About my experience in Calgary

For me this has been an unforgettable experience, now I am taking with me new

fantastic treasures (my new friends), new wonderful experiences and a lot of new

knowledge not only in English. Thanks so much everybody for teach me about you,

your culture and for help me to do this time one exceptional time in my life.

Thanks so much teacher for helped me when I needed

it, for taught me a lot of thinks and for gave me your support. Thanks you very much

to my host family for had given me refuge in their house and received me as one of

their.

Now I am going for my country and I am so happy because I miss my family, my

friends and my job too but you can be sure that I won't forget you in my life.

Everyone it's now in my mind and my heart. Finally I am happy now but I am sure

I’ll miss you too.

A LITTLE HISTORY FROM HALLOWEEN

Halloween or Night from witches is a holiday provenient of the Celta Culture that is

celebrated in the night on October 31. The children are disguise themselves for the ocassion

and walk along the strees and ask for candies of door in door. In addition, the children pronounce the phrase "Trick trick halloween I want candies for me". If the addults give them caramels, money or any other type of rewards, it is interpreted that they have accepted the dealing. In contrast if the addults refuse, the boys can do to them a small prank, being the most common to throw eggs or shaving foam against the door.

Halloween is a derivation of English expression All Hallow´s Eve (Eve of the Day of the Saints). It was celebrated in the anglo-saxon countries, principally in Canada, USA, Ireland and the United Kingdom but actuallity it is celebrated in almost all the western countries with with major or minor presence.

His origins go back to the Celtas and the holiday was exported to USA by European emigrants in the XIX century, more or less about 1846. The expansive force culture of USA has done that halloween has become popular also in others countries.

COLOMBIA IS PASSION

COLOMBIA IS PASSION

Colombia is a country with spectacular contrasts. It is bathed for two seas, crossed on three ramifications of the mountain range of Andes and Amazon River. Considered as a Caribbean, Andino, Pacifico and Amazónico country. It possesses and invaluable natural, energy, agriculture and industrial richness resources. But undoubtedly the main richness from Colombia is his people enterprising, hospitable, friendly, laborious and honest. This video present how is my country, how are my people ... Only PASSION. I recomended You know Colombia ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyFXVslYYzI

TIPICALLY FOOD FROM COLOMBIA

The Bandeja Paisa is a culinary plate. It is from Colombia and It is know also as Bandeja Montañera. This plate is tipically of the kitchen Antioqueña, region belonging to one of the departments of Colombia.

The fundamental characteristic of this plate is his enormous plenty, both in quantity and in food variety, in such a way that, the Bandeja Paisa completes, only it is necessary to serve it in a big plates called dishes of good size.

The components from this famous plate are:

• Beens
• Meat in dust
• Stew (Hogao)
• Rice
• Slice of fried plantain
• Sausage
• Fried egg
• Scratchings
• Avocado

For more information please access to http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandeja_paisa