Barcelona, Gaudí's city

Oh Barcelona, I fell in love with this city. There is art wherever you go and Gaudí is the main artist. Due to that I will start to talk about the monuments of Gaudí.

First of all, Sagrada Familia. Who hasn't heard about this monument? It's one of the main basilicas around the world and its architecture is just amazing. It hasn't finished yet as you know even so, the temple is completed inside. I recommend you that if you want to visit it, book your ticket online because the queues are very long and you waste a lot of time.

Another place is Barceloneta, the beach of the city and its port. This city is glamorous, there is a shopping centre very big and beautiful next to the port. Moreover, you can find also Mirador de Colon. 

The art of Gaudí is also in Casa Batlló, La Pedrera and Park Güell among others. You need at least 5 days to visit all. Unfortunately, I spent only 2 days so I could see those monuments outside and there are very beautiful I can't imagine how is inside.

To dust off my blog

I forgot to post but I am here again because tomorrow is our final exam of this subject so I will post some activities that I did during my short holidays.

To begin, I spend such an amazing holidays with my family. We visited Madrid, Barcelona, Rome and Florence. I couldn't imagine before to do a trip like that because of the money. Fortunately, I was able to afford with my savings of my job.

I have never been to Madrid before and I really liked this city. We didn't spend a lot of time there, for that reason I have to come back and visit much better. However, we could see different places as El Retiro, Gran Vía, Plaza del Sol, Santiago Bernabeu's stadium and Paseo de la Castellana. This city is very big and cosmopolita, completely different from Barcelona and Rome. Nonetheless, the best part of the journey was to have met again with my family that travelled from Colombia.

                                 

 

Take me to New York

No, I haven’t ever been there unfortunately. As I said in my first post, I am going to talk about the places I would like to go too. New York is my dream; this city represents multiculturalism, fashion, famous people, shows, etc., in short, it has all you need to be entertained always.

To start, the most tourist part of the city is the borough of Manhattan. It’s an island no very big but it is the most important in the country too. There, we can find Central park, Times Square, Statue of Liberty, Downtown Manhattan, museums and the biggest neighbourhood of Chinese people in the Western Hemisphere, Chinatown.

The first place that I would like to visit is the famous 5^th avenue. Afterwards, I would like to climb to Liberty Statue to see the city from the crown of the statue. Another place I wouldn’t lose neither is the Central Park because is the centre of the city and also the Times Square. Moreover, I would like to visit at least one museum, over all, Moma, Museum of modern Art, the most important in the whole world.

                     

        

  

However, New York offers also four boroughs more: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. The Bronx is famous because hip-hop singers and there is also the largest zoo in North America. If you want to taste food from all over the world you should go to Queens.Besides, you can find Moma. By contrast with the metropolitan city is Staten Island, a place more quiet than Manhattan and the other as this borough is the furthest from Manhattan. The last one gives you the chance to visit Coney Island, a Green-wood cemetery and Brooklyn Nets.

To conclude, New York City offers everything you want. I am very sure that I would never be bored in this city. You can’t stop to learn and meet new people and their customs. That’s the charm of this city. 

Essay: Gun ownerships

         Gun ownerships are hazardous and insecure for humanity. Not many people are trained to have guns as they don't have gun licence or the government doesn't require. The problem is people who own guns have more risk to hurt or kill somebody. But in many countries, you can buy firearms in black market. Besides gun's licences are hardly ever necessary, if you are above 18 years old (21 year-old in the USA) you can buy a gun.

           First, buying guns in black market is easy in countries of third world. People buy it because of insecurity in these countries, they need to be armed and in the black market they can purchase guns without problem. Moreover, firearms are cheaper if people acquire illicitly. For instance, lower-quality guns are often worth $100 or $200 less than retail. For that reason, people prefer to buy in that way.

