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- Here comes 2016... and I don't want to party this night at all. Today everybody wants to celebrate that the new year is coming but, though I've done the same all my life, this year I really don't want to do that. First of all, I think this night is overestimated. The only difference is that going to anyplace tonight is much more expensive that any other night of the year. And also, the streets are crowded with people who have drunk too much, which means that it's more likely to have a disgusting situation (and it wouldn't be the first time this happen to me). Moreover, I don't get the point of getting wasted the first day of the year and stay the rest of the day with a terrible hangover. I mean, it's that how you want to start the year? I really would like to start it in company, with my friends, but they seem to want to spend the night like the I said before, and that is kind of a bummer. I guess that after what I said you may think that I have 50 years at least, but the thing is that I like to go outside any other night of the year, but tonight I would rather prefer to see a movie or read a book. So how do you spend New Year's Eve night? Are you agree with me? Well thanks for take some time to read this and have a great new year! So how do you spend New Year's Eve night? Are you agree with me? Well thanks for take some time to read this and have a great new year!December 31, 201520
Some movies: "La isla mínima", "Magical Girl", "Grupo 7", "Celda 211", "Balada triste de trompeta", "Mar adentro", [REC] (this one is about zombies :P. Also try [REC]2 and 3), "Abre los ojos" (this one can be a little confusing), "Todo sobre mi madre", "Hable con ella" and if you want to give a try some old movies watch "La vida por delante", "El viaje a ninguna parte" and anything done by Berlanga or Buñuel.
Some music: "Triangulo de Amor Bizarro", "Los Planetas" and "Joaquin Sabina".
0 votedDecember 4, 20150Fanáticos de la Moda
Me veo como un hombre muy simples y práctico, así que lo que visto refleja lo que soy. Prefiero seguir un estilo limpio (try with "pulcro", sounds better) e y elegante. La combinación de un jean con una camisa arremangada o un polo (normalmente en colores claros) puede ser perfecta para mí. A igual que muchos otros hombres, necesito muy pocos accesorios para complementar mi atuendo. Para fiestas formales, por ejemplo, me gustan las corbatas y el traje, pero no uso más ("ni siquiera uso" but this depends of what you want to say) un reloj de pulsera porque utilizo mi celular para ver las horas. Como dice dije antes, ¡soy muy práctico! Nunca me pregunto ¿Qué me pongo para ir a un lugar determinado? Simplemente, abro el armario y visto me pongo la primera cosa que veo.
It's very good, you just had some minor errors.
0 votedDecember 4, 20151Well I'm from Spain and this is the only Spanish talking country I've ever been so I can only talk you about this one. I think Spain is good place to visit, because it has a lot of places worthy to be seen. Here in Madrid, for example you will find plenty of places to enjoy your time. Food is good and people is nice. You'll find a lot of party here and I also think the city is a really beautiful place to walk through. But you have another cities in Spain that can be interesting. Barcelona it's also very popular among the tourist. I've still never been there but I think the tourist would have a good reason to go there. Another beautiful city you can visit is Bilbao, which I personally find very beautiful. Like in all the north region of Spain, it's usually colder than the rest, but the food there is incredible and the scenery is form me one of the best I've ever seen in Spain. And last but not least you have Salmanca which is between Madrid and Bilbao, more or less. Is a college city and you'll notice since the very first day. Very good atmosphere, beautiful buildings, party every single day... This city really worth to be visited. An well, I think this is all I can tell you about. I hope it'll be useful and that you'll forgive my bad English. Have a nice trip ;).
By the way, here it's a little correction: "Yo realmente querría viajar a un país de habla hispana pero yo (here "yo" is not necesary. Is not bad but sounds better if you omit it) no sé a qué país ir. ¿Tenéis alguna sugerencia? ¿Por qué?
