About human rights, remembering and celebrating Nelson Mandela's belief.

Today the world remembers Nelson Mandela, his life, his work, his belief.

He fought his battle years ago and thanks to his strenght and other african men and women, apartheid was declared illegal and black african people had the same rights than whites.

It may seem a battle of the past but I was thinking that even nowdays in many countries human and civil rights are not for everyone, and not only in far away places, it can happen also in our country. So more than ever it is important to follow the example of such a person and his life, to remember that equality between all human beings is the major accomplishment we can achieve. I truly want to work for and live in a world where all our differences, as ethnic origin, religious belief, gender, nationality, political affiliation, sexual orientation, social standing, we'll be factors that make us grow and learn from each other, against discrimination.

And I also think that a place like italki is a good place to share different cultures, and finding out that being different can be something more to share, and that in the end it is possible to find a common point of view and a way of communication if people really want to, as Mandela thought.

 

Visitar Barcelona..habeis consejos?

hola todos! hoy voy a preguntar noticias de Barcelona.

Yo he visatado la ciudad hace algunos anos y si podrè en febrero irè de nuevo para la boda de una amiga. Yo he visto las majores operas de arte etc y me han gustado muchissimo, como toda la ciudad. Park Guell, la Sagrada Familia, la Fundaciò Joan Mirò, Casa Batllo, la Pedrera..creo que Barcelona es una ciudad llena de historia pero moderna tambièn..el porto, el Aquarium..me ha encantada. Asì si yo volverè a barcelona, yo quieria visitar tambièn cosas que no podria conocer..barrios particulares o lugares caracterìsticos..habeis consejos?

 

 

Favourite books? I'm looking for books in english, need advices ;)

Hi everyone! I'd like to read in english..good books not too difficult to read ;)

I like Ian McEwan so I tried to read one of his books a couple of years ago but I found it hard so I'm reading him in italian, I also read Jonathan Coe, Doris Lessing but I have doubts about choosing another author to read in english..some advices please?

What are your favourite books/authors?

 

lecturas favoritas y consejos

hola! yo estuve piensando a que leer cuando habia terminado mi libro actual..a mi me gusta leer, me gustan varias lecturas, principalmente novelas, me gustan los libros de Isabel Allende y Doris Lessing, Ian McEwan, Jonathan Coe, pero me gusta tambien leer nuevos escritores y a vezes cuando voy a comprar un libro pido consejo a el librero para conocer nuevas lecturas. Ultimamente yo he descubirto que existen libro tractos de la serie tv "Castle" (la serie me hace sonrier y me interesa) y estoy leendo estos libros tambien..y me gusta el comic "diabolik"..entonces mis lecturas son varias de verdad!

Y a vosotros que libros os gustan?

Buenas noches y buenas lecturas a todos!

hi everyone! Getting started on Italki, sharing languages and experience Hi! I'm from Italy and I subscribed on Italki to improve and learn other languages. I was always interested in knowing different languages, cultures and people so years ago when I had the chance I went to the Unites States for a volunteering Camp. I went there with other italian people and there we met this group of great people coming from the States and from other American countries. I spent beautiful days there and as we got to know each other more we found out that we were in a wonderful mixture of languages and cultures and that we could share our experiences and learn and grow together. One of so many moments to remember was when one of the american friends wanted to learn to play a song by guitar, so one of us italian was trying to explain and then...there was a huge boundary.. "do re mi fa sol la si do" vs " A B C D E", european scale vs american scale.. But this wouldn't have stopped us: some people could speak Spanish, so we made up an "ItalSpanglisH" and we could go from italian scale to spanish to american...we really laughed out loud..days to remember! Sharing languages and experiences is always a great way to spend time!

hola todos! Aqui llueve y es frìo y..tiempo de tomar un tè

Hola!

Yo estuve buscando a donde poder aprender y intercambiar idiomas en internet y he conocido este sitio web hoy. Me gusta mucho poder hablar y intercambiar idiomas para aprender y conocer otras personas y culturas y experiencias.

Yo soy Italiana y aquì estos dias son lluviosos asì..tè y film!

Què film?  "La grande bellezza" de Paolo Sorrentino. La pelìcula habla de la ciudad de Roma, de cuanto es maravillosa y grande pero tambien perdida, y como las personas que viven en esta ciudad pueden extraviarse. Buscar y encontrar tu mismo es siempre la cosa mas importante y mas dificile.

Buena la pelìcula y bueno el tè,

y bueno y interesante este sitio!