MY FAVORITE CITY (BY LUNA)

My favorite city

My favorite city is Amsterdam. Is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands. Amsterdam is part of the province of North-Holland and is located in the west of the Netherlands next to the provinces of Utrecht and Flevoland. The river Amstel terminates in the city centre and connects to a large number of canals that eventually terminate in the IJ.

The oldest wooden building is het Houten Huys^[51] at the Begijnhof. It was constructed       around 1425 and is one of only two existing wooden buildings. It is also one of the few examples of Gothic architecture in Amsterdam.

Amsterdam is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe, receiving more than 4.63 million international visitors annually.

De Wallen, also known as Walletjes or Rosse Buurt, is a designated area for legalized prostitution and is Amsterdam's largest and most well known red-light district. This neighborhood has become a famous tourist attraction. It consists of a network of roads and alleys containing several hundred small, one-room apartments rented by sex workers who offer their services from behind a window or glass door, typically illuminated with red lights.

KAMP VUGHT (BY LUNA)

Kamp Vught

Kamp Vught was one of three camps in the Netherland during the Second World War. Camp Vught was in Vught near the recreational lake to the Iron Man.

The construction of the camp was in 1942.

On 5 June 1943 it was announced that all children had to leave the camp. Er werd gezegd dat de kinderen naar een speciaal kinderkamp in de buurt zouden gaan, maar zij werden de dag erna getransporteerd naar kamp Westerbork . It was said that the children to a special children's camp in the area would go, but they were the day after transported to Westerbork . Van daaruit werden de kinderen overgebracht naar Sobibór in Polen waar ze vrijwel direct na aankomst door middel van vergassing om het leven werden gebracht. From there, the children were transferred to Sobibór in Poland where she almost immediately upon arrival by gassing were killed. Er zijn 1666 kinderen weggevoerd. There are 1666 children were deported. Sommige kinderen uit een speciaal kinderkamp werden ook weggevoerd naar Auschwitz . Some children from a special children's camp were deported to Auschwitz.

VAN GOGH MUSEUM (BY LUNA)

Van Gogh museum

Life of Vincent Van Gogh:

Was a Dutch post-Impressionist painter whose work had a far-reaching influence on 20th century art for its vivid colors and emotional impact.

He suffered from anxiety and increasingly frequent bouts of mental illness throughout his life and died, largely unknown, at the age of 37 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Little appreciated during his lifetime, his fame grew in the years after his death. Today, he is widely regarded as one of history's greatest painters and an important contributor to the foundations of modern art.

Recently acquitted from the hospital, Van Gogh suffered a severe setback in December 1889. His depression gradually deepened. On 27 July 1890, aged 37, he walked into a field and shot himself in the chest with a revolver. He survived the impact and managed to walk back to the Ravoux Inn.

My favorite picture:

Vincent van Gogh painted these sunflowers after leaving his native Holland for the south of France with the dream of starting an artistic community. He began to paint sunflowers to decorate a bedroom for his friend Paul Gauguin.

The series of paintings was made possible by the innovations in manufactured pigments in the 19th Century. Without the vibrancy of the new colors, such as chrome yellow, Van Gogh may never have achieved the intensity of Sunflowers.

These most famous of all sunflowers in art hold at their heart a simple parable about the brevity of life; they are at varying stages in the life cycle, from withered and wilting to vibrant full bloom.

MY MATCH (BY LUNA)

Fabienne is 14 years old and was born in Breda. She is tall and very thin girl with curly and dark hair. She speaks English very well, and also to speak English also speak a little German and Dutch. Her favorite food is pizza. She loves to go shopping, stay with friends, and listen to music and talking on a cell phone. Her favorite city is Amsterdam.

What she wants most is to come to Spain and meet Vilanova and go to the beach and make parties every day. I hope it's possible!

My experience in Holland (BY LUNA)

My experience in Holland

This experience was great.

First we went by bus to the airport of Reus, and then we took the plane. When we went up the plane I was very nervous because it was a lot of time traveling there. The trip lasted two hours, and while we were on the plane I had the opportunity to speak with students of the institute of Sant Pere.

After we arrived to the airport of Eindhoven, and we had to take a bus towards Breda. When we arrived in Breda, the bus went straight to school Du Nassau, which was where we had come for the Netherlands. When Fabienne (my exchange partner) came to me for I was very nervous, so nervous they could not remember how I said "hello" in English.

But after a while it was quieter. When we arrived she showed I the house and then I get rid of the suitcase and we left with his friend and Sara Ballesteros and later we went to sleep.

My diary (BY LUNA)

Diary
Our travelling day: 15th March
1. How long did the journey take by plane? The plane ride lasted two hours.
2. Were you nervous? At first i was not nervous.
3. What was the first thing you did when you arrived? First I present and then I have a shower
4. What can you say about the landscape on your journey from the airport to the school? Can you think and note the differences? On the journey there were many trees and many people with bike
5. What was the first impact when you saw your partner? Well she is very pretty and nice.
6. Describe briefly the house you’re staying at. The house is very big. The windows are very large. The kitchen is very beautiful and very spacious.
7. What words or expressions did you learn today?
8. What else did you learn? I learned to go with bike.
9. How do you feel? I was very nervous.
10. Anything else? No


Our first day at school, March 16
1. At what time did you make up? I get up at seven o’clock
2. What did you have for breakfast? I have eaten an orange juice and a ham and cheese sandwich
3. What did you do in the morning? I went to school
4. What did you have for lunch? Do you like it? I have to eat a sandwich, a juice and some biscuits
I really liked.
5. What did you do in the afternoon and in the evening? I went to a party.
6. Describe DE NASSAU High School briefly. Are there many differences with your school?, Which ones? Nassau is a great school.
Nassau is bigger than our school

