My favourite place

The place I like the most is Palma de Mallorca. I haven't been in many different places so I can really say this place is the best. But so far I love it.

I know this place because I lived there for many years.

Games I like to play

Hey, the games I like to play the most are the first person shooter ones, online. I like to compete againts other players over the internet. The best game I've ever played is Empires, which is a HL2 modification.

The game consists on two factions that are on war, ones fighting for freedom and the others for the world domination.

It mixes the first person shooting with real-time strategy. There is a commander that leads their team, drops structures over the map like turrets or refineries, creates vehicles, gives enemy targets... etc. And the rest of the team fights on foot or using vehicles. It's a good game. If you own a copy of Half-Life 2 download this modification, it's free.

La Mona

"La Mona de Pascua" is a famous cake typical from
Catalonia and Valencia and it symbolizes the Eastern Week's ending. It's only eaten on "Eastern Monday". Commonly, godfathers use to give these cakes to their godchildren as a gift.

At the beggining it was just a cake with hard boiled eggs on it decorated with feathers. But soon chocolate eggs took over the normal ones. These chocolate eggs cakes were the first "monas".

The recipe was taken from the moors that lived in Spain. They used to bake a cake called "munna" as a gift for they masters. That's why it has such a weird name "mona" (mona also means a female monkey).


This is a monkey. Monkeys are awesome.


If you ever visit Catalonia or Valencia on the "Eastern Week" don't forget to taste one of these delicious cakes.

Dani.

Parc Güell

Parc Güell it's a garden located on the "el Carmel" hill and it's one of the most important sites in Barcelona. It was designed by Antonio Gaudí, a famous architect, and built between 1900 and 1914.

The reason why Parc Güell isn't just an usual garden is because of its design. It has lots of wavy forms and many other geomethrical forms, coloured glasses, ceramical scraps and it also has an sculpture of a dragon.

The fact that it's located on top of a hill and far away from the city makes this park a peaceful place to stay.

If you ever visit Barcelona, don't forget to check out this garden.

Dani.

What do I do in the mornings.

Every day I travel to Sant Boi by train (one stop) to attend industrial dessign classes. I get up at 6:30 and leave home at 7:30.

Industrial design is one of my hobbies, that's why I never skip classes. We have learned to use AutoCAD and SolidWorks.

AutoCAD is a really powerful software as long as you draw in 2D. I prefer SolidWorks when drawing in 3D because this one is just amazing. It's hard to get use to it but when you do you can make possible whatever you have in mind. The best thing about it is how drawing works. First you just draw, it doesn't matter if the line isn't vertical nor horizontal, it doesn't even matter if the solid isn't long enough or if it's too short. You can always mend it, no matter how many things you have done over it.

I finish at 13:30 and I get home around 14:00.

Dani.

T-10 explained.

A T-10 is the name of one of the cardboard tickets used in Barcelona for public transport. If you want to get into the train station or into the bus, you must insert the ticket into a small device. This machine will remove one travel from your ticket. And, if you are in the train station, it will open 2 small doors (gates). The remaining tickets data is stored in a magnetic band on the back of the card.

It lets you travel 10 times for 7,20 euros which is cheaper than buying ten simple tickets, but more expensive than any other Spanish city. For example, in Seville the same card (different name) costs around 4,50 euros.

This card can only be used in 1 zone from the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona. If you need to go out from this zone you will have to buy a different 2 zone T-10.

There are many others public transport tickets. There are the ones who let you travel fifty times in one month (T-50/30), the ones who can be used unlimited times in three months (T-Jove), the ones who can only be used one time (these ones suck) etcetera.

If you ever travel to Barcelona I recommend you get one of these cards.

Dani.

Shopping malls

We have many of them of in Barcelona. You can find specific ones, like all computer, cloth or hardware related.

The most famous are “Alcampo” (a French mall), “Carrefour” (also French, it’s old name was PRYCA but it was bought by them) and IKEA… and I guess this one needs no explanations. They are everywhere.

The malls are related to one of the most infamous Spanish traditions. Have breakfast, lunch and dinner for free while you enjoy the aircon and play some videogames.
Alcampo and Carrefour are similar, both sell the same. IKEA sells furniture, which by the way, it’s a pain in the ass to do it yourself.
Dani

What does people usually do on new year's eve.

On the last day of the year, people gather up in groups and go out for a dinner to celebrate the new year's eve. I didn't do anything special.

Dani.