Barcelona, Spain - 22nd July 2012
By: SiniS
Hello mom!!!
We had a very special day, today. Read! We went near home, to Parc de la Pegaso and take a walk.
We went to the second floor.
Z- C’mon boys!!!
A-Oww, look!!! There are some games!!!
T-And look this, is so interesting!!!
It’s a blackboard that teach you Braille! Braille is an alphabet, a dot system with relief that let blind people to read and write. The base are 6 dots and you can get 63 combinations with them. The presence or absence of some dots determinate the character.
Each one of us tried to write his name in Braille system.
A-I’m going to write my name. A… P… E… A… P… I… N… A…, ¡Ape Apina!
After this, we came down again and play a bit in other games
T-I want to slide!!
Z-TezTez wait for us!! We want to slide too!!!
A-Ok, at the same time…
Z,T,A- Wiiiiii!!!!!!!!!
A-Now we have to pass the net to get the swing!
Z-Mom!!! Push us!
When we finished our games, we continued our visit!
This is the lake
This is the principal gate to enter in the park. At left you can see the entry to Guardia Urbana, the police station.
Can you see the signs on the floor??? There’s a circuit to learn to drive!
Z-Look at this, Ape Apina!!! Palm trees!!!
A- I have to climb one!!! I need it!!!!
I’m going to get one of my lifemissions!!!
A-I will climb this one!
While I was climbing the palm tree, TezTez and Zero were watching and animating me.
T,Z-Go, go, go, go, go!!!!
A- Up!
A-Up!
A-And up!
T,Z-Bravoooo!!!!
Z-We want to climb one, too!
A-Ok, climb this one, it’s easier!
Mommy!!! I get another lifemission! Are you proud of me?
We continued our walk in the park. It rather seems a wood!
We passed this beautiful bridge
And then we had to go out to come back home.
-Boys, say “bye” to the park!!
A,Z,T-Byeee!!!
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Posted Jul 30, 2012, 9:26 pm Last edited Jul 30, 2012, 9:32 pm by SiniS
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Barcelona, Spain - 24th July 2012
By: SiniS
Mommyyyy!!!!!
I’m still happy to fullfill one of my lifemissions. I thought I should go to desert to climb a palm tree, but I shouldn’t!!!!!
But surprises still come to us, today Zero prepared another big surprise for us. We were talking about our things when he said to us:
Z-Guys!!! As you know, this week the Olympic Games start in London.
A-Yes
T-We know it.
Z-I’ve got a surprise for you!! Let me introduce you one of my brothers. He is Cobi!!!
C-Hello boys!!
A-Nice to meet you!! My name is Ape Apina.
T-Hello! My name is TezTez
Z-Cobi is famous!!! Do you know why? Because in 1992 the Olympic Games were here in Barcelona and he was the mascot of the games!! And it doesn’t finish here. He got a Tv serie where he was the protagonist with some of his friends!!
C-Do you want to watch the opening of my Tv serie?
A,T,Z-Yes, yes, please!!!
All you can watch it too here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYwpuPdMkHU
The lyric says:
Cobi, the most wonderful mascot
Lives near the sea in Barcelona
Petra*, Jordi, Olivia and Forçut,
No-Si and Cuca too are his troupe.
But here comes Dr.Normal
Trying to bother
Woods and extinction fauna,
All I want is to destroy them,
Although I do my best
Cobi wins and I lose again.
To explore, to do ski, to dance,
To play, to paint, to travel to…
Venus, London, Tokio, India.
New York, Senegal, Reykjavik, the jungle, Hong Kong,
The desert, Moscow, La Pampa, La Costa Brava!
Cobi, the most wonderful mascot
Lives near the sea in Barcelona
Cobi will be the greatest friend for you
C’mon! We’re waiting you with the Cobi Troupe.
Friends Forever!
*As you can see, Petra haven’t got arms. She was the mascot of the Paralympic Games in Barcelona 1992.
Then, Cobi showed us some books about all the history of Olympic Games and we learned a lot.
And this is the part about Barcelona.
The Olympic Games in Barcelona were wonderful and all the people say that were the best ever!!! Tomorrow will be the 20th anniversary and Cobi will show us some more things.
