Flowers in plate

You can eat many flowers. Brocoli, cauliflower and artichoke are a few of them.
In the Middle East, rose buds are delicacies and can be in the form of liquor or crystallized. The ancient Romans enjoyed the fragrant flowers, too.
However, we can't eat all flowers, and the experienced gardener or gourmet knows which flowers to use.
My favourite flowers a mong those that can be eaten: they taste lovely, and they are really beautiful. "Banksiae Lutea", for example, has no thorns but it is covered in pretty yellow buds. Those buds can be used to for cocktails.
Modern species may blossom all year, but for your own garden you should always use the most fragrant.

OPINION
I think that flowers are very nice on a plate because they are very elegant.
There are people who like them very much and I think that this idea is very original. Personally, I will like red roses.

"The kiss"

Today I'm going to talk about this photo, it's very famous, this photo was taken in París by Robert Doisneau.

I like very much this photo because it transmitts a lot of love, the typic couple in love kissing. This photo shows city a very beautiful city which is perfect for the couple, but maybe it isn't real.

This photo was taken in front of the "Hotel de Ville" and the town hall in París. It was prepared, even though is looks natural. The photographer was in cofé and asked the couple if, they wanted to take this photo and they accepted people were fascinated because everyboody thought that this photo was spontanious.

This photo was sold for 155.000 the person who bought it is anonimous. the majority of the photos by Robert Doisneau are similar to this are because everything is in black and white, and the efect is very old.

The magic midsummer night of St. Joan

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Midsummer's eve, or the Nit de Sant Joan (St John's Eve), as the night of 23 June is called in Catalonia, is a magic night of old traditions. It is celebrated everywhere in Girona.

Fire and music are the most important. These traditional festivities go on in the streets of the towns and cities, people eat the tradicitional st.John coca (a sponge cake made with custard and crystallised fruit) and they dance all night until the early hours of the morning. They also let off fireworks.
In Catalonia you can spend midsummer eve in any town or village in the various counties of Girona province, from the costa Brava to the Pyrenees.

In my opinion I think that it is very amusing. When it is St.John I always go to Empuriabrava to the beach with my friends. At the beach there is a party with fireworks.
Everyboody is very happy and people swim in the sea. Fireworks are quite dangerous, but when it is the festival it is very beautiful.

Snoweed 2010

A few days ago it snowed a lot in Catalonia.

Nobody thought it was going to snow, when we were at school were covered in snow, it was beautiful.

We had to go home. At home it was very boring and we made of the snow with friends. We put on skiing clothes, because it was very cold. We were throwing snowballs, it was very enjoyable.

But I when arrived home it was very cold and I went to bed for two hours, the worst thing was that there was it any electricity. At night it was very boring, and we put candles everywhere, I went to bed very early.

The next day when I got up I thought that there was electricity, but there wasn't and there was no water or telephone.

In conclusion, we were two days without electricity and the consequences of the snowfall were negative.

INFORMAL LETTER

C/del temple

nº4

Castelló d'Empúries/Spain

8 April 2010

Dear Kieron,

Thanks for your letter, I will talk about Empuriabrava and what places I recommend you in summer.
The coast and beaches are impressive and it's a nice village, but in the summer there are quite a lot of people.

Well, you can do some activities too, for example, sailing and there is a parashutting park, it's an experience that you cannot miss, because it is very amusing.
You can also try some adventurous activites, the "mini-golf" is a relaxing place.

When you are bored you can visit villages. The atmosphere is very relaxing. For example, Rosas, Figueras, Cadaques... Castelló d'Empúries is very near Empuriabrava.
This village is very calm, because it's small and there are not many people.

Keep in touch.

Hugs,
Ariadna xx