Returning to the route about Loja and Alhama de Granada, we have to do a travel brochure about this two villages where we are going to include the itinerary the Italians are going to follow and some information about them. Also we have contacted with a person of Loja, who is the teacher's cousin, who will explain us some aspects about that village's history and important monuments. We were going to call him but we couldn't because of an unexpected event. See you soon!

Hello everybody! As we are doing an exchange with Italian teenagers of our age, last friday we communicated with them by Skype. We presented ourselves to them and so did they. They asked to us many questions about our city, Granada, and we were explaining them what are they going to do and visit when they are here. We also told them what is the weather like here and they were very happy because it is very warm. We are very excited to receive them as they to come here. We will keep informing you when they come.

Photography, my hobby

Hi! Today I'm going to speak about one of my hobbies: Photography.

Photography is a science, art and practice of creating durable images.Durable images are created by recording light. If we haven't got light we can't make photos. The light is the base of photography. We can control how much light enter into the len, for that we use the diaphragm. Diaphragm is a thin opaque structure with an opening at its center; the role of the diaphragm is to stop the passage of light, except for the light passing through the aperture. When we open more the diaphragm, the aperture is bigger and enter more light, so the image is going to be more enlightened. And when we close more the diaphragm, the aperture is smaller and enter less light, so the image is going to be darker.

Other factor that controls the light is the flash, we use it when the scene is dark and we need light to iluminate it. Other thing which we have to know about the diaphragm is the shutter speed. It is the length of time a camera's shutter is open when taking a photograph. For example, in a short time, the shutter keeps open very little time letting less light to the photocell. With them, it's achieved freeze or reduce significally the movement. In a longer time, the shutters keeps open.

It is a great hobbie and I recommend you!

Swimming, a great hobby

Hello everyone! Today I'm going to talk about one of my hobbies: swimming. Swimming is a individualized and colective sport. It is individual because you have to compete alone to other people but it is also colective because you train with other people and cheer and motivate each other. I have practised this sport for seven years in a swimming club called CDU. There I met many people and we are very good friends.

 In swimming the are four styles: freestyle (which is the one I do the best), backstroke, butterfly and breaststroke. The Spanish organisation of competitions, chapionships,etc. is like this: There are provicincial competitions in every community. This competitions are only to take times and do "Mínimas". A "mínima" is a time that you have to do to be able to go to a championship; this is an average time of the fifty best people times. If you don't have a "mínima" you can not go to a championship; so the provincial competitions are only oppotunities to do "mínima". In the case of Andalucía there are Andalusian "mínimas". To go to the Spanish championship there are "mínimas" for that championship and so on in the rest of the championships but as the territory increase the "mínima" is more difficult. There is a concrete number of provincial competitions so everybody has the same oppotunities.

In my case, I only go to provincial competitions and trophies (another type of competitions which are organised by the clubs, not by the Swimming federation) because I am not as motivated to do a "mínima" as my friends. I only train to keep fit and to have fun and see my friends. I train three o four days a week, although a should train six, during two or three hours depending on the day.

So, just to finish, I want to say that swimming is a funny sport and practising it you meet new people and make friends, but it takes a lot of time, so in high levels at school it doens't allows you to go trainning everyday.

Here it is my delicious where you can see some links related to swimming and my club.

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Hi, today we are going to show you two of our hobbies. We are uploading two entries, one about swimming and the other about photography. The first is Luisa's hobby and the second is María's hobby. We hope you enjoy it!