Every year, in mid-November, the traditional Cartagena neighborhood of Getsemaní dresses in its best clothes and throws a party throughout the city. This is the Cabildo, a colorful and exciting carnival that honors the African heritage of the Gestemanicenses and the struggles that led [...]
Cartagena de Indias is synonymous with joy, history, the Caribbean, culture, sun, dance, and much, much sea. And if there is a place in Cartagena where all these virtues are combined and strengthened, that, without a doubt, is Gethsemane. This neighborhood, located [...]
Gethsemane, our home The Spanish school Nueva Lengua was born in 2003 with the desire to work for the promotion of tourism in Colombia, offering cultural and language experiences to visitors from all over the world. We launched our website in June of that year, and in less than [...]
Talking about Gethsemane today is talking about a living, current, modern Cartagena. Its streets, flooded with color and music, have turned this neighborhood into one of the most important cultural centers on the continent. For a long time, Gethsemane was seen as little more than a ghetto [...]
When you embark on a trip, you take advantage of every hour, every minute and, therefore, you explore and live the time to the fullest. When you are traveling your mind discovers new horizons, and your whole being changes. Physically you must face new activities, a new climate or a new diet. It is impossible to stop [...]
After having a nice and pleasant night, he wakes up late and leaves his room to breathe in the salty air that blows in from the Caribbean. Her day begins with the tropical fruit she bought for the smiling ones dressed in colorful and vibrant dresses. Start the day [...]
Marco Unaian Neves de Miranda is a boy from Brazil who came to Cartagena not only to study Spanish, he also saw this trip as a great opportunity to make his dream come true, for him the countries of Latin America are the best, especially Colombia, Because it thinks [...]
Every now and then students come to school Nueva Lengua in Cartagena who have already known various places in Colombia and have spent a lot of time in the country, are interested in speaking the Spanish language very well. This is the example of an American student named [...]
I have always wanted to travel through Colombia - but not organized in a group, but individually - but with my very little knowledge of Spanish I did not want to risk doing such a trip. So I signed up for an intensive course at the language school Nueva Lengua in Cartagena. So [...]
Cartagena, "the pearl of the Caribbean" they call it. A seemingly perfect city, full of colours, narrow stone streets and a relaxing atmosphere. It can be said that Cartagena is anything but ugly, because it is actually a spectacular city. However, the REAL Cartagena is one that, as [...]
I am very happy that I chose to spend two weeks studying Spanish in Nueva Lengua on the Caribbean coast of Colombia in Cartagena. Having done some Spanish classes before, I was eager to learn a little more, shake off my nerves and develop some confidence to put [...]
I arrived in tropical Cartagena in January 2015, happy to escape the long Canadian winter and determined to learn some basic Spanish. I researched various Spanish schools in the area and concentrated on Escuela Nueva Lengua in Gethsemane, as they seemed well organized, professional [...]
