A Place to Relax (by Pedro Capó)

There is a place where the time doesn’t pass by. There is a place where nature and humans coexist in harmony. There is a place where mountains touch the sky.

This place is Lluc. Lluc is a monastery in the mountains, for that reason there aren’t skyscrapers or motorways, only the silence. There is a small park for children. There is a botanical garden and a Via Crucis.

There are many excursions to go near Lluc and all of them are very beautiful. Behind Lluc there is a big valley, it is beautiful and there is a farm with cows, goats, horses, hens, dogs and cats. It is a peaceful place to clear the mind. The trees are always green, for this reason the place seems always lively.

A description of a place (by Cristofer Sánchez)

The place I’m going to describe is my old little village in Salamanca, which is called Gallegos de Argañán .
I lived there the ten first years of my life.
Gallegos de Argañán is located at 120km of Salamanca.

It is a small town with nearly over 300 people which are living now in the town, but in the past where living over 1000 people or more (in a period of time aprox. 1800-1900 and since then, the number of people has been decreasing). I don’t know very well the real data.

In general is a small town surrounded by land, which is used to feed the animals, the farmers plow the land, they plant seeds and they grow vegetables which are later sold in the market.

You can see my village in the photos below.




It is located in a big valley, surrounded by hills and in the distance there are also high mountains. In the mornings and evenings, you can breathe some fresh air coming from the mountains. I really like that fresh air, it's the best time for walking or doing sport, because in summer the rest of the day is really dry-hot weather and its unhealthy to walk in those conditions and more if you have sensitive skin and eyes xD.

I like to travel to my little village in summer, because it is a peaceful place to relax and to disconnect from everuthing, and also to see my grandparents and uncles who live there. Another reason why I like going there is that I remember great things I lived when I was a child.

While I am writing this a memory has just come to my mind: when I was little boy, in the first days of May it started to snow, IN MAY!!, and it settled for a few hours.
It was a very strange day!

This place... (Tom Lombardi)

This place is called Encuentro, it is a beach situated in the north coast of the Dominican Republic. Encuentro's beach is known for its “surfing spot”, it is actually the best surfing spot of the Dominican Republic. Many surfing competitions are organized throughout the year, which help young Dominicans to get acquainted with the pleasure of surfing. Recently, kitesurfing and windsurfing competitions were also organized at international levels.

All along the beach there are several “surfing schools”, where, with some pesos, you can learn how to take a wave in few hours.

It is also where my feet touched for the first time a surfing board, I was 8 years old. I was so addicted to this sport that some friends and I used to wake up around 4 am when the sun had not raised yet, take our boards and go surfing before school. Then we would just take a quick shower on the beach, put on our uniform and go to school at 8. It was good life.

As you can see, it is a panoramic picture, so you can see a 180 degrees angle of the view. There is not much to say about this picture... but it has been taken from a small “tower” where the judges use to sit when they have to put a mark on the surfing competitors. You can also the that the color of the sea is beautiful, as well as the sky. On the left and right of the pictures we can see students and surfers getting mentally and physically prepared to face up the Encuentro's waves.

Take a piece of freedom, start surfing.

Temples in India (Maximilian Pagès Preuss)

I would like to describe this wonderful picture. It was taken by me while I was walking through a temple village in the town of Madurai (India). For me this picture shows and describes a lot of things such as peace and calm. India is one of the most peaceful countries of the world; the people there are so handsome and nice that sometimes you feel like a god for them.

In this place people go to pray, to meditate, to have a family lunch or just go to have a walk and calm down after a hard working day. When you visit such an enormous place all full with little and big temples you feel like as if you where in a fantasy story. The best of all is that all these buildings are hundreds of years old and most of them are on a perfect condition. These temples are very important for the local and foreign people; this is why they keep in this good condition.
The most amazing thing is that you can spend hours and hours visiting these places and you never get bored or tired. In my opinion they have some magic and this is why they are so impressive.

When I first saw this kind of temples, the first thing I wanted to know was: What is in there and why do people really go there every day? The answer to this question is very simple, in these places there is normally one of the many gods that the Hinduism has. This is why there are so many temples, each one has one god. The local people are very religious and this is why they spend so much time in them.

