Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Spanish on the Internet

http://spanish.about.com/cs/onlinenews/a/online_news.htm


Spanish news is becoming very popular on the World Wide Web (www).  CNN and Google have spanish language sites now. Es fácil de encontrar español en línea.

Thanksgiving and Mexican-American's

In today's Mexican-American culture they celebrate Thanksgiving the same way Americans do. They don't always have the typical food that we Americans have. Their meals include tamales and menundo. But they still give thanks the way American's do. Feliz Acción de Gracias.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Diego Rivera, a Famous Mexican Artist

http://www.diego-rivera.org/biography.html

Diego Rivera was a very famous Mexican artist. By the age of two, before he could even read, his father set up a studio for him to do his art. He and his family moved to Mexico City where he began taking art classes at a college there at age 10, where he attended for six years. He later then received a scholarship to study art in Europe where he learned  a lot of his techniques. After 14 years abroad he returned home to Mexico and participated in what was called the Mexican Renaissance. Diego Rivera has many beautiful and famous pieces of artwork. El es muy famosa mundial por sus pinturas.

De Compras

Today we learned about shopping. It is one of my favorite things to do so I had fun learning about all the different types of shops and the names of things to buy. I found it interesting that people in South America do most of their shopping in open-air markets. Yo creo que sería muy divertido hacer mis compras como el de la negociación y obtener alimentos frescos y productos hechos en casa.

Friday, November 5, 2010

Drug Smuggling in Spain

http://www.spanishnews.es/20100817-woman-arrested-at-barcelona-airport-with-3-7-kilos-of-cocaine/id=3217/

A 42-year-old woman was arrested for trying to smuggle 3.7 kilos of cocaine through a Barcelona airport. The cocaine was hidden in the seams of 10 pairs of jeans she had in her suitcase. Eso es un monton de cocaína!

Mexican American Population

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_American

The city with the largest Mexican-Americans is Los Angeles with over one million. Mexican-American's account for 16% of the United State's population, or 30 million people. The United States is the second largest  in population for Mexican heritage people next only to Mexico itself. Hay muchos Mexicano-Americanos en los Estados Unidos.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Spain's many languagues

Spain has many languages spoken througout it's country. For example: Basque, Catalan, Galician, and of course Spanish. Most of these languages are spoken in different regions throught the country. Hay muchos diferentes lenguas que se hablan en España.