Hi mates,
“Come In” has got the Mother Tongue already.
I’ve taken my copy this afternoon and I’ve devoured the 1st. chapter in the bus on the way back home. It’s easy to read and really amusing.
See you on Wednesday.
Miquel
lunes, 26 de octubre de 2009
sábado, 24 de octubre de 2009
TUSCANY, LIKE A FINE WINE, HAS BEEN SOME TIME IN THE MAKING...
Hello.....I love to go on vacations. My wife and I usually go on vacations for a few days but about 5-6 times a year and sometimes more. To start, I’m going to explain our last experience in Tuscany (La Toscana). We went there with a hired motor home.
Tuscany is possibly the greatest repository of art in the world, from extraordinary paintings and sculpture to frescoes and architectural masterpieces.
We went there not only in search of fine art but also, to explore the extraordinary countryside and as gourmets to enjoy the simple yet wonderful cuisine and wine.
There is a lot to see and do in Tuscany, the difficulty is really where to start.
Our first stop was in Siena. Other stops were Florence, Arezzo, San Gimignano, Montalcino, Montepulciano, and Lucca.
I want to talk about Montalcino. It’s a hill town located no far from Pienza and in the valley called “Val d’Orcia”.
There are medieval walls and a fortress built at the highest point of the town. Down the narrow short street that extends from the main gate of the fortress is the museum “Musei Riuniti” which is both a civic and diocesan museum.
The main square, the “Piazza del Popolo”, is downhill from the fortress. The principal building on the square is the town hall, once the “Palazzo dei Priori” but now the “Palazzo Comunale”.
There are many other medieval buildings in Montalcino that make up its historical centre “centro storico”.
Last but not least, Montalcino is famous for its wine “Brunello di Montalcino”. It’s the first Italian red wine awarded with “Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita” (DOCG), 100% produced in the territory of Montalcino province of Siena. This fantastic and highly recommendable wine is considered for the most experts as the most long-lived Italian red wine.
I’ll see you on the next experience.
Tuscany is possibly the greatest repository of art in the world, from extraordinary paintings and sculpture to frescoes and architectural masterpieces.
We went there not only in search of fine art but also, to explore the extraordinary countryside and as gourmets to enjoy the simple yet wonderful cuisine and wine.
There is a lot to see and do in Tuscany, the difficulty is really where to start.
Our first stop was in Siena. Other stops were Florence, Arezzo, San Gimignano, Montalcino, Montepulciano, and Lucca.
I want to talk about Montalcino. It’s a hill town located no far from Pienza and in the valley called “Val d’Orcia”.
There are medieval walls and a fortress built at the highest point of the town. Down the narrow short street that extends from the main gate of the fortress is the museum “Musei Riuniti” which is both a civic and diocesan museum.
The main square, the “Piazza del Popolo”, is downhill from the fortress. The principal building on the square is the town hall, once the “Palazzo dei Priori” but now the “Palazzo Comunale”.
There are many other medieval buildings in Montalcino that make up its historical centre “centro storico”.
Last but not least, Montalcino is famous for its wine “Brunello di Montalcino”. It’s the first Italian red wine awarded with “Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita” (DOCG), 100% produced in the territory of Montalcino province of Siena. This fantastic and highly recommendable wine is considered for the most experts as the most long-lived Italian red wine.
I’ll see you on the next experience.
sábado, 17 de octubre de 2009
Creating a blog
Thanks to the collaboration of my daughter, creating a blog has been not so difficult so, I’m going to explain why I had written my name down for this course.
I studied English for 500 hours at ESADE but, long time ago. Soon after, I have used English mainly for business but I’d never come back to study it.
Besides nearly 25 years using English on business only, makes easy not only to forget the grammar but also adopt some bad habits. Perhaps the only positive point is to keep certain fluent speaking. That’s the reason why I decided to take part in this advancing in English course, trying to remember all the forgotten things and recovering the knowledge of English that I had years ago.
I’m also fully devoted to English mainly because the wide opportunities of worldwide communication you can get using it, in fact this is for me important enough to such an extent that I dislike English under no circumstances.
In the first week’s session we have tended towards the knowledge of the English language’s origin and cultures, starting since the Anglo-Saxon invasions, 449 AD.
I studied English for 500 hours at ESADE but, long time ago. Soon after, I have used English mainly for business but I’d never come back to study it.
Besides nearly 25 years using English on business only, makes easy not only to forget the grammar but also adopt some bad habits. Perhaps the only positive point is to keep certain fluent speaking. That’s the reason why I decided to take part in this advancing in English course, trying to remember all the forgotten things and recovering the knowledge of English that I had years ago.
I’m also fully devoted to English mainly because the wide opportunities of worldwide communication you can get using it, in fact this is for me important enough to such an extent that I dislike English under no circumstances.
In the first week’s session we have tended towards the knowledge of the English language’s origin and cultures, starting since the Anglo-Saxon invasions, 449 AD.
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