My best holidays

If I have to decide what my best holidays are, I must clearly say that they took place last December, when I went to London with my family.

The idea of travelling to London came when we were all tired of looking for cheap holidays without any result. After reading lots of travel brochures, when we saw some pictures of London and all the things to do were there, all my family agreed to set off to London.
Two weeks later, our plane was landing in Britain's capital!!
During the holidays, my family and I spent all the days doing sightseeing and visiting some of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. Moreover, England brought to me the possibility of knowing another culture and speaking English all the time so it helped me to improve my level in this language.

My favourite photo

On 16th June every year, I cannot forget, it is Cristina's birthday (my best friend)
She normally organizes a birthday party with all our group of friends. This year, Cristina was going to be 18 years old so we, her friends, decided to give her a surprise and we prepared a party for her without she would know it. Moreover, we gave to her a fantastic camera as a present and it is that camera who took this photograph.

This potograph was taken that day and I do not exactly why but although it can result silly, this is my favourite photo. Maybe it is due to the feelings it causes to me because when I look at the photo, I suddenly remember that special day, all our laughs and the great time we had. In addition, I am with Cristina, one of the most important persons in my life so despite how old the photo will become little by little, I will always be in love with it. It does not matter, I will continue having it as the wallpaper in my phone and also in my computer! Hahaha

One problem, one solution (Problem and Solution Paragraph)

Suddenly, the bellboy faces a problem: There is a jumper in the hotel.
A man has booked a bedroom in order to kill himself.
Then, we know that probably he wants to jump from the top of the building because of two problems. One of them is that he has recently lost his job. Moreover, we can see that the wife of the man has left him and she has gone with another man.

In my opinion, I hardly believe that despite all the problems you could have, the last thing to do would be to try to kill yourself.
I consider everything in life have a solution. For example, the man should try to look for a job, regardless how hard it may be.
On the other hand, referring to the problem with his wife, I know this is hard to do but he should overcome this and rebuild his life as far as possible.

A place I have decided to travel at least once in my life

Personally, after taking time to think about my favourite travel destination, I consider one of the greatest places in the world must be the UK. I’ve never been there but with all the photos I’ve seen and all the comments I’ve heard I can imagine it is such an amazing country.

In a future, I would like to travel to England and specially to London because I’ve always dreamt with it. I believe that travelling there can bring me the possibility of knowing another culture. Furthermore, it would be really interesting to discover what british traditions are and how different they are from Spanish ones.

Moreover, in addition to the possibility of knowing other culture, if you like the nature and the calmness, UK is your best option. UK is plenty of untouched regions which will fascinate you. 

On the other hand, I would also recommend to travel to the UK because it is an English-speaking country so all the time you stay here you’ll be forced to talk in English and it’ll help you to improve your level in English.

In conclusion, for all the reasons I’ve mentioned, I would choose the UK as my best travel destination and I hope you agree with me.

Don’t be afraid and go to the UK. You won’t regret it and you’ll have a new fabulous experience to tell.

Smoking, is it a form of suicide?

While I am walking down the park, enjoying the smell of flowers which have not withered yet and admiring the nature around me, I suddenly start to smell smoke...Where does it come from?
Oh, I know, the smoke comes from the cigarette of that young girl sitting in the bank. How is it possible? Can you understand somebody is killing herself as well as disturbing others' time of relax?
- I cannot. It is totally unlogical to think that something we all know is bad for our health and with the power of killing us, continues being more and more sold everyday despite the campaigns against it.
Moreover, it is okay you do what you want with yourself but why the rest of people have to suffer you smoking? I totally agree with the law of non-smoking in public spaces and I consider it will never change, without regarding what others say.

The other side of fashion

- Today, I want to talk about the strong influence fashion has in our lives.

First of all, I’m sure everybody have noticed that little by little, fashion has become a really important part of our lives.

Since the last years,  more and more fashion bloguers, stylist, ‘’models’’,… have emerged. It’s really common that these people use Social Networks in order to show the world their style and their idea of fashion. Initially, it has nothing harmful but if we have a closer look we can realize how young people are always seeing stereotypes which can make them want to look like the models they see, and this fact has several harmful things.

- For example, people are increasingly insecure. They feel they’re not good enough just because they don’t look like people in photos or they don’t have  the most stylish appearance or the most fashionable clothes.

It makes that, especially young people, don’t appreciate theirselfs and that they desire to be like the other people.

- Furthermore, it can be one of the causes of eating disorders. People don’t feel good with their body if they don’t have the perfect size so they are willing to do whatever in order to achieve this purpose.
Based on this, we find anorexia, bulimia,…

- In conclusion, it’s sad to say but we ourselves are who are promoting unintentionally these kind of illnesses.

Studying abroad (Opinion paragraph)

- Nowadays, it's becoming more and more common that people travel abroad to finish their studies in a different country.

