We are a welcoming group of people interested in international friendship friendship and practising languages for FREE with native speakers. Join us and you’ll meet many people from all over the world: English, American, German, Italian, Brazilian, Japanese, Spanish...
We meet:
-Every Tuesday at O'Neill's (Principe, 12, metro Sol), starting at 10pm.
-Every Wednesday: International Dinners in diferent restaurants (Mexican, Indian, Italian...). We are a quite big group every week so we got a special price: 15€.
-Every Thursday at Beer Station (cuesta de Santo Domingo, 22, metro Santo Domingo or Callao), starting at 10pm.
-Every Friday at Cinema Ideal: reduced movie in English V.O. subtitled in Spanish, then meeting at 4D pub (in front of the cinema, Jacinto Benavente square, metro Sol or Tirso de Molina). The pub gives us a free drink for the used cinema ticket and a native English teacher teachs 1 hour of conversational class for free.
Ask for David: puestres@yahoo.es
On Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=19988858992

Seen on TV:
http://youtube.com/results?search_query=david+intercambio+idiomas

Also have a look at:
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2006/05/09/ciudadanom/1147195860.html
http://www.estarbien.com/documentacionpdf/bienpdf/2007/21.pdf (PÁG. 23)
http://www.abc.es/hemeroteca/historico-0...3486436290.html
http://www.madridteacher.com/grupos-de-conversacion.htm
http://www.lecourrier.es/modules/news/ar...amp;storyid=743

I know this group well and all I can tell you is that most of my friends in Spain that I have met over the years have come from meeting people at these weekly meetups.

I'd be a lonely soul in Madrid if it weren't for David's meetups!

People from all nationalities. They are usually packed so it's great fun! Just show up and start talking to people.

yup. I've attended a couple of them, but I'm not fond of the locations. Can't say I've made any friends there, but if you can talk loudly and don't mind the heat, they ARE a great place to rub elbows - and backs and shoulders and chest-to-backs and get to know your local internationals!

Saludos, MadridMan

to mingle and practice they are all over here in PARIS too and there too is meetup groups
www.meetup.com/cities/es/madrid

lately I had no time to go but they are entertaining, Spanish language a bit slow for me but...::)

I think the best way is to show up and introduce yourself to David. He's good at introducing people to other people and to makings them feel comfortable.

The other thing is, there is usually a group that will go out to other bars after each meet up (mostly during the summer months). Find that group at each meet up, friend them on facebook, and you're sure to make some long term friends and will constantly get invites to other events.




Meetup.com is excellent. I help run a group on Meetup.com for autonomos, freelancers, entrepreneurs, in Madrid. We have a meetup coming up on April 4th if anyone is interested. Everyone is welcome.

yes indeed is a good way not to be lonely in a foreign city hehehe
and for natives to catch up languages ,and al.
Enjoy Madrid