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The Weird and Wonderful Basque Country
If you travel extensively in Spain, you’ll be struck by the remarkable variety in its geography, climate and subcultures. Spain is a fascinating country spread across multiple continents, with multiple languages, and many more types of…
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A Taste of Monasticism
As we’ve mentioned on this blog before, we at CGT are into spirituality and meditation, and recently I had the opportunity to spend a few days living among monastics at a small monastery in the south…
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The Top Spanish Cultural Quirks
Spain is one of the countries we at CGT are most familiar with, so let’s take a trip through five of Spain’s greatest cultural quirks. And no, we’re not just talking siesta and sangria, but customs…
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The Western Meditation Revolution
On our travels, we’ve partaken of the diverse spirituality that exists across the world, and in the last few decades have witnessed the remarkable growth of spiritual practices in the West, particularly yoga and meditation. We’re…
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The Top British Cultural Quirks
Let’s talk about a few of the top British cultural quirks. Some of the CGT team are British, so we’ve grown up immersed in the culture. We asked ourselves, if we were to define “Britishness”, which…
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The Beauty of Language Learning
As you might have guessed, we at CGT are super passionate about language learning. Without learning a few foreign tongues, we might never have travelled to all the weird and wonderful places we have. Let’s talk…