English - Students' Corner - Contributions

By Rosamar:
Last weekend, I was working in a book stand in Station Central Square, Getafe. It was the Book Sales Fair in Getafe. First, on Saturday we had some fairytale storytellers for children. We were dressed up in tree costumes and as goblins to tell the story. Then, we gave out balloons and lollipops to all the children that saw the story. It was great fun! And also very funny.
After that, I had dinner with my partner. A special dinner for a special night. We were celebrating our twenty-eigth anniversary! Twenty-eight years together!
On Sunday, I was working with my friend in the book stand. We said good-bye to our work-mates at the fair. We had a good time with them, too.
The fair finished on Sunday. It was a special and a good weekend.

By Mercedes Beri:
Last Saturday we went to the Prado Museum to see an exhibition of Bacon. It was striking. But I liked it.
Then we went to eat in a typical restaurant of Madrid, in which the food is very good. When we finished, we went for a walk in the Retiro Park, because the weather was wonderful and at the end of the day, we had a coffee in a pub called Violin here in Getafe. We met our friends there and we were talking about the Carnival all evening.
We went home at about one in the morning. The day was very very good!

By Fernando:
My weekend was very quiet. On Saturday I was home with my wife because she was ill but She is better now. On Sunday I went to my village house with my parents, my brother and my sister with her husband and my two nieces, because we needed to clean the house. Then we had lunch in a restaurant near the mountains. Then I went go home with my wife.

By Cristóbal Huete:
My last weekend was wonderful.I was in Barcelona,in the birthday of my girlfriend.My girlfriend was born in Barcelona and I travel sometimes to Barcelona to visit her family.
On Friday we went to a lounge-bar and drank cocktails with her friends.Then went dancing to the disco and we had a nice night.At the end of the night,we got home very very late.
On Saturday we had a relaxed day.We only went to dinner in a restaurant.The food was “delicatessen”. We had a Ravioli of Foe,Tataki of Tuna and a good beef steak.
Sunday was a family day.We went to have lunch with all her family in an auntentic “masia” in a little village of Gerona . A Masia is typical house of ancient farmers.

By Javi:
My last weekend…
On Saturday, I got up at 6:00 am. I got to work at 7:00 am. I went home at 2:00 pm. In the afternoon I studied the story Romeo and Juliet. In the evening my girlfriend and I had dinner in an Italian restaurant.
On Sunday, I played football in Valdemoro. Then, I had a drink with my friends. In the evening my girlfriend and I went to the cinema.

By Mayte:
My last time out, I was in Getafe with my neighbour. I was wearing grease [?]trousers and a multicoloured sweater.
First we were in my house, I hired the service of a tapper-sex [?] only for girls — it was very funny. Then we were with our husbands in a bar. After that we had dinner in a burguer and we ate hamburguer and French fries. After dinner we went to pubs. We were dancing all night long, although we also talked about ours husbands, clothes and the other neighbour. I drank beer without alcohol (because I'm pregnant) but they drank whisky, rhum… with coke and somebody got tipsy at the end of the night.
We walked home and we got home at about six.
It was a very good night – eight out of ten.

By Marìa:
Some weekends I go to my house in the countryside. This always bores me. It is very boring, but I need to study or to work. I hardly ever take a friend or my boyfriend.
If I stay here in Getafe you're right, I go out at night.
All my weekends are equally boring.

By Olaya:
Last weekend I visited Segovia… I had never visited this city. It was very beautiful. I loved me the "Acueducto Romano". It's very large! and very old but it doesn't fall.
I took a lot of photos and I ate the most popular meal in Segovia: "Cochinillo" (a little pig ) Wow! It was delicious! I recommend it! See you!

By Pilar Palomo:
My last weekend was really great. On Friday all my family and our neighbours went to Andorra by car. It was a long way (six hundred and twenty km).We arrived at twenty past ten.
On Saturday we woke up at eight, we had breakfast and drove to the mountains to ski.The weather was great and the snow was very good (I liked the landscape in the snowed high mountain — it is relaxing) . We were skiing all day . In the evening we came back to Andorra town. We visited the shops (there were a lot) and we bought “Conguitos, Lacasitos and Ron”.We went to the hotel and had dinner. After dinner we were very, very tired.On Sunday the same: we got up , packed and put our luggage in the car.We went to the station and we were skiing until half past two. The weather was very good and we didn't fall down. We ate a sandwich and we came back to Getafe. It took us six or seven hours by car. In the end it was wonderful. The road and the weather were O.K. and we passed the weekend together.

By Laura C:
My last weekend was very funny!! Last saturday it was Carnival. My friends and I dressed as young children. We were in Getafe. We were carrying toys and other children's things. First we went to see the cavalcade of carnival. It was very beautiful. And then we went to the party. We played with toys. We were like little children. We laughed a lot and we had a very good day. I enjoyed it so much that the day was very short!

By Paqui:
Last weekend we celebrated my mother-in-law's birthday.We organized a surprise party. She didn't know nothing. She came into my sister-in-law's house and then everybody sang and shouted :Happy Birthday. She cried of emotion. Later, we gave her a DVD with her life story. She liked it very much and she was kissing everybody because She was very happy.

By Noelia:
My last weekend was very funny!! Last Saturday my friends and I stayed in a cheap hotel in Aranjuez. We visited the Royal Palace (Palacio Real in Spanish) in Aranjuez. This palace is very big. It has 285 bedrooms. We visited Palacio Real with a tourist guide. He explained everything to us. After that,they asked us to have lunch in a big restaurant. We had the menu of the day. We drank some red wine. We got a bit tipsy!!! Hahaha…

By Mary:
On my last weekend I went to my small town, in Toledo. It was Carnival. On Saturday afternoon there was a costume parade along the streets. Then, in the evening, there was a Mask Ball. On Sunday I came back to Madrid. What a pity! because I love being in my town!

By Marta:
My last weekend was very interesting. Last Friday, I went to the cinema with my boyfriend and then, we had drink. I saw the film El misterioso caso de Benjamin Button. The film was very long but I liked it.
I went out with my friends on Saturday night. We went to Getafe's Carnivals. I enjoyed it.
On Sunday I was very tired. I stayed in my house all day. I did my homework and saw another film.

By Casilda:
I am goig to tell the story of a night out last Saturday. I went to have dinner with my friends Karen and Juani. It was my birthday. I wore a black jacket, a red skirt and black boots. First we went to an Italian restaurant on Malasaña street. We had fish and typical Italian food, we drank wine. After dinner, we went dancing to a pub. We returned home by taxi at about 4. It is very expensive but if I drink alcohol I can't drive. We had a good night and I had a fantastic birthday.

By Alba:
I'm going to tell you about my last weekend.
Last Friday, my friend Álvaro visited me. He lives in Granada. He came here because he was on holidays. At night we went to Opción. Opción is a shopping center. There are a lot of pubs. We had a good time.
On Saturday my friend and I went to Kapital. Kapital is a disco in Atocha. We celebrated a birthday. When we arrived at the door of Kapital a man said: "You cannot come in". We didn't undertand anything. So then we went to Getafe.
On Sunday I slept a lot.