San Sebastian? Barcelona? What’s the difference? Listen in to get an unbiased (wink, wink) comparison of the two Spanish cities from Ester, an instructor at San Sebastian's renowned Spanish language school, El Aula Azul.

Can money buy happiness? That’s the subject of this friendly debate between Ester and her friend…Ester. It seems that too much reasoning has split our El Aula Azul friend in two. Can money at least cure our friend Ester?

Silvia from San Sebastián shares her daily routine with us. She leads a very active lifestyle that includes a meal with her parents, work at a Spanish language academy for foreigners (El Aula Azul), a drink with friends, and even some quality time with her cats!

Ah, family… We love them all, each in their own special way. Ester, a teacher at San Sebastian's Spanish language school, El Aula Azul, tells us what makes cousin Carolina attractive and what makes us love cousin Pedro. These two Spaniards couldn’t be more opposite.

Listen to Silvia, a teacher at San Sebastian's Spanish language school, El Aula Azul, tell about her family, which she describes as a normal family: not too big. It’s not that small, either. You might want to take out a pen and map out her family tree!

A robbery in San Sebastian's renowned Spanish language school, El Aula Azul?. Whodunnit? What did they steal? Ester tells the story of the robbery and another story about a trip her school took.

We all have good friends, each one of them with distinctive qualities. Some of them are loud, some of them quiet. Ester, one of our friends, and a teacher at El Aula Azul, explains to us who her amigos are and how well they get along.

Ester brings lots of interesting and entertaining riddles to El Aula Azul. Think fast!

Think fast and have fun by solving a series of interesting riddles from Ester, our friend and teacher at El Aula Azul.

Learn how moods are expressed in Spanish with Ester and Silvia, instructors at San Sebastian's El Aula Azul.

We're counting! Join Ester from El Aula Azul to learn the numbers!

Ester from El Aula Azul demonstrates some simple addition problems in Spanish.

Ester and Silvia from El Aula Azul help you practice the name of the seasons and the months in Spanish. Do you already know them all by heart?

Can you guess which professions the teachers from El Aula Azul are describing in Spanish?

Can you guess which professions the teachers from El Aula Azul are describing in Spanish? Part 2.

Ester from El Aula Azul tells us a bit about her neighborhood.

"Ser" and "estar" both mean "to be" in Spanish, but have very different uses. Learn more about what distinguishes them with Ester and Silvia, teachers at El Aula Azul in San Sebastian.

Silvia from El Aula Azul demonstrates the difference between the simple present and present progressive tenses in Spanish through examples employing our daily activities.

"Dr. Advice" (Ester from El Aula Azul) gives some of the psychological kind- all while demonstrating the correct usage of the subjunctive and conditional moods in Spanish.

Although "por" and "para" can both be translated as "for" at times, they are used in different circumstances in Spanish. "Dr. Advice" (Ester from El Aula Azul) provides us with several examples of each of them.

Listen for the use of the past (preterite) tense in Spanish as Adrian and Doctor Advice (instructors from El Aula Azul) discuss all of the progress he is making in various aspects of his life.

At her super-intensive Spanish course at El Aula Azul, Ivonne is greeted by Silvia, who explains to her a bit about the program for which she is in store.

El Aula Azul (The Blue Classroom) staff member, Silvia, explains to Ivonne about the plethora of other activities the school offers to complement her intensive Spanish course, including surfing lessons!

In addition to the intensive summer Spanish courses offered at El Aula Azul (The Blue Classroom) language school, students also have access to a variety of supplemental activities including music and horseback riding classes.

Maria provides some very straightforward information in order to complete the enrollment for her friend, Christopher's intensive Spanish course at El Aula Azul.

At El Aula Azul, Idoia and Ester speak enthusiastically about their weekend plans. While Ester intends to go to a concert, Idoia's long weekend in Barcelona will include a whole host of eclectic activities.

Having just returned from her trip to Madrid, Ester, a teacher at El Aula Azul, shares with Idoia many of the wonderful things she did in the Spanish capital.

Two teachers at El Aula Azul (The Blue Classroom) language school converse about their coworker, Anastasia's extremely unlucky day! You might note that the Spanish spoken in Spain tends to employ the present perfect tense [i.e. "I have eaten"] more frequently than English-speakers or Spanish-speakers from other regions would to describe occurrences that took place in the recent past, most typically on that day.

Doctor Consejos [Advice] de El Aula Azul listens to and interprets her patient, Ander's strange dream. Listen closely in order to gain a better understanding of how "hay" [there is/are] and "estar" [to be] are used in Spanish.

Through an entertaining dialogue between Doctor Consejos [Advice] from El Aula Azul and her patient, Ander, about his terrible week, we see several examples of the "no fault construction" with the impersonal pronoun "se."

When Doctor Consejos [Advice] fails to notice any improvement in her patient, Ander, she tries a new strategy in which she presents him with several hypothetical situations that can help Yabla students understand the second conditional in Spanish as well.

Let's examine the difference between the verbs "parecer" and "parecerse." This time, Doctor Advice from El Aula Azul wants to help Ander, who seems very tired. To get to the bottom of his issues, the doctor inquires what is important to him in his daily life and how he resembles his parents and siblings.

In another great session with El Aula Azul's Doctor Advice, her patient Ander will teach us how to use the subjunctive tense when we talk about feelings that other people or situations provoke in us.

The best cure for "lovesickness" is to find someone compatible with you. In this video, Doctor Advice from El Aula Azul will help Ander discover who his ideal partner is as they practice using the subjunctive.

Ester from El Aula Azul challenges us to guess which countries she is describing.

How much do you know about geography? Continue to guess which country our teacher at El Aula Azul is referring to from her creative clues.

What objects is Ester from El Aula Azul [The Blue Classroom] language school describing? Listen carefully, and guess!

What is it?! Play this entertaining game with El Aula Azul's Idoia, who will challenge you to guess the objects she describes.

Actors, actresses, singers, athletes ... Let's guess which famous people Ester from El Aula Azul [The Blue Classroom] is describing!

Let's play more guessing games at El Aula Azul! Can you guess which famous person we're talking about?

Eight-year-old Paula tells us about the things she likes to do and the activities in her daily routine.

Ester, a teacher at El Aula Azul [The Blue Classroom] language school, introduces us to a friend who is very interested in learning more about the school as well as the city of San Sebastian.

After providing us with clues, Ester from El Aula Azul dares us to guess which historical figure she's describing. Are you up to the challenge?

Which historical figure is Idoia from El Aula Azul describing? Listen to her clues, and dare to guess!

Meet the "Tutti Frutti," who'll tell us how old they are and where they're from in this fun video from El Aula Azul.

Let's discover the neighborhood of Gros in San Sebastián with Ester from El Aula Azul. Best known for hosting the San Sebastian Film Festival, this ulra-trendy neighborhood located alongside La Zurriola, the city's famous surfing beach, also boasts a conference center as well as a multitude of bars and dining spots.

Meet the fabulous teachers at El Aula Azul Spanish school in San Sebastian, Spain. We'll learn their names, where they are from, and what they like to do in their spare time— if they have any!

If you're curious about the teachers from El Aula Azul, don't miss part two of this video, where we'll meet even more of the staff and learn some interesting facts about them.

In this video, Ester from El Aula Azul meets surfing aficionado Ekain at the world-famous Zurriola Beach in San Sebastian, Spain. He'll share with us some advantages and disadvantages of the beach and why he loves surfing, as well as some of the benefits the sport entails for both adults and children.