz, Caroline Country:Austria The teachers at the school are very friendly and funny. We learned a lot of new words at school. The people in Spain are always willing to help. They don’t know very well how to drive a car, because they park it, wherever they want. The spanish women are very beautiful and they wear really fine clothes. Valencia is a very clean city, but it’s also very loud here. It has a lot of old and interesting monuments. The climate and the beaches it has are perfect. We really loved the food here. Name: Charline, Madeleine, Ines Country: Austria

GROUP BG/BRG GLEISDORF

Hey guys from all over the world!

  We are Vicky, Anna, Viki and Veronika, we are 17 years old and from Austria. Today is de 3 of May (in 2013) and we?ve been in Valencia since 6 days. Today is our last day of spanishclass. Valencia is such a beautiful cty where are many shops for buying clothes, bags, shoes many other things. There are not onluy many posibilities for buying things there also are many interesing places which we visited. For example the museum of the Fallas, the Bioparc, a incredible zoo, laPlaza de la Reina y el Oceanográfico which is places in the  ciudad de las artes y ciencias. We also made a  tour de tapas and visited a  Paella Party -So delicious! We loved the beach. We are going to try some tipical food of Spain: Churros y Horchata! Kisses !!! Viki, Vicky, Anna y Veronika   Valencia,what a beautiful city! Or trip lasted for 9 days and we had an awesome time. In the mornings we had classes in  Taronja. The classes were really funny and our teachers Victor y Mariajo were so symphatic. We also visited old monuments and stunning buildings of the city. In the  «Tapas Tour» we were able to enjoy the spanish food. We especial liked the Oceanografico and the ciudad de las ciencias. We want to recommend the school and the city to everybody!! Stefan, Max, Lukas, Peter   Hey guys! We are Sophi, Laura, Anna-Lena and Sabrina and we live in Austria. We loved the last week. For us Valencia is a beautiful city ith many cheap shops, modern bars and old buildings. There is also a stunning parc with the name Turia. At the beginning of this week we had a Tapas Tour, at Thursday we had a Paella Party and after that we went for some drinks. At Wednesday we visited the Oceanográfico and  after that the ciudad de las ciencias. Luckely we had fantastic weather and so much heath. We also went to Beach, but only Laura liked the sea. The other day we visited the Bioparc, which is a zoo with many animals from other countries. Only at Wenesday we didn?t go to school. The teachers are really nice and the classes really funny. Kisses to Valencia 🙂

GROUP STOCKERAU

 

Hey, we’re from Austria!

The school is very Taronja! We learn much and made many jokes. First we were a bit shy but because of the symphatic  and nice teachers we aren’t anymore. The school is very cool and comfortable. We also had a lot of freat activities. We visited the beach and a view interesting museum and the  Mercado Central. We loved to cook with Chef Nando but the best was eating all the food after cooking. The most we liked the weather. We are going to miss the Tortillas,the Churros, the Sangria, the Paella, the beach and sure also the teachers..   We are Kathi and Miqui and we are from Austria. We love our country but Valencia is also very beautiful. Our hostfamilies are really nice and calmed. The house of our spanish family is magnificent and great. The mother has a really gute cat and a son with 7 years. We really liked Valencia and we’re coming back the next year. See you soon. Kathi y Miqui   Hey! We are from Austria and our names are Max and Samira. We are from the school BG Stockerau and we arrived at Spain at the 7 of april. At the airport wegot to know Marta and we went to the school. There we met our hostfamilies, Mariajo and Sonia our spanish teachers. In this week we went on many cool excursions and we saw many sides of the spanish culture because we visited many interesting and important places. We want to com back to Valencia, because it’s a really beautiful and interesting city. Max y Samira   Hey! We are Martin and Rafael. We are students from Austria from the school BG Stockerau, but the class in the school Taronja is way better for practicing spanish in a good way. We liked the teachers Mariajo and Sonia. We also enjoied the cookingclasses and really liked the Chef Nando! Our spanish families are really nice and cooked really good. We love Valencia and the weather, but it was only a bit warm. We enjoied the sun because in Austria it’s really cold now.The excursions in Valencia we’re really funny and about all we loved the beah and the sea. We want to come back because Valencia is such a beautiful city. P.S.: The teachers inTARONJA are really cute!!!! 😉 Martin y Rafael   Hey! We are Paul and Alexander and we are from Austria from the school BG Stockerau. Austria is beautiful, but Valencia is too. We arrived at the 7 of april. The weather was awesomeand our spanish hostfamilies were so cool. We were at the school TARONJA. Our teachers were Mariajo and Sonia. They were really cool and we learned a lot. We liked the trip and we defenitely ant to visit this beautiful city again. Paul y Alexander

GROUP NOTRE-DAME

  This week we visited Valencia. We think it’s really beautiful. We liked the beach with the good weather the most and also the Oceanográfico. We ate churros, paella, gazpacho, tapas, patatas bravas, tortilla. The food was tasty. Our trutors were very sympatic, opened and funny. We had an awesome time with Taronja! Oceane, Clemence, Victor y Athanaise   Our experience with the school really good and Spain is so crazy (but in a good way!) and we loved the tour through Valencia. It was very interesting and all the discoveries with the school were so funny. The teacher are sympatic, very funny and the classes passed really fast by. Elsa, Ugo, Matthieu y Bugran   Our experience in Valencia was great. We are from Paris and we like the ambience from this country. We discovered the city in dribs and drabs like the cathedral, Gulliver, the Mercado Central and the beautiful streets. The spanish people are so sympatic and we laughed a lot. Sure we improved our spanish. In the morning we had class at Taronja for 4 hours with sympatic teachers and the ambience in class was great. Jeanne, Liselotte, Clara, Deborah   I liked the beach, the sun and all spanish people are so friendly. This week we went to the cathedral of Valenciaand at the beach while the weather was sunny. We ate a delicious paella. Alix   Thiss week was the first time I saw how to make a paella. I went to the beach all the time. Thanks for everything!!! Lucie   This trip was awesome. Valencia is just a beautiful city. We had a really funny and opened time at Taronja. THANK YOU. Maylis   I love the spanish people because they are so happy. They are kind and openly. I liked visiting the Mercado Central and the city with all the memorials and the beach too. Thanks for everything! Pierre    

I had two beautiful weeks. The teachers are innovative, great and motivate you. The relacion between quality and price  is perfect. Andrea B.