Tomorrow I tell you!!! I’m nervous to learn so much things!!!
Bye!!! Miss youuu!!!
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Posted Jul 31, 2012, 8:28 pm Last edited Jul 31, 2012, 8:32 pm by SiniS
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Barcelona, Spain - 26th July 2012
By: SiniS
Hi mom!!!
This afternoon Cobi reunited us for his surprise, what will be? What will be? I love surprises!!
C-Boys! Are you ready for the surprise?
A,T,Z-Yeeeeeessssss!!!!!!
C-We’re going to visit the Olympic Barcelona!!!!!!!
Wooowww!!!! It will be so wonderful!!!!
We had to take the underground
And after a short trip, we are in Plaça Espanya!!!
C-Can you see the big brown building??? We have to go there and beyond!
We are a bit closer…
C-This is the Magic Fountain, we will come back later.
C-Those four columns are a sign of Catalonia
C-We are near!!!
C-Look how long we have walked!
C-This big brown building is Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC, National Art Museum of Catalonia). But we have to walk a bit more…
C-And… here you are!!!! This is the Olympic Stadium Lluis Companys. And a bit closer…
C-This is Palau Sant Jordi
C-This is the Communications Tower.
C-Let’s come into the stadium!
In the last photo you can see the censer.
Me with the censer
In the floor you can see the Olympic Walk of Fame.
I tried to put my foot on it, but it’s too small!!!
Near this Olympic Walk of Fame there’s the Olympic Museum
On one of its wall we could see this poster about Cobi!!! He is 20 years old!!!
And on another wall we could see a relief of a circuit. It was the Circuit de Montjuïc, were Formula 1 ran long time ago. It was an urban circuit around this mountain of Montjuïc.
This is one of the curves of the circuit
C-C’mon boys, it’s time to come back to the Magic Fountain. The show will start soon!!!
The Magic Fountain has choreographed musicals for a duration of 10 to 14 minutes which combines musical excerpts. As it get darks, it turns more beautiful.
It was so beautiful!!! But it was 11 o’clock and we had to come back home before they close the underground. Thanks Cobi to show us this beautiful part of the city!!!!
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Barcelona, Spain - 27th July 2012
By: SiniS
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Posted Aug 26, 2012, 3:32 pm Last edited Aug 26, 2012, 3:33 pm by SiniS
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Barcelona, Spain - 3rd August 2012
By: SiniS
Hello mommy!!!
Do you remember when we were searching photos on Internet? If you don’t, read the update on 10th July. So, that was a surprise to TezTez’s mom!! And today Zero's mom told us that TezTez’s mom has received the surprise. We are so happy and hope that she like it!!
I love you mom!!!!
Bye!!!!
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Can Sala, Cànoves, Spain - 16th August 2012
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Posted Sep 2, 2012, 1:50 pm Last edited Sep 10, 2012, 3:13 pm by SiniS
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Barcelona, Spain - 22nd August 2012
By: SiniS
Hi mommy!!!
Today we have visited Camp Nou!!! And Doña Felisa get one of hers life missions and Zero improve one of his!!!
We enter by one of the lateral gates. Can you see all that shields in the wall? They are from each “penya barcelonista”, a community that brings support to a football team, in this case, Barça.
This big truck is TVE, a national public television channel that will transmit live the match. Tomorrow there will be a Barça-Madrid match, the two most important teams in Spain. We have found a cartel that informed that.
This is the principal gate to the stadium, but you have to pay to visit it.
In front of this gate, there are some sculptures.
And this is me with Barça flags and Catalonia flag.
And finally, outside the stadium, you can see “La Masia”, it was home to the Barcelona youth squad.
Congratulations Doña Felisa!!! I hope you enjoy this visit!!
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Barcelona, Spain - 24th August 2012
By: SiniS
Hi mommy!
Today we helped Rico the Tiger and Doña Felisa to draw and write in the travelling notebook. This notebook will travel soon, so they wanted to participate in it before it continues its trip
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Barcelona, Spain - 1st September 2012
By: SiniS
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Posted Sep 7, 2012, 3:51 pm Last edited Sep 7, 2012, 3:57 pm by SiniS
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