Alegría!

Alegría, by the Cirque du Soleil

Last March I went to see the famous show by the Cirque du Soleil, Alegría, in Barcelona. It is commonly believed to be the first show made by the Canadian circus but, actually, it is not true. However, what is true is that it is one of the best shows you can ever see performed by a troupe of artists.

Depending on the session you go you can see certain acts or other ones. I wonder why, but sometimes (it happened to me) they omit some acts but put some other ones in their place. All in all, no matter if you see the Aerial Cube or Juggling, you will not be disappointed at all. On the contrary, after the whole performance you will feel like going to see them again the next time they come to your city. Also, the way artists come into scene is also magnificent, maybe what impresses you more is that, the softness in how each act is presented.

The big and only flaw that I can find is what stops people from going to watch what this circus: the high prices of the tickets. They are hardly affordable for most of us.

On balance, I should say that, even if it is only once in your life, go and watch one of their shows whenever they come to your nearest city. It is an extraordinary breathtaking experience (specially the shows of Alegría and Quidam, according to my opinion) that, somehow, will make you start believing that magic may really exist.

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Germany & me

Hi there!
Today's post goes to a recently discovered country. Recently discovered... I'm talking nonesense. It has not been recently discovered by humanity but for me. When I was younger (and this means from some years ago until my birth) I used to half-hate German people. Not for any personal reason, don't think I'm xenophobic (only a bit... ¬¬), but because they spoke a language I could not understand no matter how near them I was. Then, a bit more than two years ago I decided to learn that 'bloody' language. I gave up, though. However, a year after I took it up again and here began my discovery of the most economically-powerful country in Europe. Then, one day our teacher brought some pictures of Berlin. I thought: 'I have to see this place.' I went some months afterwards. Obviously (or not so much), I loved it.
Next September I'll face a period of nine months of living in a German city. Saarbrücken is its name. I had never heard of it, but I'm sure it's going to be wonderful. The city and my time there.
Moreover (I hate those essay-like connectors... ¬¬), this summer me and a couple of friends are going to spend 2 weeks in Berlin. Yes, again there. As I say, if you like a place, why not go there again if you can? Who knows when I'll have another chance to go there?
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Reccomendations:
Go and see Cirque du Soleil now they're here in Barcelona... believe me, it's worth the money.
Do not believe the sentence "relax, take it easy". Not it's turn to stress because Easter holidays are over!
Try orange Pim's, they taste so good...
Go to the swimming pool, it'll be good for you back!
Work, it's worth the experience and the (little)money you may get!

It's over for today.

Lots of kisses!!!

University Life

It's the best. I can only say this. I do NOT miss at all my old life. Well, you know, sometimes being together in class with my friends. But all in all, I am too fine right now to miss anything from my previous academic life.
And what do I do know that did not do before? Just being myself. It's not that before I behaved in a different way. The point is that in university you are no one at the beginning and you keep being no one during the rest of your stay there. I love this feeling.
My subjects are by no means the best I could have... Catalan, Spanish, English, Russian, Translation, Linguistics and Informatics. You see? The best one is Russian, however, as the method of teaching goes against my principles of How To Learn A Language, I have depelopped some kind of allergy against this subject, too.
Oh, I'm having driving lessons. Practical ones, already. It's really funny. Honestly, I like it. I find it really funny. It's like a joke, but without being one. In fact it's a very serious thing, to drive...
Anyway, I shut up. I have nothing useful to say today. I just wanted to express my feelings.

Lots of kisses!^^

Laura

The 3rd one: Berlin!!!

