Monday 26 October 2015

Movies.

I like movies, I like to go to the cinema or watch them on TV at home. I think movies are a great way to learn and have a good time. I always enjoy fantasy films; they take you out of your reality for a couple of hours. Another type of film I like are historical movies, maybe because my dad watched them everyday -and sometimes I joined him in those movie evenings- made me enjoy a good one. Lately I've started enjoying science fiction; watching how people see their futures is really interesting, like what happened to "Back to the Future II", the year 2015 they show us is not what it looks today, but it shows the dreams of the last century.
I never think of the country when I pick a movie nor the directors, nor the actors, I only pay attention to the storyline. The latest films that I have really enjoyed were 'How to Train your Dragon II' and 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty'. These movies always make me feel something; I'm not sure exactly what it is, but the last time I watched Walter Mitty made me had an existential crisis!

Wednesday 21 October 2015

My best holidays.

Me as a little girl in front of Llanquehue lake
It has been a while since the last time I had a proper trip on holidays, but I remember  that in the summer of 2003 I travelled with my family to the south of Chile for 2 weeks. My parents rent a cottage that looked out over the Llanquihue lake; we just had to cross the road and we were there! During that time we visited all  the beautiful places which we were close to. We did treks in national parks; we visited the Villarica volcano and found the biggest ant we had ever seen. We not only went to the tourist spots, but we also visited every corner we could, every shop, church, eating in small restaurants and spent time with the people we just had met and simply got lost. Although it rained almost everday, we only stayed in the cottage at night, rain doesn´t kill anyone!
All the landscapes I saw that summer made me realize how much I loved nature and how I wanted to be surrounded by such beauty every day.