My more embarrassing moment (Álvaro)

Two years ago, my friends Miguel, Aser, Rober, Raquel and I were in an ice rink.

I was the first in line and fell. All row fell. Everyone laughed but I spent a very embarrassing moment.

barcelona in 3 days (Jaime y Alvaro)

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Barcelona

• Who designed güell park?
The Güell park desing of Gaudi

• To visit the park and the palace you have to take bus number...
lines 24 and 25, or tour bus.

• What famous market can you visit in "la rambla"
The Boqueria Market

• What can you buy there?
The food products (fruit, vegetables, meat and fish)

• Where does La Rambla finish?
o In the Christopher Columbus monument at Port Vell

• Where is “el barrio gótico"?
o The Gothic Quarter is the centre of the old city of Barcelona. It stretches from La Rambla to Via Laietana, and from the Mediterranean seafront to Ronda de Sant Pere.

• Which famous buildings are there?
o Cathedral of Santa Eulàlia , Basilica of La Mercè , Church of Santa Maria del Pi, Church of Sant Miquel , Plaça Sant Jaume, including Casa de la Ciutat (city hall) and Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya (presidential palace), Plaça Reial, Plaça del Rei, including Museu d'Història de la Ciutat de Barcelona, Plaça de Sant Felip Neri, Remains of the temple of Augustus, Els Quatre Gats

• Can we visit any of then? yes

• When was “la pedrera” built?
o During the years 1906–1910, being considered officially completed in 1912


• What is the most important about la Sagrada Familia?

It is considered the master-work of renowned Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí the project's vast scale and idiosyncratic design have made it one of Barcelona's (and Spain's) top tourist attractions for many years.

• Why is it so famous?
The church is one of the best examples of the brilliant architect's imagination and includes many symbolic elements. The church's ongoing construction is guided by other artists. The church is incomplete.

• Who was the architect that designed it?
Antoni Gaudí

• Who was Sant Jordi?
The patron saint of Catalunya
HISTORY
There probably was a historical figure called George, who was a prominent Christian in the reign of the pagan Roman Emperor, Diocletian, and was killed in 303. One version of his life records that he was an officer who refused to carry out the Emperor's order that all soldiers must make sacrifices to pagan gods, for which he was hideously tortured to death
LEGEND
The version of the most popular legend explains that in Catalonia Montblanc (Conca de Barberà) lived a terrible dragon that ravaged the population and livestock. To calm him down, was sacrificed to the monster a person chosen by lot. One day, fate drew the king's daughter, who would have died if not for the appearance of a handsome knight in armor (San Jordi), who faced the dragon and killed him. Tradition adds that the bloodshed was born a rose red flowers.

• When do they celebrate it?
on April 23

• How do they celebrate it?
On the day of Sant Jordi is customary that men give their women a rose and a book of women

• The name of the traditional catalan dance is:
the Sardana.

• Describe a castellar or castell
The "Castells" (castle) are formed by a large group of people of any sex and age, their bodies, they build a human tower with several floors and pre-structured. A symbolic way of representing the union and the strength of the Catalans to move forward and get together as much as proposed

• Where is the camp nou?
C/. Arístides Maillol, s/n
How to get there: Metro: Maria Cristina (L3), Les Corts (L3), Collblanc (L5), Badal (L5).
Buses: 7, 15, 43, 67, 68, 74, 75, L12, L50, L60 and L62

• Name there typical recipes and explain them:
o Fricandó:
Fillets of veal cooked with plums, pinions, tomatoes, onion and “rovellons” (a kind of mushroom).

o Pa amb tomàquet (bread with tomato) with a selection of sausages:
Slice of bread of coarse bread rubbed hard with the pulp of the tomato and dressed with oils salt and pepper. One accompany with sausages.

o Crema Catalana: Dessert elaborated with egg, milk, burned sugar, grated rind of lemon and corn flour

Alvaro´s film

http://www.dvolver.com/live/movies-358334

christmas fun

• When do we celebrate Christmas?

We celebrate Christmas on December 25th.

• Who used mistletoe to celebrate the coming of winter?
The Druids

• What are the size and the colour of the actual poinsettias?

The poinsettia is a shrub or small tree, typically reaching a height of 0.6 to 4 m. The plant bears dark green dentate leaves that measure 7 to 16 cm in length. The flowers, are actually colored leaves are red, but can be orange, pale green, cream, pink, white or marbled.


• Was the Christmas tree originated in Spain?

No, it isn’t, it’s from Germany


• What is the abbreviation for Christmas?

Xmas is the abbreviation of Christmas.


• What is the colour of candy cane’s stripes?

Its colour is red.

• When was born Santa Claus?
He was born in Anatolia (Turkey) in the 4th century

• Find the following words in English:
- hogueras: fires
- nacimiento: Birth
- misa del gallo: Midnight Mass
- pavo trufado de Navidad: Christmas turkey with truffles

• What is the name of the reindeer who guides Santa´s sleigh?

Its name is Rudolph.

• What is the colour of his nose?
Rudolph's nose is red.



• Finish the sentence:
The word Christmas comes from….
The word Christmas comes from the words “Christ” and “mass”


• Colour:
- A snow flake: It's white.
- A poinsettia: It's red.
- A candy cane: It's red and white.
- A wreath: It's red

• Write a Christmas card to the teacher;-)

• Special treatment: enjoy visiting Santa’s Village.

recipe of spaghetti vongole

1.The higgest mountain of England is Ben Nevis.
2.The richest person of England is Duke of Westminster.
3.New Zealand is the country fourthest of UK.4.The second bigger city of England is Birminghan.
5.The largest lake is Scotland.
6.The longest river of England is The Severn.
7.The city of heavy smokers is Manchester.
8.The most common surname in England is Smith.
9.The tallest office building is Canary Warf.
10.The busiest airport is Heathrow.
11.The most popular diary newspaper is The Sun

a. The bookshop is next to the church.
TRUE
b. The Castle is opposite Charlie’s house.
FALSE
c. There’s a tunnel from the bookshop to the castle.
FALSE
d. Charlie lives at 27 Filbert Street.
FALSE
e. If you come out of Charlie’s, turn right, walk along Filbert Street, go past Angel Flowers and take the first turning on the right, you get to the Greengrocer’s.
TRUEf.
If you come out of Charlie’s, turn left, walk along Filbert Street and take the first turning on your left, you can visit Olivia Vertigo.
TRUE

One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men — his crop of potential soldiers. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine's actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he Other stories suggest that Valentine may have been killed for attempting to help Christians escape harsh Roman prisons where they were often beate.