Burgos

The third day we woke up at 8 a. m. as every day, to take the bus, leave the hotel and go on our way to Leon. Before arriving to Leon, we went to Las Medulas, an ancient mine where Romans extracted gold. It was so hot and we had to walk for three hours to arrive to the top of the mountain, so I was really tired. After that, we went down again, and we took the bus to get to Leon. We arrived at 9:30 p. m. to the hotel. We left all the luggage in the room and we went to have dinner. That day we didn't ate so well because we had only one hour to find a restaurant and have dinner. We spent about twenty minutes finding the restaurant and the other 40 minutes we had to eat very fast so I didn't enjoyed all that I could have enjoyed.

The fourth day was like the last one because the fifth day we spent all the day in the bus. Well, Thursday, we got up at eight o'clock and we went to Valporquero's cave which was amazing because it was a cave with six "rooms" full of geological forms like stalactites, stalagmites, columns, etc. I loved that place. After that, we went back to Leon, and we had lunch. After lunch we visited the basilica of San Isidro, and afterward we visited Leon's cathedral, it was so beautiful but I was tired of visiting cathedrals. Finally we got some free time to do whatever we wanted so we bought something for our families and we went to have something to eat. At night,our  teachers told us that after dinner we could go to a bar, so we had dinner and we went to a bar to dance. We went back to the hotel and we stayed like 10 people in the same room, talking until we had to have breakfast. The route back lasted 9 hours, so every 3 hours we had to stop. As we didn't sleep during the night we slept all the 9 hours.

It was a great trip and I enjoyed a lot from everything we did.

Another half of my family

In this post I'm going to talk about the other half of my family, my mother's family. I don't remember a lot of things from my great-grand mother, because she died when I was only 5, so I only have some images in my head. The parents of my mum are Juan and Maria. I haven't met Juan because he died when my mother was 18, but my grandmother told me a lot of things about him, he was very clever and a hard-worker, and in my grandmother's eyes he was so handsome. Maria, is the most chatty person I ever known, she loves to talk and argue with everyone. She is very active, she goes for a walk every morning with her friends, and in the evenings she goes to the gym. She is very happy and full of joy, even after everything that she has been through. I love spending time with her, because she always explains to me stories from her childhood and she is so funny. She loves all her family and she always takes care of everyone. She and Juan had 5 children.

Toñi (Antonia), is the oldest. She is 53 and she has a son, Juan Raul. Although she has never done sport before, she started running and riding the bike when she was 50 and now she is running marathons and triathlons. She married Raul ,but now they are divorced. Their son, Juan Raul is 14, he is tall and fat, but he is so funny. When you are with him you can't be serious, he is so silly and I know that when I'm going to see him I am going to laugh a lot. He is also a little bit irresponsible and I hope that with time he will change. 

The second one is my mother, Marian and she married Ramon, my father and they had 3 children, me and my siblings but I'm not going to talk about us because I have already done it in some posts before.

The third one is my aunt Merce, she is 48 and she married Nacho. Merce is very funny and happy. She works as a scientist in a research laboratory. Nacho, her husband works as a fireman and he loves going to the mountain and all kinds of risk sports. They have two children, Nacho and Patricia. Nacho is 14 and he plays water-polo in Albacete, he is very energetic and he can't be motionless. Patricia is 11 and she is so sweet and clever, I'm sure she will get what she wants in life because she is very hard-working. 

My aunt Vicky (Victoria ) is the third one and when I was little I was always with her. I remember that every time she came to Empuriabrava she brought me a painting book. She is 46 and she is very happy and she loves to make the most of her time. She married Alex and he was so kind to me, and I love him so much in spite of the fact they are now divorced. They have twins, Martina and Alejandro and they are 5 years old. They are so sweet and intelligent, I love them so much.

Finally, my uncle Juan Carlos, he is 42 and he isn't married. He works in a prison, so he is so brave.

I'm so proud of my family and I wish I could see them more because they are 7 hours from here and I miss them so much.

Burgos

In this post I'm going to talk about our experience in Burgos. This year the travel assigned to scientific first of batxillerat was  to Burgos and Leon. 

At 5 a. m. we were at the high school ready to set off on our trip. We had to take the bus to get to Burgos. It wasn't very boring because we slept all the route. We stopped at 1 p. m in a service station to have lunch and we arrived at Burgos at 4 p. m. We left our luggage in the hotel and we went to visit the cathedral. To be honest it was a little bit boring but more than anything because it was too long, and it was a little bit cold inside. After that, we had free time to do whatever we wanted so we went out for tapas because we were so hungry. We spent maybe 3 hours sitting at the bar chatting and eating. We ate so much food that when it was dinner time we weren't hungry, but that wasn't a problem because the hotel made us a bread soup that didn't make a very good impression. We went to our room and we went to sleep.

The next day we went to the human evolution museum. I think it was pretty interesting, they showed us some archaeological ruins like bones from prehistoric people or the tools that they used to use. After that we went to the archaeological site where these bones and tools were found. It was a little bit boring because although we couldn't enter in the sites, they explained to us the same that we had heard in the museum, and to top it all it was so windy and cold. That day, we had lunch in the most fancy restaurant of the trip, I was so hungry and the food was so good. In the afternoon we went to the CAREX which is a place when you learn how our ancestors made their rudimentary knives or how they hunted, etc. After that, we went back to the hotel where we had dinner and we went to sleep.

Batxillerat

I remember when last year some students, who now are in second of batxillerat, said that batxillerat was much harder than ESO, that you would have to study much more, or you would have to be up to date with work by reviewing everything we did in school, or doing homework, etc. I actually didn't believe it, I thought they were exaggerating. But yes, here I am, with the lesson learned, you don't really know it until you live it. I have no life. I mean it, I literally have no life. When I'm not in school, I'm at home doing homework, even when I am on holidays school is still there because I know that I have a lot of work to do and I am not doing it.

When I was in ESO the bell rang and I didn't realize that it had been an hour. Now I spend every minute of the class counting how long it takes to end the class. Last few years, when it was Friday and the weekend was about to begin I was so much happier than now, Fridays for sure I didn't do anything, it was my relax day, and I only spent like two hours in the whole weekend doing my homework (in 4th of ESO, because in the other school years I could only spent 30 minutes in the whole weekend). Now, I need one more day in the weekend if I want to be up to date with work. 

Aside from that depending on what degree you want, you have the pressure of having good qualifications, because it's not just hard enough to pass, besides that you have to have good marks. Because, yes, we are here because we want, batxillerat it's not obligatory, but if you want to have good studies or a good job it is the quickest way to do it. You can do a CFGS but it will take you at least 4 years to end it, and if after that you want to go to college, it will take you 4 more years. And you spend all of your youth studying, when you were supposed to be living and enjoying life.

And now that we are in the third term and we only have more or less one month left and this is when we have so much work to do; we have to do 2 projects plus starting the TdR, (because if you want to do the practical part in June or July you have to know what you are doing so you have to be informed), one video, finish the blog, read two books, and study for at least 13 exams (of course, we don't have to study to get a five, we have to study to get good marks), in one month! I think this would have to be forbidden, because it's insane.

And that's not all, if batxillerat wasn't hard enough you have to do TdR. So, here is the thing, you spent all the year studying, doing homework, works, essays, and a lot of stuff and when it's time to relax you can't do it because you have to do TdR.
Well, I know it's hard and we have to do it whether we like it or not so, I will make an effort to do my best, end this two years and take a gap year to disconnect from studies and everything