Hello!!!
Do you know where I was last week at this very moment? I was in the boulevard Unter den Linden eating a bratwurst. Yes. Gemma, Raquel, Alba, Marina, Aida, Vicky and me, we all went to Berlin to make our third trip a reality. It had a really wonderful time with them in a really beautiful city. We manage to visit nearly all the things we had planned except from the Reichstag and something else.
Our flight, LH 4453, took off on Thursday 12th from Barcelona, and after a stop-over in Frankfurt we arrived in Berlin in late afternoon. We had some problems with the bookings of the hostel but in the end everything was fine. We met lots of people there. German men are gorgeous! LOL And I fell in love with the baby of the underground! ^^ I'm not forgetting about you, Marc. ;)
What did we visit...? Brandenburger Tor, Potsdamer Platz, Fernseheturm, Checkpoint Charlie, die Mauer, lots of things!!! Don't forget about "Frases Mítiques"!!! We laughed a lot!!! LOL Thanks to the Starbucks Caffé and to the Dunkin Donuts because they were a nice place to enter when it was too cold to be in the streets. For yes, it was REALLY cold! And also thanks to the pizzeria in Potsdamer Platz 1. Hey guys, we are NOT scandinavian! LOL LOL The cute boy of the Pizza Pasta did know that we were from Barcelona! Bonus point for you! We aren't forgetting also about Ben the Australian, Craigh the Scotch, Carla the Equaorian who had a 34 foot size LOL and also Caroline the American! Everything in the trip went perfectly fine!!!
Ich bin eine berlinerin!!! (Yes! I found the T-shirt!!!) LOL

Changing the matter. Last Thursday I had dinner with my mates from the Faculty and then we went out in Port Olímpic ("I love Port Olímpic"! LOL) and I also had great fun with them!!!

Now... well, soon it will be my birthday!!! 18 finally!!! LOL And also Marc!!! He'll be 18 two days before me!!! ^^

Lots of kisses to everyone,

Laura

PS: Don't forget also about the Greek Restaurant!!! LOL LOL
PPS: London February 2005
Paris December 2005
Berlin October 2006
Amsterdam ?

Beginning my way to the future

Hello there!
How is everyone? I hope you all are ok. I am. A bit nervous actually, but I am fine. And why am I nervous? Because in one day and a half I am going to start my first year at University. More precisely a degree in Translation & Interpretation in Autonomous University of Barcelona. It will be 4 years (wonderful years I hope!) and then I will be, supposedly, enough qualificated to be a translator, however, right now this is not my ambition. I have another ambition than being a translator: I want to be an interpreter. One of those who are inside the cabins in the United Nations (this would be the highest point!) or the personal interpreter of someone who needs it.
I hope you all girls, my long time friends, will achieve everything you want and that your careers will be succesful! To someone a bit more special to me right now I wish him succes, once again, in selectivity and I am sure that if he finally enters the Physics degree he will enjoy it very much (although I will always think he is half mad for wanting to study such a thing xD)!
To all the ones who read this, I wish them a happy day!

Lots of kisses,

Laura

PS: My holiday week in France (Côte d'Azur) was fantastic! Could not have been better! Thanks to my family and to the Mother Earth for making France be such a beautiful country!

How to...?

Well, it's been a while since my last post... A lot of things have happened in my life but I don't want to write anything about that right now. No, I want to write about an issue I've been discussing with a friend of mine, Kevin, who, like me, has recently been in a couple of cities in England. What were we discussing? About Spanish people and their fashions comparing to people in England of France.

Us, the Southern ones, tend to follow fashions much more than French or English do. Or at least that's what I've observed each time I've been somewhere in this two countries. "The French/English don't know how to dress properly!" This is something that can be heard often here. Personally, I think it's not true. Not at all. What happens is that they dress how they want, not caring about trends or what other people wear. They just dress the way they want. They just make combinations however they want.
It's so easy to distiguish a group of Spanish teenagers in the middle of London or Paris. All the boys dressed the same way, caring about whether other people think of the clothes they wear AND the haircut they had last weekend. Specially girls, of course. Stupid ones. Most of the teenager girls here where I live want to seem richer than they really are. If not rich, sexier. Pathetic. Most of the Spanish teenagers are this: pathetic. Although I, in some way, am part of this stupid age range, seeing a bit from other countries has helped me a lot in everything that concerns any kind of fashion. Anyway... we're all victims of our society.
Luckily everyone grows up some day... ;)

Have a nice day!

Greetings from England

Hello again!
Right now I am in England (as if I could forget with all those flags surrounding me...), in a village near London where I have spent a whole week. Unfortunately I will be leaving tomorrow... well, maybe not. I still have to design a plan to escape from the plane without anyone noticing it.
This week has been wonderful. I wish it would not end but no one can control time so what can I do? ~~wHaT cAn I dO tO mAkE yOu LoVe Me~~ Never mind...
Anyway, I see my blog - as I already knew - has not had many visits or, at least, comments... so what are you waiting for?!
Next day I post I will put some literary writing written by myself.
Bye!