Pablo Picasso

I had the chance last year in college to learn about art from a long time ago, to present day. During that time, I got to see some art by Pablo Picasso. Picasso was a Spanish painter who was a major influence in western art, and even now in a lot of modern art. Picasso's art is considered abstract, and he started the development of cubist art. Some of his famous pieces are 'The three Musicians' and 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. Pablo Picasso esta fabuloso artisto!

Ser, Estar, and a lot of rules

Esta semana en Español, nos enteramos de "ser" y "estar". Both "ser" and "estar" mean "to be". We learned how to conjugate them and what both are used for. "Ser" is means more of "what" something or someone is and "estar" is "how" something is. Ser is also used in situations concerning permanence, identity, origin or the title of someone. Estar is what is at the moment, is relevant to the well-being of someone, their health, condition and also their present location. Increasingly, I've also been reminded how confusing Spanish is. There are all these rules, but then there are so many exceptions or loopholes to them!

Islas de Las Munecas: Mexico's Island of the Dolls

In Mexico, there's a famous area that is known as one of the creepiest places in Mexico. It's said that las isla esta obsesionado por las munecas. The island is covered with these old, ugly, creepy, mutilated dolls that leaves a forboding feeling among anyone there. The dolls are in the trees, hanging randomly, and dispersed around the island. There was a episode on a show; Destination Truth, about these dolls. I haven't seen it yet but I've heard about it, and during their investigation of this area, supposedly one of the dolls opened their eyes, and they caught it on film! I think it would be a really cool place to visit, especially around Halloween!

Cancun

Last summer I went to Cancun with my family, and got the oppurtunity to learn more about the culture and the differences in Mexico opposed to how things are in America. Being from Texas and being exposed to all the "Tex-Mex" food and language, it was really weird when I went there and asked if they had sopapillas and they had no idea what I was talking about. Their food tasted a lot different than I expected, and it was also interesting because their laws are completely different. For example, when we got picked up from the airport, there was an ice chest full of beer in the car! And I was 19 at the time, and they are very lenient on drinking there; alcohol served all day long.
I also got to go see Chichin Itza, which is pretty phenomenal, but it was way too hot! Visitando Chichin Itza en el otono seria bueno.

Intro

Hola!

I wasn't exactly sure what to write about on my first post so I looked up Spain online. I came across the term "Barcelona" a popular city in Spain. In Barcelona, there is a huge monumental church, La Sagrada Familia. La Sagrada Familia is a fairly new church in Barcelona designed by a man named Antoni Gaudi, and is still under construction. If I ever go to Spain, I'd definitely want to visit this amazing structure. La Sagrada Familia es fantástico!