Echo Language School

04/04/2026

01/04/2026

A little bit of Easter fun!

What do throwing pots out of windows, soaking your friends with water or breaking 15,000 eggs have in common? Easy - EASTER! Can you do our Easter traditions quiz?

Where are old pots thrown out of windows?

Corfu

Sardinia

The Isle of Man

La Gomera

Why do people in Poland throw water over each other on “Wet Monday” (Easter Monday)

To symbolise the end of Winter

To symbolise the baptism of a Polish prince

To symbolise the washing away of sin

Just for fun! This is in fact a modern tradition with no symbolic significance at all.

Every Easter Monday in Bessiers, France, an enormous omelette is made with about 15,000 eggs to commemorate which French ruler’s delight at eating an omelette there (and resulting order of a giant one to be made for his troops the next day!)?

Napoleon

Luis XIV

Charles de Gaulle

Charlemagne

On which famous lawn is an annual egg-rolling event held and who is in charge?

Buckingham Palace garden - the British monarch

The English Garden in Munich - the Minster-President of Bavaria

The White House garden - The First Lady of the USA

Hyde Park Sydney - the Captain of the Australian cricket team.

Where do children dress up as witches and walk through the streets asking for sweets and chocolates?

Scandinavia

Scotland

Canada

Russia

In which western North Atlantic island is there a kite festival on Good Friday, in which participants make and fly hexagonal kites?

Cuba

Puerto Rico

Trinidad and Tobago

Bermuda

Now check your answers in this BBC article!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/47975475

How did you do? Do you know any other Easter traditions from around the world? Send them to us - we’d love to find out!

Happy Easter!

Alex & Carmen

P.S. We love Easter, but we love summer even more! We still have a few places left on our:

English courses for 14 - 18 year olds

- from 5th to 19th July

- from 2nd to 16th August

English courses for 11-13 year olds

- from 16th to 30th August.

Spanish course for 11-14 year olds

- from 30th August to 6th September

Adults / other dates - please contact us.

Whether it's Easter eggs, bunnies, baskets or egg hunts - there are lots of different ways people celebrate Easter around the world.

18/07/2025

Mortarboard in hand and ‘montera picona’ on head, couldn’t be prouder of Nico, graduating in the same Royal Festival Hall where it all started when I met Carmen back in 1990!

23/05/2025

International teens on English Immersion courses in one of the most beautiful parts of the world!!

23/05/2025

The best learning happens when you want and need to communicate, and that happens a lot here!

23/05/2025

Immersion Courses this summer throughout July and August: only 2 places left for 6-20 July! International groups, maximum 8 students, English all day every day at our house in fabulous Asturias!

18/05/2025

…and, in this amazing environment, immersion English courses with students from all over Europe!

Loved by the Spanish but less known in the UK, the region is recognised by Unesco for its centuries-old cider culture – and has plenty more to offer