Once every week, there is a ceremony which is carried out by a Sadu. It is an important religious man who walks all around India without anything, they only pray and eat the food that people prepare for them when they arrive in a town or village. They have no money and some even have no clothes, they are also famous because they have all the face painted with red and white colours.
I really recommend this country to everyone because I think that if you go there when you go back home, you will never forget it.

Description of a place (Lina Quiroga)

Here we have a very nice picture. It was taken in Guatavita (Colombia) and I think it's very beautiful because it shows a natural and peaceful place.

I have chosen this picture because it reminds me when I was little and my family and me used to go on holidays to the village of my sister's godfather. I used to play with my cousins and sister running back and forth across the field.

I also played with the animals they had there.

I remember that cows scared me because I saw them too big so I thought that they could hurt me, but that feeling disappeared gradually as I was growing, although now I have a feeling of respect for them.

I think the field is one of the most beautiful and perfect places to be, because you have a direct contact with nature and you can feel comfortable and relaxed as long as you are there. It's like having a break away from city and all the responsabilities that it represents.

The picture shows us a green area with montains and trees. You also can see a precious blue sky and a house in the middle of the field.

I also can say that right now it would be the perfect place to be for the students because with all this pressure of the end of the year I think it is necesary to keep an open mind and forget about stress.

Descrition of a place (Aina Mir)

SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco it is an important city for me because it reminds me lots of special moments. I went there two years ago with my parents and friends. In that trip we were eight people and we had lot of fun. First we went to LA and then we went to San Francisco, and I think all of us, if we have to choose one or the other we would choose San Francisco. It is a very nice place and I love it.

I think it is similar to Mallorca, maybe not that much similar but it has sea and a lot of coast. It is also important for people who have lived always on an island.

San Francisco has a lot of beautiful things. The city looks exactly as on the TV. The golden gate, the street cars, the slopes...
Golden Gate it the most known building and it is incredible. When you are walking on it you have the sea under you, about 220 meters. And you can see people doing exercise there. The only bad thing is there are "toll barriers” on each sides to keep away from people who want to hurl themselves of the bridge.

The street cars are like in the films. People seat inside or people who are tighted outside.The street cars' drivers most of times have to help the tourist people because you have to go on a special way. I think that street cars are a very good idea for the problem of the very steep slopes.

I also like San Francisco because there is a lot of variety and different neighborhoods and I think this type of contrasts are fun.


The picture that we can see is a San Francisco street and it’s the street with the most amount of curves in the USA. It is Lombard Street and it is a piece of the street. In a short stretch there are eight curves, and they are very pronunciated, and because of it, before you try to go down with the car, there is a sign which warm the drivers that they can't go down with vans or bigs cars because the vehicle couldn't turn.
It is a beautiful street because they have it very well cared for and clean. And it is a very colorful street.

I chose San Francisco because for me is the most beautiful place.

Description of a picture (Javier González))

If you want to see something beautiful in the world go to Argentina.
In the picture you can see the "Obelisk" which is a National Historial Monument in Buenos Aires, the capital. This monument is located in "Plaza de la República".
It´s 67,5 m high, it has a single entrance door (on the west side), there are four windows and there is a steep staircase of 206 steps with 7 landings every 6m or 8 m.




In the photo you can see the city of Buenos Aires at night and the beauty of the city. We can see also see many buildings that look quite futuristic. You can see also many trees that look alike and are quite large, and lots of lights: this is due to traffic in that area in Buenos Aires.




I have chosen this photo because it´s a place that I would like to visit in the future. I hope to go this summer because I have some relatives in Argentina that I don´t know yet. The weather in Argentina is very similar to the weather in Majorca. But while we are in spring here, they are in the opposite season there: Now it's autumn in Argentina (south hemisphere)

This picture is one of the most beautiful pictures I found of the place I want to go soon.

Description of a picture (Carol Pérez)

Do you like this picture? Personally, I love it, it makes me feel really little looking at this huge roller coaster, like an ant in our world.

