One of the biggest stadiums in the world (it has capacity for 90.000 people), the Wembley stadium is located in London. Probably one of the greatest football fields in the whole history of this sport, Wembley was the stage of many memorable games, as many important matches of English football are played there. The stadium hosts many shows of famous artists per year too.
Wembley has an amazing visit tour, were you can learn many things not only about the stadium history, but about English football too. In the tour, you will discover why Wembley is much more than a stadium. It's a football temple! So, if you are passionated by the sport, you really need to visit it!
quarta-feira, 29 de abril de 2015
quarta-feira, 22 de abril de 2015
Macbeth (part 1)
What is Macbeth?
Macbeth is a play written by William Shakespeare in 1606. It tells the story of a warrior called Macbeth.
Summary:
One day, the warrior is riding a horse when he hears a prophecy from 3 witches who tell him he will be the greatest person in the royal army, and soon, the king.
After a battle, the king congratulates Macbeth, who assumes the greatest position on the royal army. When Macbeth comes back home, he tells his wife about the prophecy, who influences him to murder the king, sir Ducan
After the murder of Sir Duncan, Macbeth is crowned king. This promotion transforms him and his wife in very arrogant people and...
The rest we will discover reading the story!
Why I chose Macbeth
Recently, I had to choose one of Shakespeare's plays to work with. I decide to work with Macbeth. But why?
I chose this play because of its fantastic plot, and principally because of the personality change of Macbeth after he took the throne. I found this personality change fantastic because Shakespeare incorporated the human being ways of acting in such a great level that we can actually see Macbeth's behaviour in our days!
Macbeth is a play written by William Shakespeare in 1606. It tells the story of a warrior called Macbeth.
Summary:
One day, the warrior is riding a horse when he hears a prophecy from 3 witches who tell him he will be the greatest person in the royal army, and soon, the king.
After a battle, the king congratulates Macbeth, who assumes the greatest position on the royal army. When Macbeth comes back home, he tells his wife about the prophecy, who influences him to murder the king, sir Ducan
After the murder of Sir Duncan, Macbeth is crowned king. This promotion transforms him and his wife in very arrogant people and...
The rest we will discover reading the story!
Why I chose Macbeth
Recently, I had to choose one of Shakespeare's plays to work with. I decide to work with Macbeth. But why?
I chose this play because of its fantastic plot, and principally because of the personality change of Macbeth after he took the throne. I found this personality change fantastic because Shakespeare incorporated the human being ways of acting in such a great level that we can actually see Macbeth's behaviour in our days!
domingo, 12 de abril de 2015
Churchill War Rooms
If you're a fan of the legendary England prime minister, Winston Churchill, you need to visit Churchill War Rooms.
At Churchill War Rooms, you can learn everything about Churchill's life, from when he was a child until his death. The museum has an enourmous collection of documents from World War I and World War II. There, you can discover the most curious habits of Churchill too. For example: did you know that the Prime Minister used to put teddy bears in the place of the book he was reading, to remember were was this book placed?
Churchill War Rooms recreate also all the war rooms that Churchill frequented during the wars: his bedroom, the radio room, the meeting room, etc. which offers you an amazing experience.
So, if you're going to London, don't forget to visit this fantastic place!
At Churchill War Rooms, you can learn everything about Churchill's life, from when he was a child until his death. The museum has an enourmous collection of documents from World War I and World War II. There, you can discover the most curious habits of Churchill too. For example: did you know that the Prime Minister used to put teddy bears in the place of the book he was reading, to remember were was this book placed?
Churchill War Rooms recreate also all the war rooms that Churchill frequented during the wars: his bedroom, the radio room, the meeting room, etc. which offers you an amazing experience.
So, if you're going to London, don't forget to visit this fantastic place!
quarta-feira, 8 de abril de 2015
Football
What football means to me
Everybody knows that Brazilians love football (most of them, at least!). As a Brazilian, I love football too. The first time I saw a football match it was on the 2006 World Cup, in Germany. I fell in love for this sport so much that some days after, I decided to watch the reprise of the match Switzerland x Croatia (not exactly the kind of match that people usually watch during a World Cup...). From 2006 to now, I learned how football can change your life.
Football is much more than "eleven men running for a ball". For those who say that:
-First of all, it's not exactly 11, but 22 men "running for a ball".
-No, it is not only this.
Football is the most popular sport in the world for many, many reasons. Some of them are:
1) Its versatility
If you want to play basketball, you need a basket, and a ball that can bounce. For volleyball, you need a net and a ball. For tennis, a ball that can bounce too, a net and a tennis racket. But for football... you don't even need a ball to play football in fact. If you have one, it's better. But you can also play using an empty bottle, a rock, a paper ball, a soda can, anything. If you want to have goals to play, you can use two rocks to build a goal, or two flip flops maybe.
2) You forget your problems when you play football
When you are playing football, you forget all your problems, however serious they are. You just focus in having a great time with your friends and playing well. And when you finish playing, you are able to face your problems, because you are relaxed.
3) Watching football is amazing!
