Autumn Walk in Rascafría Sunday 23rd October

Our walk will be from El Puente del Perdón to a place called Purgatorio!

We will visit the Arboreto and hopefully see the changing colour of the leaves.

A visit to the Centro de Educación Ambiental is also on the agenda.

There are natural pools called Las Presillas km 28.06 on the M604 where we can have our bocadillos.

Join us if you want. It's free.

All you have to do is tell us you are coming so that we can make a booking at the Centre.

Can't wait!

Nuestro paseo será del Puente de Perdón a un lugar llamado Cascadas del Purgatorio

Visitaremos el arboreto y con suerte veremos el cambio de tono de las hojas.

También tenemos prevista una visita al Centro de Educación Ambiental.

Hay unas piscinas naturales, Las Presillas, km 28.06 , M604 donde tomaremos nuestros bocadillos.

Acompañadnos si queréis. Es gratis.

Sólo hay que decirnoslo para hacer la reserva en el Centro.

Lo esperamos con ilusión.

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The picture was taken on another walk in Cercedilla in November.

Free biscuits if you can tell me where this is. There's a clue below.

Ancient Ireland

Hello,

I went by Food Hall today ( which is the English food shop in San Sebastián de los Reyes near the outlet shops behind Antena 3) and if you buy 20Euros worth of food and stuff which is very easy as they have tea and delicious chocolate and crackers and cheese.....mmmm....well, they give you a free packet of Dean's shortbread.

Also I have the latest copy of InMadrid as well as books and dvds to share. We must advertise our October walk there and in Plaza. Don't forget to let us know if you are coming!

I will be giving English for Travelling another push if anyone would like to help us choose a time and find a place.

The picture was taken in Sligo this year. Loved Sligo.

Update

Hello!

We're back after a wonderful month of August totally disconnected from work and all that jazz.

The fact that we haven't had many new inscriptions and that the subsidy hasn't come through yet means that programmed activities such as Las Tardes Culturales in La Biblioteca Central ( where we would study together the poetry and writing of Oscar Wilde) are not taking place this year.
A live literary performance in November is still on the cards pending financial aid.



MEANWHILE

The walk will be in October.
Please let us know if you are coming. It will be on a Sunday morning.
Books and dvds can be exchanged by contacting us at our gmail address.
We enjoyed very much the Paperback Book Exchange at the Central Library in May and would like to know what you thought of it.

Ana's back today. Ha vuelto Ana hoy.

WELCOME

HOME

ANA!

New challenges - nuevos retos

Everything is changing and not always for the best unfortunately.
Todo cambia y no siempre para lo mejor desafortunadamente.

It is an upward struggle for most people most of the time.
Es una cuesta para la mayoría de las personas la mayoría del tiempo.

Some fresh air and fresh ideas are what's needed so let's all go for a walk.

Hacen falta aire fresco e ideas frescas asi que vámonos de paseo.

Our walks are lovely.
Nuestros paseos son preciosos.

See you soon.
Hasta pronto.

Nuevas fotos de Ana en San Francisco

Hi ! How are you? Last Sunday was the San Francisco marathon, and I ran! I'm
sending you some pictures!

   

COMING UP THE SHOW YOU HAVE ALL...

...BEEN WAITING FOR.

Our jokes evening.
Our leading raconteur (Juan Antonio) has a repertoire.
He will help to explain to the obstacles in your way to speaking English properly.
We are sure everyone will want to tell us their story.

Lots of lovely pics from San Francisco

Hill St?... The bay

Pretty shop Skyline

Read about Ana's impressions and sensations of this city below.

Cowboy country.

They are beautiful, Ana.
Keep writing!

Custar city     &     4th July

On the ranch

Here is more from Ana.
Ana is a law graduate from U.A.M. and lives in San Sebastián de los Reyes.
She's seeing a lot of the U.S. The lovely family she is staying with are really keen on their children learning Spanish.

Dakota has Mount Rushmore, as you can see in the picture.

Well, about 70 years ago, a family decided that if it was important to dedicate a memorial of this magnitude to the memory of four U.S. Presidents, why not one to the American Indians? Hence the idea of building a stone monument dedicated to American Indians, called "Crazy Horse Mountain."
Crazy Horse is funded by a family with the money they get from tourism, which is why unlike the 14 years it took to build Mount Rushmore, this one has taken 70 years, and is still incomplete).

And what about the cowboys?
Well,the mentality in the state of South Dakota is generally of self-sufficiency, i.e. no state intervention, so there are many farms and families and they usually spend day after day working hard. The day begins early, at 5 or 6 am and usually ends with lunch at 12h.

Meanwhile, checked shirt, hat and cowboy boots!

Ana's America from Ana Rodríguez Bartolomé

HERE ARE SOME OF ANA'S PICTURES

THIS IS SOUTH DAKOTA

Now I'm in San Francisco again, a wonderful city! In August I'll go to New York so I'll have more impressions about the U.S.for the blog!!

Sensations and impressions in San Francisco:

When you get to a new city the first thing you say is "WOOW" and naturally the most difficult thing is to adapt to the language and customs! Food! You must adapt to eating times, at 12 a light lunch, then the dinner at 7 and it is a heavy meal! People! It is curious to see the kindness that surrounds people in San Francisco, always with a smile and kind words, despite you're unknown to them.

Downtown! The first thing you think is: "Welcome to hell, the slopes and hills are certainly a divine punishment" after a while you get used to them and learn the bus routes and will adapt to the automatic car!. It is a wonderful place to walk and wander, every neighborhood is different , not only aesthetically but the people, colors and even the smells (the Mission neighborhood is a real Latin place where the smell of street food mixes)What you can not get used to, being Spanish, is getting up in the morning, to see the calendar set July 15, and through the window you see a cloudy day with rain. As Mark Twain said,'Never spent a winter as cold as that summer in San Francisco.My final assessment: Wonderful city. If you can, come here!!!

Sensations and impressions from a trip, Denver-Dakota:Open your eyes and what do you see?, a road that is lost in the horizon and large extensions of ground on both sides, sometimes a farm, that's it!

Stop at a supermarket, do you know the first thing that surprised me? Boxed food to take away industrial size. Everything here is in a big way, including cowboy hats and belt buckles, ooooh yeah I'm in the Wild Wild West!

Sensations and impressions Dakota:

Once you leave Wyoming behind, things change, we are in late June early July, and the fields could not be greener, yes, the good weather is accompanying us....Dakota is awesome, a rural people, their customs are deep-seated, but never ever forget their smile!Wonderful place to unwind, writers are welcome here ...you will finish your novels!!!.But..... yes!!! it's essential to have a car, here the distances between points are very very long, don't forget,

EVERYTHING IS BIG IN THE USA!