This photo was taken in "El Ram", a fair that is being held every year here, in Palma. In the picture we can see the most important part of the wheel with some cabins. We can also see the cloudy sky. This is my favourite part of the photo, because I really like the texture of these clouds. It was not a sunny day, but we can see in a yellow cabin the reflection of the sunlight. Although it wasn't a sunny day, the sun was shining at times, and I had the opportunity to take the photo.

We can't see it brightly in the picture, but every cabin has a different colour. They're arranged according to different shades of color, which are yellow, orange, purple, blue and green. A thing that we can see in the photo is the way how is wheel is painted , with green and white stripes. I found it really original.

Every year I go to the fair with my cousin and her children, because they enjoy riding all the fairground attractions.

Well, as you say... BETTER LATE THAN NEVER!

Describing a picture (by William Wu He)

Here we can see a beautiful view of what I think is the closest image of paradise. There are some stone stairs that drive us to a beautiful beach. The beach has got a pure deep blue sea and the sand is white like the snow.

There aren't any people, it’s not a crowded beach like Magalluf, here you can smell the freedom, feel the calm, it’s a virgin beach, a place where you can relax and forget all your problems for a short period of time.

Around the stone stairs it’s full of green nature. There’s a dense green foliage with purple flowers, and then, if we look up, we can see some amazing palm trees that grow above the plants and give this picture a shade of paradise.

It looks like a prolongation of the terrain of a big mansion, because a private beach like this one must be linked to a huge mansion.

FORMENTERA (by Ana Carcaño)

I've been told to describe a picture and I have chosen a beach that is located in Formentera.
On this picture we can see mainly three colours: blue in the sky and the sea, beige on the sand and the rocks and green on the tree and the bushes.

The water of this beach is very clear and clean and we can see a lot of white boats that are tied up. There are small dark blue spots in the middle of the sea and that's because of the algae.
The sky is light blue and it has some small white clouds. It's a sunny summer day and it doesn't seem like it is going to rain.
By the sea there's a green big tree that makes a small shadow and on the left hand side of the picture we can see some small bushes and rocks.
The sand is very clean and clear, without any litter on it (all the beaches should be like this one).
We can see some people swimming in the sea but there's nobody lying on the sand and sunbathing so we could think that this part of the beach is virgin.

Also we could say that this beach is not polluted and this is something very good and very important for our environment because nowadays there are loads of places that have been polluted because of the tourism and the invasion of humans. I don't like places like that because they make me feel nervous and angry because I dont like the idea that our environment it's being destroyed.
The landscape of Formentera is beautiful and it transmits serenity and peace.

A description of a place (José Miguel Maimó)

Last Christmas I visited the stadium of the Football Club Barcelona (Camp Nou) with my family. It is located in the center of Barcelona, in a neighborhood called Zona Universitària. I went by motorbike because my family from Barcelona lives a bit far.

Camp Nou is one of the biggest stadiums around the world, it has a capacity of 100.000 people aproximately. The truth is that I was surprised when I saw it. In the ticket office there were a lot of people, the tickets was very expensive (16€).

First of all I visited the changing rooms, they were very big, there were some Jacuzzis, a blackboard and some computers. Secondly I visited the football pitch (the area when footballers play football), it was spectacular because the dimensions were very large, there were some lamps to warm the grass. Thirdly I visited the museum, it was very big, there were a lot of trophies, emblems, esculptures and photos. I saw the six trophies that the team won last year. Finally I visited the stands.

Camp Nou is a fantastic tourist destination, I recommend you to visit it. On the one hand I liked it a lot because it is a very nice stadium but I am not a Barça supporter, for this reason I'd like to visit the stadium of the Real Mallorca, the ONO Estadi (the best team in the world, next year Mallorca will be in Champions League)

DESCRIPTION OF A PLACE (By Naika Mendívil.)

My teacher asked me to write a composition describing a place. Then I thought about describing a country, a city, or a town. But I couldn't find a place I really liked. Then I came about describing a place where I spend a lot of time every day. It is a place where I do lots of things. I am talking about my bedroom.