Watching a football match on TV is a great experience. The emotion of celebrating a goal is amazing, and to celebrate a win is even better. If you watch a match on the stadium, the experience gets even more fantastic. The atmosphere, being among thousands of people that are supporting the same team, seeing your favourite players "live", everything is amazing!
When I discovered football, my life changed completely. I think it's a kind of religion maybe, because it has a similar function than religion. As religious people have it as the reason to live, football makes football fans have a reason to live too. If a football fan is sad, and everything is going wrong for him, he doesn't mind: tomorrow his team will play, and he will have a great experience! And that repeats week after week. The match of your team is like a "checkpoint" in your life.
This is why football is so important to me. If you haven't "discovered" this sport, try it. Your life will probably change too.
Everybody knows that Brazilians love football (most of them, at least!). As a Brazilian, I love football too. The first time I saw a football match it was on the 2006 World Cup, in Germany. I fell in love for this sport so much that some days after, I decided to watch the reprise of the match Switzerland x Croatia (not exactly the kind of match that people usually watch during a World Cup...). From 2006 to now, I learned how football can change your life.
Football is much more than "eleven men running for a ball". For those who say that:
-First of all, it's not exactly 11, but 22 men "running for a ball".
-No, it is not only this.
Football is the most popular sport in the world for many, many reasons. Some of them are:
1) Its versatility
If you want to play basketball, you need a basket, and a ball that can bounce. For volleyball, you need a net and a ball. For tennis, a ball that can bounce too, a net and a tennis racket. But for football... you don't even need a ball to play football in fact. If you have one, it's better. But you can also play using an empty bottle, a rock, a paper ball, a soda can, anything. If you want to have goals to play, you can use two rocks to build a goal, or two flip flops maybe.
2) You forget your problems when you play football
When you are playing football, you forget all your problems, however serious they are. You just focus in having a great time with your friends and playing well. And when you finish playing, you are able to face your problems, because you are relaxed.
3) Watching football is amazing!
Watching a football match on TV is a great experience. The emotion of celebrating a goal is amazing, and to celebrate a win is even better. If you watch a match on the stadium, the experience gets even more fantastic. The atmosphere, being among thousands of people that are supporting the same team, seeing your favourite players "live", everything is amazing!
When I discovered football, my life changed completely. I think it's a kind of religion maybe, because it has a similar function than religion. As religious people have it as the reason to live, football makes football fans have a reason to live too. If a football fan is sad, and everything is going wrong for him, he doesn't mind: tomorrow his team will play, and he will have a great experience! And that repeats week after week. The match of your team is like a "checkpoint" in your life.
This is why football is so important to me. If you haven't "discovered" this sport, try it. Your life will probably change too.
domingo, 5 de abril de 2015
Easter
Easter
What is Easter?
Easter is one of the most important Christian celebrations. It celebrates the resurrection of Jesus after he was crucified. The week that leads to Easter is called "Holy Week". It is composed by Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday essentially.
Easter and Passover: differences and similarities
The Jewish religion has it's "version" of Easter. It is called "Passover".
Passover and Easter have the same gravity. Both celebrations take place during the spring, but Easter is always celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the vernal equinox. The rabbis, in the meantime, understood the verse "You go free on this day, in the month of Aviv" to restrict Passover to early spring, that is in a transitional month when the winter rains end and the weather turns mild. The word "Aviv" actually means "fresh ears of barley". But the great difference between these two celebrations is that Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus, while Passover, on the other hand, celebrates the liberation by god of the Jewish people of the slavery in Egypt.
Conclusion
Even if both are very similar in terms of gravity and just a little different in terms of date, Easter and Passover have very different celebration meanings.
What is Easter?
Easter is one of the most important Christian celebrations. It celebrates the resurrection of Jesus after he was crucified. The week that leads to Easter is called "Holy Week". It is composed by Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday essentially.
Easter and Passover: differences and similarities
The Jewish religion has it's "version" of Easter. It is called "Passover".
Passover and Easter have the same gravity. Both celebrations take place during the spring, but Easter is always celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the vernal equinox. The rabbis, in the meantime, understood the verse "You go free on this day, in the month of Aviv" to restrict Passover to early spring, that is in a transitional month when the winter rains end and the weather turns mild. The word "Aviv" actually means "fresh ears of barley". But the great difference between these two celebrations is that Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus, while Passover, on the other hand, celebrates the liberation by god of the Jewish people of the slavery in Egypt.
Conclusion
Even if both are very similar in terms of gravity and just a little different in terms of date, Easter and Passover have very different celebration meanings.
quarta-feira, 1 de abril de 2015
The Sidney Zoo
The Sidney Zoo, also known as Taringa Zoo, located next to Sidney's port, was founded in 1916. It's one of the world greatest zoo. There, you can see more than 2600 animals in an area of 75 hectares. The zoo is divided in geographic areas, so you can see the native animals of each part of the globe. There, you can see the world's greatest creatures, as the Komodo dragon, lions, platypus, koalas, and many others! The Taronga zoo is one of the few zoos that reproduce platypus, so it is very important for the preservation of this specie too.
So, if you love animals, don't miss your time and get your tickets to Sidney!
So, if you love animals, don't miss your time and get your tickets to Sidney!
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