In my opinion, it could be really helpful for you beacuse it would help you to improve your level of a foreign language because you will be forced to speak in the country's language all the time. Moreover, you'd have the possibility of knowing other culture, different people,... That's a really interesting thing!
Furthermore, studying abroad may offer you several laboral possibilities. It could help you to find a job easily in the future.
However, I also realize that studying abroad has some disadvantages such as being so far from home, from your friends and family. I imagine it must be absolutely difficult to start a new life in a new country without knowing anyone or even without knowing much of the city you're going to stay in.
I figure that people miss all their old life mainly at the beginning, in the first month because although you're having a great time you don't have your friends and family near to you to tell them how the thing is going. Nevertheless, with today's technologies you can keep in touch with your people, which makes the experience less hard.
- In conclusion, as all the things in world, studying abroad has a positive side and another negative one but I would say ''No pains, no gains''

The Giant's Causeway (Describing a place)

The Giant's Causeway is one of the most touristical places in the UK.

It is a rock formation made of basalt which is situated in Northern Ireland.
This natural landscape was created 60 million of years ago, when a field of lava cooled and formed these hexagonal blocks. However, there is a legend about the origin of this rock formation. The legend is based on the fight between two giants, where they threw the rocks which has formed this place.

If I would have to explain my opinion about The Giant's Causeway , I imagine it must be an exciting and wonderful place to visit because there, you can see how the ocean and the land join.
In addition, it's a landscape you won't find in another place because the only similarone is also in UK.
Moreover, I believe if you are in front of such a wonderful thing, you must feel relaxed and fascinated seeing this great landscape.

For all these reasons, I'd want to encourage everybody to visit this wonderful place, I'm sure nobody will regret it!

What freedom means to me

''Freedom is just based on doing whatever you want''- This is an opinion which is becoming more frequent in our days, speacially among young people. More and more people believe that freedom means that you can do the things you want at the moment you want and I totally disagree with this.

In my opinion, freedom must be based on the possibility of making your own decisions but always respecting some limits. 

We can't say that doing some things without caring about the rest of people is freedom. Although you are free, you must be responsable and keep in mind that you act in a certain way if you know it could harm others.

In conclusion, I would say freedom includes acting moderately.

Shakespeare

Nowadays, most of people don't usually read but there are some authors who continue being read although their books were written some centuries ago.
One of this authors is William Shakespeare, an english famous writer, who lived between the XVI and XVII centuries. Some of his best pieces could be ''Romeo and Juliet'', ''Hamlet'' or ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''

Moreover, Shakespeare's books have been translated to several idioms so it has made possible that in every country people can know a little more about this renowned artist and that they can read some of the best stories which have been written.
In Spain, for example, almost everybody has heard about ''Romeo and Juliet'' or has attended to a theatrical performance of the piece.

To sum up, we must say Shakespeare and his books keep having a strong influence in the literary world, even among the youngest readers. People continue reading this author regardless the fact that his production is part of an older literary movement and I hope this won't change

Just a Poem (Experiment with a Poem)

Proud of the poem below

Proud of who I am
Proud of all the reached things
Proud of being always myself
Proud of saying what I feel
Proud of not keeping quiet when something's unfair

Proud of living my life
Fear of being dead in life

Fear of being controlled
Fear of silence
Fear of time passing us
Fear of giving up
Fear of becoming what I've always hated

Fear of loosing my self

Proud of myself / Fear of my self

Are new technologies positive or negative?

Nowadays, lots of people use new technologies for several things like working, studying, chatting, checking the news,...
This fact has positive things but also some negative things.
On the one hand, we can't deny that new technologies are really useful. For example, if you have to write a long essay, you can use a computer in order to write it faster than if you would do it by hand.
Moreover, new technologies make possible that you chat with people who maybe are so far from where you are. Furthermore, we have the possibility of seeing someone who's in the other part of the world just using a computer.
In addition, Internet may bring you all the information you need to do a project, an essay...
On the other hand, I hardly believe that if we use these new technologies too much, they might be harmful because there is the possibility of becoming addicted.There are some people who can't stop using a mobile phone or a computer all the day and it could become a really serious problem. 
In conclusion, I think new technologies are good only if we use them moderately. Although we can use social networks, chats or something like that, we must never forget to talk face to face.

Backpacking...A tempting adventure

Today, at 10:00 am in the morning, I have just woken up and I still remember the dream I had this night. It was about me and my flatmate some months later, in summer. The story is that we both decided to go on a trip as backpackers, but taken to the extreme: without any mobile phones or computers. At first, I know it could sound a bit crazy but if you think about it seriously, it really tempts me. I mean, imagine how great could be to travel just with other girl and a small backpack with a few belongings while you are exploring the most wonderful and lost places in the world. Although it can be hard at first, it would be a great opportunity to know even more about yourself and to be alone just with your mind and the culture of other part of the world.
I strongly believe it could be useful to prove ourselves that we do not need to be connected to our mobile phones and social networks at everytime, that there are great things to discover out there and we are losing them while we check our messages in Facebook.
After all these thoughts, I start my day with a smile and full of positivism (apart from decided to move a bit away from my phone), I see it, I see myself in summer as a backpacker... :)

First of all...

Hello! Welcome to my blog!
I'm Victoria and this year I'm studying ''Estudios Ingleses'' in the University of Murcia.
As part of my studies, I have entered the blog's world, a project which I'm really excited about.
I will try to post as often as possible and I'll show all of you my opinion about several topics and things I like.
I hope you enjoy my site! :)