English Allariz

Hello! This is my summer. In August I went to Viana Do Castelo, with my father, my mother, my brother and my grandad . The best thing in my summer was going to waterpark in Vila Real. This day my family and me celebrated my birthday. In the Viana beach the boys and girls practised  kite surfing . Bye!!            Nuno

September 19, 2023 Hi everyone , This summer I went to Merza Percussion, a summer camp about percussion with teachers from all parts from Galicia where we did lots of types of percussion like Brazilian percussion or Galician percussion that is also called folk percussion. In Merza Percuission I met people from all parts of Spain, like Miguel and Roberto who they were from Murcia or Hector and Jorge who they were from Zamora. Also in the teachers' roster  was a teacher from the Netherlands called Bence Major. At the beginning of the day after breakfast we had folk class with the teacher Mario Cortizo, then we had contemporary class with Pablo Paz and the foundator Vincent Zaragoza .We had a break before the next class that was corporal percussion with Frank Mark and the last class we had Brazilian percussion with Andrés Rivero. And that was all for the morning. In the afternoon we had different activities depending the day, like the day that we ...

 In Spain they eat them* (castañas) but in England we play... CONKERS! This year we held the 2nd English Allariz Conker Championships. To play you need: a conker a screwdriver a shoelace Make a hole in the conker with the screwdriver . Then thread the shoelace through the hole and tie a knot . You are ready to fight (I mean play!) Players take turns to swing their conker and try to hit their opponent's conker. The goal is to destroy your opponent's conker! This video will show you how. And who won the 2nd English Allariz Conker Championship ? I don't know... If you think it was you, let me know in the comments! *Laura wants to point out that in Spain castañas are eaten, but conkers are castañas de indias and you can't eat them ! So you can play conkers with them instead! Excellent style from Alan and a steady hand from Raquel. Nice style, Emilio! Serious attitude from Héctor! Nice swing, Xaquín, but I think Consuelo won in the end! A more composed approach from Mati...

Hi! This summer I spent five days in Gijón with my parents, my cousin and my brother. We stayed in an apartment, just a few metres away from the beach of San Lorenzo. It was great! We chose to go to Gijón because the water is warmer than in any other beach in Galicia, and we also wanted to see the town itself. We didn't stay in Gijón for the whole week. We also went to a small town near it called Langreo, where there was once a factory where they made steel and other metals. There was a big museum built inside of the old factory that showed the process of creating steel from different materials. Also in Langreo, we went to a mine in the mountains, where my family went inside of one of the tunnels that went under the ground. I didn't go because I was a bit scared of being underground in a closed space, but I did visit the museum that explained how people worked in the mine years ago. It was very exciting and one of the best holidays I've ever had. Bye! Paulo

Hello!! Some days ago, I came back to Jordan. It was a trip which I was very excited about . I was there eight days, I was able to know places and nice people. First I visited some cities like Amman, the capital of the country, and Madaba where I could see beautiful Roman mosaics full of symbolism and very well preserved. People was very friendly and cordial. They were always   willing to help and they have open minds. After that I was in the lowest place on the earth (it is four hundred and twenty meters below sea level), the Dead Sea , it was amazing!! I was be able to float without effort and I could  test its rejuvenating mud. Also, I visited Petra, an incredible city built and carved in limestone by the Navateos, thousands of years ago. In summary, it was a nice experience; for me travelling is a good option to enjoy and open our minds. Vero

Hello everyone! This summer I went to the Basque country. I camped in our camper van with my parents.  I had a brilliant time. I went swimming at the beach. My summer was fantastic. Carmela

This summer on August 20 I went to the beach with my family, Noa, Ales, Fina and me . First in the morning we went to have breakfast in a bar next to the beach. At lunch time we went to the beach where my father and me got in the water, we ate sandwiches and later we left . Aaron