The Tragedy of Germanwings

The 27th of March of 2015 a plane crashed in the French Alps. 

In the first moment, everyone thought that the plane had fallen because of the age of the plane, which was 24. This was an enormous tragedy because 50 people from Spain died in the precise moment in which the plane crashed.

The police did a great job trying to find the corpses, the belongings of the people and the most important of all, the black box, which reveals what really had happened. They found the first black box and all the speculations changed because they heard how the pilot left the cabin and a later sound of someone trying to open the door.

The airplane started to lose height but people did not notice. At first, the airplane slid on a mountain. In that moment, the first yells of people sounded and finally, they heard a great breath from Andreas Lubitz, who had psychological problems and was the guilty of that horrible tragedy.

The police found in his parents’ house some medicines, such as antidepressants, which means that he suffered a mental illness.

I recognize the great job of the police, the researchers and the psychologist that helped the families to understand what had happened.

You will love New York

New York is a very attractive and enormous city. It is considered to be the capital of the world and when you visit the city you realize why people say that. It is very impressive for people that live in small cities because it doesn’t matter where you are that you can see hundreds of skyscrapers. That is what I thought when I arrived the city. I am going to tell you some places that caught my attention when I visited the city. 

Central Park is a calm place inside the crowded, busy city. It’s very big. It takes one hour to cross it from side to side. In the park you can watch people playing basketball and baseball which are very common sports in the USA. 

The Statue of Liberty is not in the city. It is in the middle of an island. You need to take a boat to reach to the island. Inside the statue there are very long stairs which you can use to reach to the crown of the statue which is the tallest part. 

If you Times Square you will be amazed. 1 million people go to this square to celebrate the New Year. It is full of big screens showing advertisements and a lot of colored lights.

And finally, the last place I´m going to talk about is the Empire State building. It is an incredible building which is more than 300 meters tall. It has more than 100 floors and you can take an elevator which takes you to the top in less than one minute. When you are at the top you can see all of the island of Manhattan. It is a magic place.

Ireland

Today, I’m going to talk about a trip I took to Ireland two years ago. I stayed in an Irish house for three weeks. The family was formed by the parents and 3 girls. Although I knew English, the first few days, I didn't understand them. During that period of time, some strange things caught my attention. The culture in Ireland is very different from our culture. 

First of all, in Ireland, they eat lunch at the same time as in England. I knew that before. However, when I arrived, it was difficult for me to adapt. They have lunch at 12 o’clock and they have dinner at 6 o’clock. The first few days, when I was going to go bed, I was very hungry. Then, I bought some sweets to eat them at night. I can’t believe how they can go from 6 pm to 7 am without eating.

Furthermore, the food is very different. They eat a lot of fast food and they never eat vegetables. One day, I ate some salad and the little girl asked me “Why are you eating vegetables?” They don’t usually eat bread. They only eat bread when they have pizza, the opposite of us. Another day, they gave me beans with tomato, I thought I wouldn’t like them, but they were very tasty. When I was in Ireland, I used to have lunch in the school. They always gave me a sandwich of ham and cheese, a juice, and chips. I spent 3 weeks having the same lunch. Another thing that surprised me was that they added salt to every single meal.

They play rare games. For example, they hold their breath and turn around. When they stop they fall to the floor. They tried to faint. They asked me if I wanted to try it, but I always said no.

Do you know that children TV programs where they say some English sentences? In Ireland, it’s the opposite. They see TV programs in English where the characters say some Spanish words. One example of these programs is “Dora, the explorer” When I was there, I loved seeing children’s programs, because they were easy to understand, and it was a good way to learn more English.

I think that this is a good experience that everybody should have because you will have fun, and you’ll experience new cultures.