Architects and designers, wanna go to Spain?
Tile of Spain is running a contest they're calling Passport to Creativity . Four credentialed designers and or architects will be selected to accompany the Tile of Spain team from the US and Spain as well as six journalists on a week-long immersion in all things Spain. The trip will end in Valencia when everyone on the Passport of Creativity tour will attend Cevisama, one of Europe's (and therefor the world's) largest tile and bath trade shows. The four architects and or designers will earn 4 CEUs in addition to winning an all-expense-paid trip to Spain.
Entering takes just a few moments and you can find an entry form here . Hurry though, the deadline's December 3rd, 2012. Be warned, Spain bites deep and you'll come away from a trip like this a different person. I did at any rate.
Nearly years ago, I boarded a aircraft in Tampa and I changed into sure for Madrid. I'd been decided on to be part of the clicking corps for Tile of Spain's "Reign in Spain" excursion. My week in Spain as a visitor of the Spanish Ceramics Industry and the Spanish Trade Commission turned into some thing I'll never overlook. We have been dealt with like royalty and in a country that also has a monarch, it's truely pronouncing some thing.
Though it was a press tour and though I was only there for a week, I came away from that experience with a far deeper understanding of the Spanish people and their culture than I'd had before I arrived. Between factory tours, a massive trade show, and some of the most extravagant meals I've ever eaten, I got to know our hosts from the Spanish embassy. I bonded with my fellow journalists in the press corps and the winners of that year's contest in ways I hadn't expected to. Our shared experiences in Spain more or less cemented us together and I've stayed in touch with most of those folks.
Wandering down the cobblestone streets of Valencia and Zaragoza in the wee hours with new Spanish friends and the conversations we had will live with me for the relaxation of my existence. The risk to sit down and compare notes with human beings from different countries on their domestic turf is why I like to travel so much.
Spain's monetary woes had been simply becoming clean while I become there and the fact of the problem was a bit tough to return via in the US. So I sat in a resort lobby in Valencia with the Spanish Trade Commissioner and we talked about it till round 4 in the morning. He explained to me what changed into actually happening and in addition, he informed me the story of modern-day Spain from the attitude of a man who lived thru Spain's transition from Fascism to a Parliamentary Democracy.
Those reports aren't something you get on a bundle tour to Barcelona or M?Laga.
In that too-quick week I saw a few great attractions, gorged myself on Spanish cuisine but more than any of that, I had prolonged to me Spanish hospitality and kindness.
I hope you enter this contest . Wonders await you on the Iberian Peninsula.