Highland games are held in Scotland in
summer. It's a sport tradition. Events include throwing heavy metal
objects and even tree trunks, but there are also races, Scottish
Highland dancing competitions and the "tug-of-war". You
need to be fit and very strong to win!
Americans celebrate their favourite
sandwich for an entire month. On average, every single person in the
USA eats three burgers a week, that's nearly 50 billion hamburgers
every year. That's a lot of burgers!
This is the most famous sailing event
in the world. It is organized every four years, and this year it is
in Bermuda. Pairs of boats race each other, competing for speed,
strategy and tactics. It's one of the most difficult sporting
trophies to win!
This
pagan tradition began in villages in England and Wales in 1350, but
in the 1700s the Church banned maypoles. Today, the tradition is
celebrated on 1 May. Dancers hold coloured ribbons as they dance
around a tree trunk (the maypole). Today, it's not a pagan festival,
but it's good fun!
The
Guardians continue their adventures in the galaxy! They are joined by
the old enemies, who become new allies, and other characters from the
Marvel Universe, including Taserface, Mantis, Nebula and Yondu. The
team discover the truth about Peter Quill's parents and must flight
to stay united. And, as before, great rock songs accompany the
action. Fans will be dancing in the cinema.
This is a photo of the World War I. I've chosen it because I think that it is really shocking to see pictures form the war. It is also very shocking to see people fighting, to see violence... And it is also unpleasant, of course. Below there is my description of the picture and all my thoughts about it:
In this picture, we can see some soldiers fighting during the World War I. In the foreground there are three armed soldiers. In the backround there's a tank, which is probably ready to attack and kill a lot of people. And this is something that makes me feel really sad. In the left part there's a tree, a very dry tree, because it hasn't got any leaves. Actually, it is probably dead. In the right part of the backround there are more soldiers and they are also armed. I think that there were a lot of soldiers that we can't see in this picture.
The environment is really sad because the only colours that we can see are the dark ones, such as grey or brown. I guess this environment was caused by the war. However, the weather doesn't seem to be really good as the sky is pretty dark too.
I think this photo was taken in a battlefield and I suppose the photographer had to risk his life to get this picture, which is a clear example of bravery.
To finish, I would like to say that I believe all the soldiers we can see here (and the ones we can't see too) were all really sad and looking forward to the end of the war.
WRITING: My trip to Italy Last week I went to Italy with all my
classmates. It was a wonderful week and I'll never forget it. I had a
really good time and I enjoyed every moment there.
We caught the plane in Barcelona on
Monday and we arrived in Milano (Malpensa) in the morning. On the
first day, we visited Sirmione, where we had lunch. We ate a pizza, a
very big pizza! Then, in the afternoon, we went to Verona. We had
dinner and we slept there.
On Tuesday, we visited Venice. It is a
very beautiful city, but there is a lot of people. There are so many
tourists that it is difficult even to walk through the city. To be
honest, I didn't like this and I got stressed. Then we returned to
Verona and we slept there too.
On Wednesday we went to Florence. It's
a city with a lot of artistic buildings, so it's a very important
city for the culture. Santa Maria del Fiore, which is the cathedral
there, is very high and very impressive from the outside, but very
disapointing from within. After visiting Florence, we had dinner and
we slept there, in a different hotel from the first two nights.
On Thursday we continued visiting
Florence. We went to the Academia Gallery and to the Ufizzi Gallery
Museum. In the Ufizzi Gallery, we saw a lot of paintings. And in the
Academia Gallery, we saw "The David", which impressed me a
lot because of its size. It's very big! Then, we had dinner in the
same restaurant and we slept in the same hotel than in the day
before.
On the last day, on Friday, we visited
Lucca and Pisa. In Lucca, I ate a typical food from there, which were
like a triangular potatoes. They were really tasty. After visiting
Lucca, we visited the tower of Pisa. Sincerely, it was really
shocking to see a leaning tower. I liked it but I decided not going
up.
Finally, once we had visited
everything, we went to the airport by bus, we caught the plane and we
arrived in Barcelona at 1.00 am. Then, we got a bus and we returned
to the school, where our parents were waiting for us. Everything was
fine and I was happy and sad at the same time: happy for getting back
home and sad for finishing which had been a wonderful trip.