             Next, people who own guns are likely to have an accident. There are more chances to be involved in an accident or even a homicide. For example, there are an amount of cases where children take parent’s gun and by accident they hurt or kill their sibling, this happens usually in countries where there is no control of arms. Different from countries where police and citizens don’t have guns have less mortality. We can think about in England, police aren’t allowed to wear guns and they have a restricted law of guns. As a result, they don’t have accidents with firearms, especially in children.

            Last, gun’s licenses hardly ever are necessary. In many states of USA it’s not necessary to have a gun’s license you only have to be of legal age (older than 18 or 21 year-old). For demonstrate, in the state of Alaska a permit is not required to purchase a gun, own a gun, or even to carry a gun. However, this is a world-wide problem because countries of South and Centro America, Africa and Asia don’t require any gun’s licenses. In South America, Argentina and Brazil are the only countries which ask a gun’s license. Otherwise, they are not demanding with this law

             In summary, gun ownerships are dangerous because most people are allowed to carry a gun. For that reason, government must be strict with a law that requires a gun's licence. Besides, government has to forbid the gun's black market.  In that way, the fact to be involved in an accident is less than people who don’t have firearms. However, not only government has responsibility of this issue, but also people have to consider the problems to have a gun in their home. 

Granada and its Alhambra

In September, I travelled to Granada with two friends. We spent three days and we were very glad with ‘caña + tapa’. We went by my car, so I drove all the way. It was the first and only time that I drove away from Murcia. When we arrived to the city we couldn’t find where to park. I was so annoyed because we wasted one hour to find space and I hate driving in unknown cities. Finally, we managed to park a ten-minute walk from the hotel. I booked our accommodation in Navas street, one of the main points of tapas in Granada. We have had lunch after we left our luggage in the room. The food was very great, but we didn’t like beer because all the restaurants served Cruzcampo with free tapa and we didn’t like that beer. However, we drank as the other ones were more expensive than Cruzcampo. Added to this, Granada is famous because of its Alhambra, a palace and fortress complex that was built by a Moorish emir. You can find also El Albayzin and Sierra Nevada.

  

Gun ownerships: Introduction and Conclusion

Introduction:

            Gun ownerships are hazardous and insecure for humanity. Not many people are trained to have guns as they don't have gun licence or the government doesn't require. The problem is people who own guns have more risk to hurt or kill somebody. But in many countries, you can buy firearms in black market. Besides gun's licences are hardly ever necessary, if you are above 18 years old (21 year-old in the USA) you can buy a gun.

Conclusion:

              In summary, gun ownerships are dangerous because most people are allowed to carry a gun. For that reason, government must be strict with a law that requires a gun's licence. Besides, government has to forbid the gun's black market.  In that way, the fact to be involved in an accident is less than people who don’t have firearms. However, not only government has responsibility of this issue, but also people have to consider the problems to have a gun in their home. 

Port Aventura and Salou

I went to Salou in May. It was a fam trip too, so I travelled with more travel agents. This time we were more people than in Ibiza’s fam trip. I have never been there, we spent one day in the park and two days in Salou.

Salou is located in Costa Daurada. It is a small town but in summer is very touristic because European people spend their holidays there. I like this city because of the beach and its climate. We visited some hotels in the zone and we went to party, of course!

The next day, we visited Port Aventura and two hotels of the park (there are four): Port Aventura and Gold River. I really liked the last one because it is themed like ‘Old West’. Afterwards, we rode in several attractions such as Shambala, Furious Bacco, Stampida, Tutuki splash and Dragon Khan. I enjoyed too much and I met new people very nice from Valencia, Pamplona, and Murcia.

That night was a match football between Real Madrid and Atletico de Madrid. We had had dinner in a hotel located in La Pineda and the travel organizer hurried us up as she didn’t want to lose the match. Unfortunately, the organizer was fan of Atletico and they lost. Therefore, we had dinner with rush for nothing. While the match was finishing we rested for a while. Then, we went to different pubs and discos of the zone to have a good knowledge and sell to our clients.

It was my first fam trip and my first travel alone. I was so glad because I met great people and I lived a new experience.