7. What about Breda? Do you like it? Anything remarkable? BREDA is a fairly large town
I really liked
All houses have a large window


8. What words or expressions did you learn today? What else did you learn at school? I learned a lot of expressions in Dutch.
9. How are you enjoying the exchange? Yes, I'm having a great time
10. Anything else? no

Our excursion to Delft ad The Hague: 17th March
1. Excursion! What was your first impression about the cities you have visited? They are all very large
2. What monuments did you see? I saw the Church, the Palace of the queen and the mills
3. What were your tasks about? I don´t know What do you think about the visit? The city was very nice.
4. Did you understand the explanations? I don´t know what is the explanations.
5. What else did you visit? What else did you do? I saw a lot of shops, and I bought a lot of presents.
6. Was there anything that surprised you? Why? No, because the city was very normal.
7. Would you like to live here? I don´t know
8. What words r expressions did you learn today? I learned to say Hello in Dutch
9. What else did you learn? I didn´t remember.

Friday, March 18
1. First thing in the morning at school, how did you feel? I was a little nervous.
2. What were the lessons about? Can you summarize a little bit? We did an introduction on the concentration camp.
3. What activities you enjoyed the most? Why? I really liked the introduction to the concentration camp, which was very interesting.
4. What did you learn today? I learned new words in Dutch.
5. How was the school break, different, similar to the one at home? It was the same
6. Today you have done a nice excursion by bike along the river Mark. Did you enjoy it? Yes, I really enjoyed it, but it took much
7. Would you like to prepare something similar for your exchange partners there, in Garraf? What is your idea? Yes, I would like to go to Sitges with the Dutch people by bike.
8. Anything especial, today? Are you missing home, your friends back in Garraf? I miss no family or friends.


Our Saturday and Sunday
1. What was the weather like at the weekends? The sun was shining, but the atmosphere was very cold.
2. What clothes did you wear? Were you cold? I am wearing a jean, a T-shirt and a jacket. NO
3. What did you do? Did you go to the market? No, I was meeting with some friends.
4. Did you do any excursion? Where to? Did you go out of town? No, we stay at home with the family.
5. Did you enjoy yourself? What was the best? I got a little bored, but the best was to stay with friends.
6. What words or expressions did you learn? I didn’t remember.
7. What else did you learn? ---
8. How do you feel? Are you working hard? Have you got your homework done? I feel good. I am very labor with the help of friends and teachers.
9. Anything else? NO

Monday. Brugge
1. First thing in the morning at school, how did you feel? I feel good.
2. Visiting Brugge! What was the journey like? The trip went very well.
3. What was your first impression about the city? it was a small and densely populated city
4. Are you taking pictures of the places you are visiting? No, because my cam was broken
5. What monuments did you see? What were you tasks about? What do you think about the visit? I visited a nunnery
6. Did you understand the explanations? A little bit.
7. What else did you do? I went shopping.
8. Was there anything that surprised you? Why?
9. Would you like to live here? NO
Den Bosch and other visits, March 22
1. At what time did you go to sleep yesterday? At 22:00 o’clock
2. Who did you speak to in English today? What did you talk about? Yes, I spoke English with the teachers.
3. What do you think about Den Bosch? Did you like the city? Why/why not? It’s a beautiful town, because there is a Church and little houses.
4. What words or expressions did you learn today? I learned expressions in Dutch.
5. Do you know any Dutch? What can you say? Yes, I do. I can tell: I love you, bye, hello…
6. Today you have been t a very special place. What can you say about it? I saw the church.
7. Anything else? No
Amsterdam
1. Amsterdam! What was your first impression about the city? It is the most beautiful city I have seen all
2. How was the walking? Is it a nice city to walk? It is a pleasant city for walking.
3. The Van Gogh museum. What do you think about the visit? I really like it.
4. What else did you visit? What else did you do? I visited the red light district.
5. Did you like Amsterdam? Why/why not? Yes, because there are a lot of people and because it is very large.
6. Was there anything that surprised you? Why? The red light district, because the prostitutes seem mannequins.
7. Did you buy anything today? Did you meet anymore in the city? Yes, I bought some souvenirs, but I didn’t meet anymore.
8. Would you like to live here? Yes
9. What words or expressions did you learn today? I learned some words in Dutch.
10. What else did you learn? I learned a different culture and a different costumes
11. How do you feel? Are you getting tired? Did you know that winter is already finished and we are already in spring? Did you notice that? I feeling good, I was very tired.
12. Anything else? No.
Last day at school
1. What about coming back to school? Did you like it? I didn’t like it, but I didn’t come back home.
2. What did you do? I went to the class and I talked with my exchange.
3. How are your debates with your exchange partners about the work you are doing together? The debates are: My school dream and we did a lot of questions.
4. Would you like to study here? Why/why not? No because in this school the people haven’t got homework and never study.
5. What else did you learn? I learned some word in Dutch, and some words in English.
6. How do you feel now after coming home? I was feeling sad.
7. Anything else? No

My favourite city (By Gonzalo)

In Holland we went to some cities, and my favourite was Brugge, curiously, in Belgium. I like all the cities in Holland, there were very beautiful and cool, but my favourite was Brugge, no because the cities of Holland are boring and Belgium is better, I prefer Brugge because there were a lot of very beautiful buildings with an impressionant architecture, and also the second tallest tower made with bricks in the world; a lot of rivers crossed the city, one of these had some swans; the streets were very beautiful and decorated, with a lot of clothes shops, souvenirs shops, and also some chocolate shops with a delicious smell. Some people of the exchange prefer Amsterdam, but me no, because I expected more from Amsterdam, but it was very cool, too.

The second tallest tower in the world made by bricks