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Barcelona: Spanish Loyalist
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During your stay in Barcelona, you'll live with a Spanish host family—whose unique perspective and lifestyle offer you a more personal engagement with the people, history, and culture of Barcelona. Each family is experienced in hosting American students and most have welcomed students from the Knox Program into their homes for many years.
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Barcelona is a major hub for RENFE, the Spanish state railway network, and its main intercity train station is Barcelona-Sants station. The AVE high-speed rail system was recently extended from Madrid to Tarragona in southern Catalonia, and is expected to reach Barcelona by 2007. Renfe cercanías/rodalies and the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) run Barcelona's widespread commuter train service.
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Spain ups the high-speed transit ante with a new rail link between Barcelona and Madrid. After years of delay, the route now boasts daily service via 17 trains. For around €180 per ride, travelers can go from Barcelona to the heart of Madrid in just over two and a half hours. The Spanish government "says it will have more high-speed train lines than anywhere else in the world by 2010." [BBC]
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Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol, the 'royalist' team of the city, were founded exclusively by Spanish fans of the game, on the contrary to the multinational nature of FC Barcelona's original board. The club's first home was in the well-off district of Sarrià and was formerly known with the Castilian spelling of its name, Real Club Deportivo Español.
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