Friday January 20th 2017 – a dark winter night, with the typically Scottish “post-Christmas”, January blues… In St Aidan’s parish Hall in Wishaw, however, the winter chills were scattered by memories of summer sunshine, as the group who had come to Salamanca in July of the pervious year held a reunion. Memories and stories were Read More …
A group of over 30 S4 pupils, together with teachers and two chaplains, from St Ninian’s High School in Giffnock, East Renfrewshire, spent four days visiting the College and its surroundings in September 2016. Over the past few years, as part of their S4 Spanish programme, pupils have visited the sights of Salamanca, learned something about Read More …
Over the summer of 2015, the College welcomed groups of visitors and pilgrims from schools and parishes around Scotland. St Ninian’s High School in East Renfrewshire kicked off the summer programme with visits to Ávila, Alba de Tormes, the Peña de Francia and La Alberca. Then, at the end of June (just as Spain entered Read More …
Throughout February and into the beginning of March, work has been underway in the College installing a new lift and installing air-conditioning and renewing the floor in the Dining Room. Both projects, which were fairly disruptive, were carried out at a time when we had no groups or visitors staying in the College – the Read More …
For a few days in March, the College was host to a group of 10 seminarians and one staff member from St Patrick’s College, Maynooth in Ireland. Part of a short trip to Spain, they spent a coule of days exploring Salamanca and its sites, two even venturing as far as Ávila for an afternoon. Read More …
People in Scotland often think of Spain as a place of constant sunshine and high temperatures. However, away from the “costas”, it can have quite a continental climate – hot in summer, cold in winter. Since Salamanca sits on a high plateau, it also can have quite a cold climate in winter – as these Read More …