TRADITIONAL LONDON by Coral,Marc and Mireia

Barcelona-Inter

Last 20th April, FC Barcelona lost the Champions League match versus “Internazionale di Milán”. The matchstarted with a goal by Pedro at minute 19. At minute 29, Sneijder scored a goal. The first half finished with draw but Barcelona was dominating the match. The second half started and at the minute 29 Miacon scored a goal, 2-1 and the problems for Barcelona started. The goal should be anulated because before it there was a fault. At minute 60 Diego Milito(Gabriel Milito’s brother) scored an ilegal goal, he was out of side. The match finished with 3-1 for Inter, and the Barça’s players were angry with the referee. Today, 28th April, is the second match, and the supporters of Barcelona hope to pass to the final, in Madrid. Raúl and Axel.

FCBarcelona♥

Today 28/04/10 is a very important day for all the FCBarcelona fans today will decide who will go to the final to win the champions that takes place at Santiago Bernabeu(Madrid) stadium of Real Madrid. Barça is the only ''spanish'' team that this year almost reaches the final there fore Real Madrid got eliminated by Olympic de Lyon, Sevilla by CSKA of Moscow, and Atletico de Madrid in the mini league. Real Madrid fans don't want to see Barça wining the Champions league in his stadium because it's his greatest rival in the BBVA league I as catalan and culé want and desire that FCBarcelona wins What do you think,they will win or not?

News, news!

The eruption of the volcano in Iceland has created a cloud that disrupted air traffic in several European countries. Ash is a flight risk because it contains particles of rock, glass and sand that may affect the turbines and can stop the engines of the aircraft. England has been one of the most affected countries, due to the proximity to the volcano. The consequence at European level has been the cancelation of different flights with thousands of people affected. Now we can’t specify the extension of this natural phenomenon, we are just waiting for its evolution.

Saint George's day

In Catalonia, Saint George’s day is celebrated on 23rd of April “The death of Miguel de Cervantes and Shakespeare ” that is the day when the men give a rose to a women and the women give a book to a men, but now the tradition can be backward. In IES Sant Andreu we celebrate Saint George's Day in the auditorium with all the students and teachers of the high school. There are theatres, choirs, concerts and awards for; photography, math, Spanish, Catalan and English literature. In the playground also somebody made sports (football, basketball ...). At the entrance of the high school was a exchange place of books and there was another table where we could take an ilex to be planted in Collserola natural park. The result of this event, has been very interesting and we received a lot of participation from students and teachers.

Easter in Spain

Easter in Spain consists of a holidays along a week and a day,during which we commemorate the death and resurrection of Jesus.

On those festivities:

The first day,Palm Sunday: We commemorate the day when Jesus arrives in Jerusalem.In Spain most of Christian children buy palms te be blessed.

Second day,Easter Thursday: We commemorate the last dinner that Jesus had with his disciples

Thrid day, Easter Friday: We commemorate the passion and death of Jesus

Fourth day,Saturday: The nigth between Saturday and Sunday we commemorate the resurrection of Jesus.

Fifth day, Monday. On the next Monday the godfathers give to their godsons "La Mona"(an Easter cake) to celebrate the day

Dear Polish friends, We have learnt about the terrible plane accident concerning your president, his family and other members of the goverment. We are very sorry about it and we hope you recover soon from the shock and manage to solve the political problems involved. Kind Regards, Your friends from Spain: Paula, Razel, Laura J., Laura V., Sonia, Aida, Sara, Coral, Mireia, Iman, Helena, Sergio, Ricard, Joel, Mònica and Marc.

Undoubtedly up-to-date!

Have you ever heard of this marvellous professional dancing machine - an invention which has recently revolutionized the market of entertainment?? Or maybe you have even challenged yourself and tried dancing on it?? We have. And we came to the conclusion that it's great fun but also an extremely tiring physical exercise.

The machine consists of the pad with eight arrows which have to be pressed the way shown on the screen and to the rhythm of music which you can choose from the wide variety of well-known songs.

This form of spending time is considered to be extremely beneficial. Not only is it an easy, quick and pleasant way of losing weight but also a golden opprtunity to enjoy ourselves with the group of friends. What's more the pleasure can be found in laughing at each other and any success might be a factor likely to boost our self- esteem.

All in all, dancing on the machine is the source of great sensations. Trust us - it is an unforgettable experience and you certainly have to try it!

HAVE FUN!!!

made by Agnieszka&Kamila

CoLLseRoLa

You know that feeling, when everything is Just going the wrong way and the one and only thing you would like to do is chill out somewhere where no one can find you. A place, where you can relax watching good movies, drinking some fabulous tea or coffee. Well, there is such a place in Olsztyn. It’s an old cinema (it was built in 1910) in the center of the Old Town. Awangarda (that’s the name of the place) is not only a typical cinema café. It’s a MM cinema café. Which means no less than a Marilyn Monroe’s café. You can find photos of her everywhere in that place, even the coffees have names like Some Like It Hot, or The Seven Year Itch (after the MM’s films). Oh, I wish there were more places like that in Olsztyn…

The men who stare at goats

Characters

George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Robert Patrick, Rebecca Mader, Stephen Lang, Stephen Root.