0 votedDecember 4, 20150- Last summer: InterRail trip (part 2) Now I'm going to continue the story where I left it before. We arrived to Munich very early in the morning so we decided to head up to the hostel, left the backpacks there and went to see the city until we they finished prepearing our room, because we where really tired and we were craving to take a nap. After a while we deciced we were too tired to walk around the city so we come into a bar to take a some beers and rest until we can get into our room. The beer was great and also not too expensive considering that we were in Germany. When our room was finally prepared we discovered we have an empty 6 beds-room for the 3 of us! That was like heaven to us. I took maybe one of the best naps ever. Later on, that evening we head up to the city center to finally see something when we discovered that our keys didn't match with the door lock of our room. We talk with the receptionist about it and she told us that we had mistaken the number of the room. We could enter there because the door was wide open but obviously the keys she gave us didn't match that room. So we moved to our designated room and we met a 10-bed room full of people, two of them very drunk and other one snoring quite loud. Also there was a bunch of opened bottles in the floor and a disgusting smell all over the place.Shocked about the situation we left our things in a couple of beds and we left the place trying not to think about it. So we head up too the city center and after we had seen all the touristic places, we walked around the city. It was really nice, and we discovered some great bars (which I think they call "Brauhaus") like the "Hofbräuhaus". This was also a very touristic one and the atmosphere was unique, like a traditional Munich Brauhaus. And they also served 1 litre glasses of pure german beer! Amazing! So when we finish our route we had to cope with the fact that we had to rest in that lousy room. We arrived there and I discovered that someone was already sleeping in my bed. I didn't know what was going on there so I went to speak with the receptionist. She apologized about that and offered to give us a new room. We agreed, so we moved to our new room to discovered that once again, but this time for real, they gave us an empty 6 beds-room only for us! I felt like we had won the lottery. You can't imagine the relief. And for now I think this is enough because I'm running out of words in the notebook input, so I'll continue the next time. Have a nice day! Have a nice day!November 12, 201500
- Last summer: InterRail trip (part 1) This last summer I went, with two other friends, around Europe in an InterRail trip. First stop was in Bern. We decided to go there because the flight between Madrid and Bern were cheaper than the ones that went to the other destinations we'd chosen. We saw the city carrying our bags all day long with a surprisingly hot weather, so at the first opportunity we had, we sat down in a bar terrace to have some cool beers. After a few more beers we asked for the bill, and then we had the second surprise of the day. 5 Francs for a beer! (1 franc has more or less the same value than a euro) That was quite expensive for a limited budget. We spent the rest of the day walking around. It was a nice city but very expensive in my opinion. That night we took a train to Munich. We decided to sleep in the train to avoid paying a hostel. And I think this is enough for the moment. I'll continue another day. Have a nice day! ;)October 27, 201520
- Self-imposed task: Writing about autumn. Like every year, autumn has come (long time ago from now) and with it the cold and the rain. It’s ok for me, because I’ve always like cold weather and rainy days, especially those when you can stay at home warmly. But also I love the beginning of the cold seasons because it means that all heat is gone. I know that is obvious but what I meant is that in Spain heat during summer can be very annoying, to the point that sometimes is nearly unbearable to stay far away from any air conditioning during midday. Also I think is a kind of beautiful season, with all the leaves along the streets and is a good moment to do some sport outside, because is neither hot nor cold. So I think I’m going to enjoy the rest of the season but always knowing that winter is coming… (sorry I’ve had to do this joke). Bye!October 15, 201531
- A brief introduction of myself (well maybe not so brief). My name is Raúl Allende, I’m 25 years old and I’m from Madrid, Spain. I recently finished my degree in chemistry and I’m now looking for a job. I’m currently trying to improve my English level, in one side, because I’m trying to pass the FCE that would make finding jobs easier. In the other side, I’m trying to improve my English as a personal motivation, due to almost everything is in English (like some of the best movies, almost all the good music and a huge amount of information in the internet) but also because it makes much more easier traveling abroad. To say something more about me I would say that I love music in almost all the exiting genres (standard rock, psyschedelic/progressive rock, jazz, blues, soul, electronic…), I also love watching movies (classical and actual ones, I like both) and reading (Wilde and Bukowski are some of my favorite writers). I also like to do exercise in my spare time to keep healthy. And, well, I thing that’s all I can say about me at the moment. If you are still reading this and you want to learn Spanish and/or help me to improve my English I’ll be happy to talk with you. Have a nice day ;)October 9, 201561
