MUNICH

When we went to Germany we stay in Munich two days. We stay in a hostel of three stars. We had to share the bedroom with three girls of another school. We meet them in the first day. They was very sympatic and funny. We went to the bedroom only when we had to sleep. All another time we stayed in a living room. Here we met a lot of people, for on hand we met the people who traveled with us and on the another hand we met german, italian and egyptian persons. We spoke in english with the majority of people. We practice a lot. 

During the free time we went for walk in the centre of Munich. This city is very beautiful but all the things was very expensive, there is a city os a rich people. We visited:

• Marienplatz

Marienplatz is the heart and soul of Munich since time immemorial. It contains important buildings such as the town hall.

• Viktualienmarkt

Foods, fruits, cheeses, flowers and lots of colors products are situeted in the Viktualienmarkt market, the best market of Munich.

• Nymphenburg Palace

Built in 1664 as a summer residence for the Wittelsbach family. The thing I marveled was his garden.

His garden: The palace has a beautiful English-style garden marked with more than 800,000 square meters of land.

• Hofbräuhaus

With a history that began in 1589, the Hofbräuhaus brewery has become the star Munich brewery and one of the most famous in the world.

We visit another places but there are the principals.

HARTHEIM CASTLE

The third day we wake up at seven o'clock for went to Hartheim castle. We went by bus, the traject dured 2 hours approximately. Everybody was sleeping in the car. The traject was very long but finally we arrived. The castle was very beatiful. My first sensations was of kindness, welcoming... In their inside there was vey decorated, it was pinted with light colours... It is like a home of a king or a rish man. But when I inform what was happened here it impress me.

In 1898 it was propety of a nobles. But in 1940 became propety of nazis. It became an euthanasia centre. Since this year the nazis killed a lot of person. They murdered around 30000 persons.  At the beginnig they killed the illnes persons. This was done for that  the Germans become a "pure race". And after, they killed prisioners of the concentrations camp. 

AUSTRIA AND GERMANY

One mounth ago we went to Austria and Germany. This travel was an amazing experience. I hope I can repeat this riding. One rare thing was the first two days, the weather was increible. We was at 22 degree in Germany!

For one hand we went here for enjoy and meet new people, new food, new costumbres... This is the part I liked more.

But on the another hand we went to study what happened in the past. The principal issue was the nazism. We visit three or four concentations camps (with a english guia). This was the sadest part of the trabel. While guia explained the things that happened I was thinking how the people can arrive in this extreme, how one person can clean the brain a many people. But I thing that the situation of this age helped Hitler to arrive to the power. And when he had the power he did a lot of massacre.

PROGRAMMED OBSOLESCENCE

Some years ago the products lasted longer. I heard my parents many times saying: this washing machine has lasted ten years. Nowadays it is impossible to find a product with the same characteristics.

As people didn't have to buy electrical appliances the business owner didn't win money. So they searcha solution. The solution was to make a chip into the machine and when some years pass, this chip will break the product. And we will need to buy a new product. With this technique the businessman will win more. And the cycle of the economy will never stop.

What happens whith the product that doesen't work?

Computers, printers, mobile phones, refrigerators ... that don't work, the state sends them to Ghana. In this country there is a city named Agbogbloshie, it is a neighbourhood that is a dumping ground for electronic waste from Europe and North America.

THE STORY OF CHANGE

Five solutions:

• We should ask the state not to take toxic chemical in our products.

• Work togheter for confront our problem.

• We have to act in front the problem, we don't have to keep quiet.

• We have to vote a correct person.

• We have to buy only the things that we need.

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

The title of this book resume very good this history. The teenage believed that he had found a world of a possibilities but he will see that is not what he expected.

 The most important things is when Pip find by a prisoner. The prisoner asks him to bring food and one lime. Days after Joe told him that he had to went to Havisham's home to play. In this house he felt in love when he saw Estella. But he reject him because he was a poor person. The days pass and every time the things went more wrong. Until the prisoner arrive again. He help Pip to went to Londres to find new expectation. But he didn't find what he expected. in the final Pip fall ill but thanks to Joe he is recuperate 

My favorite part is when a rich man come to help Pip. The situation op Pip was terrible until the man arrive. I like this part because is like a moral. You learn that if you help the people in the critical situation they will help you when you need it. 

I really recommend this book because it is inretesant. It is not like a typical history, this book is different it narrate the really situation of the people of this age.

SELF-EVALUATION

In the presentacion, Lorena and I talked about island Hawaii. The objective of the presentacion is that we had to find new information of one country that speak english. And we choose Hawaii because it is an idyllic place. And we thing that is a perfect place for spend our Gap year.

On one hand, in the presentation I don't was very nervous but I forgot some things. That is,in some parts of the presentation, I had to i improvise. For exemple, I said "aparted" instead of "away from". And I did more mistakes like this. When I was explain the islands, I talked fast and some student don't understand me. 

On the another hand I want to comment the body language. In the presentation I look to the public all the time and I have gesticulate when it was necessary. I thing that this aspect help me in the time for take a mark. 

Another important thing I want to comment is the content of the presentation. I think that we had a good content but we had to preparet it more. I think that the presentation has helped us too understand more our explanations od this island.