Hi everybody! Summer is gone and autumn is here with us!
After lunch went to Stirling on our bus and there we could see Stirling Castle. Before we went in we could see a view of Wallace Monument from the esplanade. It was very interesting but I think Edinburgh Castle liked me more that this one; why? Edinburgh Castle was bigger and, for me, Stirling Castle looked so naked (no furniture, pictures ...) but it's only my opinion! It's a good idea to visit it? Yes, If you've got time enough.
Bus driver told us histories about William Wallace and the differences between "Braveheart" and the real Wallace (for example, he was a very tall man, about 2 metres)
SONGS: Today Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
The first one is "Who built the Road". It remember me Nick Cave & Kyle Minogue's song "Where the wild roses grow"
Hi When we finished our cruise we took our bus and went to an area called "The Trossachs", on the southern edge of the Highlands: a wonderful place, with marvellous views : we saw a lot of different flowers, bushes and so on. We made a lot of photos and then we went to visit a castle: Doune Castle. So I'll show you some photographs and I hope you'll enjoy them.
SONGS:Today Manu Chao, the king of the "pachanga", a mixture of reggae,rock, rumba,ska ... He usually sings in French, Spanish, English ...
Hi again. Today I'm going to talk about Leith. Leith is an Edinburgh district; it's the Edinburgh port and it's situated in the North of the city. The Royal Yacht Britannia is permanently moored. I was disappointed about the Yacht because I thinked that it was bigger. There are a big shop centre (shops, restaurants, etc) . There are, too, a gift-shop of Britannia objects.
Today it's Father's Day, my congratulations to fathers!!!!!!!
SONGS: Today, Oasis: one of the most popular British bands formed by Gallagher Brothers (Noel & Liam). Oasis formed part of the Britpop movement. The first one is "Go Let It Out"
Hi again. After two weeks k.o because we had our "fiestas" & partys, all day in the streets drinking, dancing, laughing and waiting the rising sun. Today I'll try to write about Edinburgh but I think I need some hollydays to rest and take a break ; partying is very hard, you know!!!!
Well, let's continue talking about the Royal Mile and the last sections: High Street and Canongate
-High Street : This is the largest street and there's a lot of monuments and places to visit. On the left you can see: High Court of Justiciary, Hume Monument, City Chambers, Mary King's Close (the most famous close of Edinburgh), John Knokx's House, etc. On the right you can see Parliament Square & House, Statue Duke of Buccleuch, The Heart of Midlothian (a heart of stone in the ground that marks the entrance to the Old Tollbooth Prison. Tollbooth prisoners used to spin when they went in the prision and actually some people do the same for good luck), St Gilles Cathedral (wonderful), the Statue of King Charles (behind the cathedral), the Mercat Cross, Thor Kirk (kirk means church)which is closed because people think that there live poltergeists, the Museum of Childhood and many others. In the middle of the street, crossing from North to South you can see the North Bridge and the South Bridge, where we usually catch our buses (8 or 14)
-Canongate: I think that, for me, It's the less interesting road but there are places like Canongate Tolbooth (with the watch), The People's Story (very interesting, because you can see how people lived in a Royal Mile house from down to the roof), Canongate Kirk and other places. At the end you can see on the right the Scottish Parliament (very modern for me!!!) and in front the Palace of Holyrood.
SONGS: For today I'll bring you something special, it's not a group or vocalist. It's Blue Man Group, a creative foundation that creates theatrical shows with three people dresses black clothes and the rest of the head and hands are blue: called Blue Men an they play percussive instruments. Behind them there is a band
An advice: don't be late if you want to see one of their shows
The first song is "Above" and it was the beginning of his show "The Complex Live Rock"
The second one is "Up to the Roof", sung by Tracy Bonham
Hi. Edinburgh is called the Athens of the North, It's a wonderful city with friendly people and a lot of places you can discover . The Royal Mile flows from West (the Castle Rock) to East (Holyrood Palace) following the spine of these hills. It's divided in four sections: -Castle hill -Lawnmarket -High Street -Canongate When you go out the castle, the first thing that you see is the Esplanade, in witch place the Military Tattoo is realized. There's the place to the Music Concerts, too.
Then The Royal Miles begins: the first section is called Castlehill and it's the oldest street
Next we can see Lawnmarket, it's a widest street than the previous ones and many times times ago was a linen market. Now is dominated by tourist-oriented shops
SONGS: Today I'll show you a group called Death in Vegas. Death in Vegas is a Britain duo witch made electronic and psycodelic rock music. In their third album "Scorpion Rising"(2.002) decided to change and made pop-rock music featuring rock stars like Liam Gallagher and Paul Weller The first song is "Scorpio Rising", sung by Liam Gallagher, Oasis singer
Hi. I'm back again from Edinburgh. I'm happy but a little sad because I left a wonderful place and a lot of friends there. In this photo I'm with my General English Teacher, Gavin. I was in Edinburgh two weeks, studying General English Course in the Edinburgh School of English and my residential accommodation was at the Pollock Hall, a half an hour walking from the Royal Mile.
Timetable
8.45-9.00: Plenary Session (Susan) 9.00-10.00: Fluency workshop (Jonathan) 10.00-10.15: Break 10.15-11.15: General English (Gavin) 11.15-11.30: Break 11.30-13.00: General English (Gavin) 13.00-14.00: Lunch 14.00-15.00: Master-class 15.00-15.15 Break 15.15-16.15: Reading and Writing Skills (David)
When I was finishing the classes (at 16.15 h.) I always took a walk around the city until the dinner time (19.30 h. more or less) with some friends, trying to see the city and practice our English (and drink a beer, too,OF COURSE!!!!).
My Opinion: -Positive: The city, the people (very friendly), the students that I meet there (Consoli, Anja, Isidro,Margherita, Nichola, Carlos, etc.) the teachers -Negative: The weather (always raining), the lunch and dinner hour, and the close hour of Museums
I hope that these days I've have time to write about my experience there.
SONG: This is time to an old band: Simple Minds. The band was in Edinburgh last Saturday (18th of July) but I could not see them because I've got not a ticket. Simple Minds is a Scottish band (Rock, New Wave & Pop) borned in 1.977 (30 years on the road!!!). His frontman is Jim Kerr I'll show you two songs: The first one is "Don't You", maybe his most successful hit. The end of the song (and the concert) is amazing!
My last post
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Well, I'm not sure but maybe it could be my last post so I want to say
thank you to all of you because I've felt like home.
I have no words so I think I'll ...
Bye, bye Cheltenham...
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Cheltenham Spa. When all the spanish people read the second word, we
supposed that our town would be a marvellous resort with large pools,
turkish bat...
Soy maestro.
Mis aficiones: la música,la música, la música y, aparte, los ordenadores, la lectura y los fines de semana pasarlos con los amigos y, cuando puedo, viajar.
I'm a teacher.
My hobbies: music, music, music and, also, computers, books, and on weekends enjoy with friends and when I can, travelling.
