My travelling essentials

Hello dear friends, how are you today?
I´m thinking of my last Easter holidays... We went to a city in Spain near Madrid, a very beautiful town and freezing too! Can you guess it? I leave you a few minutes to think about it and I´ll let you know later.

Talking about holidays, I always take a small suitcase in my trips, which sometimes causes me a problem, I don´t have enough room for everything I want to take with me!

But, apart from clothes, shoes and toiletries,  there are some essential things I always put into my suitcase, can you make your list? 
(Name 8-10 objects you always take when travelling).

Here it is mine, see if there is any coincidence:

1- Thermometer.
2- Painkillers (Paracetamol, Ibuprofene, etc).
3- Straightener.
4- Nail file.
5- Some cloth bags.
6- Pocket umbrella.
7- Some clothes pegs.
8- Pen and notebook.

And now, can you match the names with the pictures?

And finally...do you know the town where I spent my last Easter holidays?
Segovia, yes! Watch this video to learn about this amazing medieval town.

April Fools´ Day

Hi everyone!

Today I´m going to tell you about a famous day celebrated in many countries such as the UK, France, Poland, Finland,
the USA, etc.
As usual, you can click on the words in bold to learn the meaning.  Let´s get started!

Have you ever been teased? Has anybody played a trick on you?

It´s tradition in the UK that every 1st of April people play jokes on each other.

Here you have a video explaining the origins of this special day.

Can you think of any similar date in your country? In Spain, there is a similar custom on the 28th of December, when people prank family and friends.

As in the UK it´s a well known national day in which social media and celebrities also participate.

Now, your task is to look for the meaning of the next words:

- Pranksters

- Practical jokes

- Switch

- Fail

- Hoaxes

- Gullible

- Hooked

- Spread

- Errand

- Derriere

- Kick

After finding the previous words, read this article about April fools´day origins.

For more information, have a look at this short video:

And now...can you remember anytime when you were teased?

  

We finally got it!

Hi everyone! I´m so happy today because we finally got it!!

Yes, the cake! I´m sure you remember my last post about our inhability to bake a good cake. After researching a little bit we solved the problem with the temperature of the oven, setting it at 220º and it was perfect.

There you have a picture with the ingredients and the steps we followed as said in the previous post:

And the final result! 

 Yummy!

I would like to share it with you for a taste, but is not possible this time.

Anyway, I´m sure you all have tried this recipe out and you have baked a great cake. Enjoy!

It´s not that easy!

Well, well, well... since we have plenty time to spend at home, we have decided to try baking...

How can it be so difficult performing simple recipes? 

We have everything we need: the proper ingredients and all the rest (a whisk for the mixture, a cake pan, an oven for  the baking) and we have followed all the steps... But something has gone wrong...our cakes are undercooked! 😕

Today, we have decided to try it again. I´m pretty sure that it must be something to do with the temperature in the oven, 

let´s see...

Firstly, have a look at this link to learn some more cooking vocabulary.

Secondly, you can have a look at this Yogurt cake recipe 

(which I´m going to do later!).

After reading the recipe, you can watch this video from a Spanish speaker so it will be easier to understand.

Finally, watch  this other video with a similar recipe from Tesco store.

And now...I´m going to bake my cake! What about you? Why don´t you try too?

I´ll show you my results in a while...

Tea cup inspiration

Hi everyone! I was having breakfast this morning when I had a sort of inspiration...

Have a look at my tea cup, please!

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I started to think of the story of the slogan "Keep calm and carry on". I´m sure you have seen it many times, but do you really know about its origins?

You can click on the poster below to learn about it.

 

You can also watch this very short video with the most important facts of the story.

After reading the article and watching the video, look for any words you don´t understand in Wordreference Online dictionary.

Then, write them down on your notebook and try to read and watch them again.

Hope you liked it!

Watch and listen, let´s go for Monday!

Hi everyone!! how are you doing?
Today is Monday and I believe it´s a great idea to start the week with A GOOD FEELING!

I leave you here some tasks to do after watching this video of Justin Timberlake.

You can click on the picture to watch it, pay attention!

TASKS

1- Now, play it again, can you listen to the next words? 

Lights

Imagine

Dance

Feeling

Stop

City

Home

Sunshine

Feet

Phenomenally

Magical

Control

2- Have you paid attention to the video? How many places in the city can you recognize?

Make a list and check it!

3- Can you describe the people you have seen in the video?

I can think of Justin, he wears a white t-shirt, white trousers and white trainers and I think he also wears a watch. 

Easy!! isn´t it?

If you have any difficulties during listening you can have a look at the lyrics clicking on this link:

Can´t stop the feeling Lyrics

Well, I hope you have enjoyed and now...let´s dance!

Difficult times...

Nowadays, that we are living difficult times, I would like to help you to spend your time at home a bit better(although I´m sure you have plenty to do...)

HOW? 

Improving your English!!

So, from now I will try to update this blog with links and activities you can do at home.

And remember...