Plot:

A man, Bob Wilton, (played by Ewan McGregor) is abandoned by his wife and she breaks his heart. He decides to go to Irak to work. Then he meets Lyn Cassady (George Clooney). He explains that he was a psychological soldier, a secret commando group in the army of USA. They use paranormal powers in their missions. The corruption changes the commando in order to do wrong things. Bob gets involved in the commando of USA army. He becomes a psychological soldier.

Cristina’s Opinion:

This is a terrible bad film. This is a insult to the USA army when soldiers used to smoke drugs and had a very infantile and stupid behaviour. I don’t recommend it to you.

Irene’s Opinion:

This film is very boring. I thought the film would be better because the actors are very famous. Kevin Spacey is a very good actor but in this film I didn’t like him. The same as Cristina, I think this film is very bad.

Other people’s Opinions:

The opinios are very different. Someone says the film is good but some others says it’s bad and boring.

Seventh festival of soup of the world

Yesterday March 21, the seventh festival of soups of the world was held in our neighborhood. It is a festival created by entities participating in the neighborhood where people from all countries and continents of the world have the possibility of showing and tasting soups from Bulgaria, Africa, Peru, Catalonia and many more.

There has been a circus workshop for children where they were taught juggling, tightrope exercises...

This meeting served to exchange cultures through soups from different places, and prevent racism.

You can also highlight any special soup as the "cold soup" created by a very creative person who has made traditional tomato soup in a tomato cream ball with ornament! I must say that it surprised me a lot.

They have shown innovative ideas such as how to heat a soup pot with solar energy. In the picture the mechanism by which this idea works is shown: mirrors reflect the sun into the pot where the food is.

In conclusion, it is a very original party where you can learn a lot of culture and above all to cook!

Flamenco: Typical music in Spain

Flamenco is a Spanish music and dance that originated in Andalusia in the eighteenth century

My favourite part of Flamenco is the Spanish Guitar.

In Spain, the man or woman who plays Flamenco with the Spanish guitar is called “Tocaor”(male) and “Tocaora”(female), which is a modified word in Spanish and the literal meaning is “toucher”, but it actually means player. The person who sings flamenco is a “Cantaor” or “Cantaora” and the person who dances Flamenco is a “Bailaor”

A good “Tocaor” was Paco de Lucía, and the most famous song was “Entre dos aguas” and this song was the “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” OST. If you want listen to it, click here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuIFpvUOuQw

A good “Cantaor” was the mytichal Camaron de la Isla and I think that his most famous song is “Volando voy” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0-ED4e-r-U&feature=related. It’s an old video but I think that is better, because we can see the singer.

With friends!

On Saturday, some friends and I went to Cosmobelleza. The Cosmobelleza is an international exhibition of beauty located in Gran Via, that is only celebrated once a year. It has many shops related with beauty, nails, hair, makeup, creams, hairdressing, etc. and has different shows, promoting clothes, hair plates, made up people, etc. We spent the day there and we got a nail tip of demonstration, yes yes only one nail! We had a great afternoon and later we met other people.

Ski jumping

Sport I like the most is ski jumping. Why I like ski jumping? Because it is interesting, exciting, unpredictable and watching it makes me happy.

I started watching and enjoying it when I was at primary school, about 8 years ago. There were many people and my friends crazy about ski jumping (I think because of our Polish ski jumper - Adam Małysz who always won), so I also watched it. Firstly I was cheering on Adam Małysz and our Polish team. I was small so I didn’t exactly know the rules, names of ski jumpers and coaches, but I liked it very much. While I was watching, I was learning new things about ski jumping. Now I still watch ski jumping and I think I know something about it. I like our Polish ski jumpers – Adam Małysz and Kamil Stoch, but I also like Austria team very much.

Adam Małysz

Now I’m going to tell you something about it. Ski jumping is a sport in which skiers go down a take-off ramp, jump, and land the furthest on the hill below. Also judges give points for style. The best is who receives the most points and jumps the furthest. I think ski jumping isn’t very fair sport. Because of the weather conditions like wind, snow. But it make ski jumping so special. Till the end nobody know what will happen. It is a winter sport, performed on snow, but can also be performed in summer, but there must be special conditions. There are a few ski jumping competitions, but the most popular is World Cup. It is also part of the Winter Olympic Games. Ski jumpers are mainly men, but women also can be ski jumpers and take part in competitions for women. Ski jumpers mainly are from Austria, Norway, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Japan, Poland and Switzerland and there are hills and competitions take place. The World Cup and Summer Grand Prix take place also in Poland in Zakopane. The atmosphere is great, I heard. One of my dreams is to visit Zakopane and see competition in the flesh.

Zakopane, Poland

And you? Have you ever heard about ski jumping? Do you like it? I think our Norwegian friends could tell us something about it ;) I hope now you know what is ski jumping and you would watch or read about it in the future.