My bedroom isn’t very big but I love it. It is situated upstairs and in the side room no one sleeps. Three years ago I painted one of the walls of my room, now it is purple I think it is a beautiful colour and it relaxes me. My room has a beautiful balcony where in the afternoon the sun shines. It has got two chairs and a little table and I love to go there when I need to think about something. The balcony is in front of a beautiful big park and I like to observe what people do there.

In my bedroom I have got a lot of important things: my wardrobe is always full and my mum is always saying to me that I must tidy it. I have a shoemaker in my room and a mirror too. I need a mirror at all times. I have a bookshelf where I use to put all types of things, from books and photos to my jewels and even a radio.
Another important thing in my bedroom is my computer, I couldn’t live without it. I use it to chat with my friends, to search on the internet, to watch films and it has a TV incorporated so it is to useful to me. I can’t finish this composition without mentioning my bed. It is the most important thing in a bedroom, but for me it is even more important. I use it to eat, to watch TV or a film, to spend hours phoning my friends, things that I love to do, and of course, to sleep.

Las Vegas (Diego Rosso)

"Ladies and gentleman, Welcome to Las Vegas, city of dreams where you can get rich and have fun! Come to Las Vegas and have a wonderful time in our casinos and in our city!"

I would love to go to Las Vegas some day. Las Vegas is a populous city situated in Nevada (USA) and it is also an international renown major resort city for gambling, shopping and fine dinning. Las Vegas is also a famous place for setting films and tv programs. It also got the title of "Sin City", a nickname setted for Las Vegas because its tolerance for various forms of adult entertainment (another way of saying sex industry... oops, children cover your ears!).

Las Vegas is quite a busy and noisy place because it's a huge and crowded city full of high buildings. At night all the city is light up and it looks amazing.

One of the most famous places in Las Vegas are Casinos. If you thought that the city is crowded, then it is because you haven't yet entered a Casino! Because they are huge and full of people. Casinos are like another world, there you can see all kind of people, rich and not so rich playing together.

Since I was little I had been dreaming of going to Las Vegas one day (and I'm going to go one day I promise!) because it always looked like "funland" and it looks even better everyday. That city is just awesome, you can find everything in there.

If someone go to USA I really recommend that person to go to Las Vegas, even if you don't like Casinos there are a lot of other things you can do there (go shopping, enjoy the view of the city at night, have dinner in really nice restaurants).

All I can do for now is to save some money and be a proffessional playing poker and blackjack, when all that is done ... here I come Las Vegas !

P.S: Enjoy a beatiful image of the city at night :)

A description of a place ( by Sergi Costa)

"Covachos beach", situated in the Cantabrian coast, in the north of Spain, near the city of Santander, world famous for the Magdalena palace,long time ago residence of the king of Spain, is a small beach far from cities and not crowded.

As you can see in the picture to reach the sand it is necesary to go down a fifteen meters high rocky cliff.

During the winter, on rainy days, a waterfall appears flowing like a river accross the virgin white sand to the sea.

If you need a peaceful or relaxing place not far from Covachos beach you can go to "Dunas de liencres" wihch is bigger, longer, and a quieter resort, facing the sea.

In conclusion if you go to Santander, I recommend you to go to Covachos beach.

Writing 5: A description of a place. Nicolás Muñoz

Last summer, I visited Espalmador with my parents and my relatives who live in Ibiza. Espalmador is a very small island located in front of Ibiza and at a walking distance to Formentera. You can actually walk from Espalmador to Formentera because the maxim water depth is 120 centimetres. It's a private island but you can go to any Spanish beach according to the Ley de Costas.

It's only reachable by boat and has beautiful light blue water and posidonea oceanica grounds where many different endemic species live. Its fine white sand beaches surround most of the island and lodge a mediterranean system of dunes. There is also medicinal a mud spring and therefore people spread the mud on their skin.
In the summertime dozens of boats go to the Espalmador bay to spend the day or overnight and return to Ibiza or Formentera. It's a very quiet place and you can relax. You can enjoy snorkeling, swimming in the crystalline water, playing beach tennis, with the beach ball or simply sunbathing on the warm sand.

On one hand I could say it's a small piece of paradise but there is an inconvinient: you can't go there unless you do it in a private boat. On the other hand this could be seen as an advantage: there are few people.