13 de enero de 2012

Spanish Omelette

A delicious potato omelette which can be served as a tapas, warm, cold with salad....


Ingredients (for 3 people):
  • 4 Eggs
  • 1/2 kilo potatoes
  • Olive Oil (one glass)
  • Salt
Steps:
  1. Wash and cut the potatoes into thin slices. Heat the oil in the pan, and add the potatoes and salt. Fry, stirring occasionally. If you prefer the potatoes to be soft, use a spatula to mash them as they are frying. When they are a golden colour, remove from the pan   and it is important thatthe oil drain in a colander or on a plate with paper towels.
  2. Beat the eggs with a little salt and once they have been beaten add the potatoes, mixingwell with the beaten egg.
  3. Put two small spoonfuls of olive oil in the frying pan, so that the bottom of the pan is covered with a thin layer of oil. Once the oil is hot, add the potato and egg mixture. Move skillfully shaking the pan so the tortilla does not stick. Once the omelette seems to be cooked, use the lid of the frying pan (or a large plate) to tip the omelette out of the pan, add a little more oil and slide the omelette in again, this time putting the less cooked side first into the pan (it's easy, just have to do it safely) . If you need to repeat this step, so that the omelette is perfectly cooked and golden on both sides, you may do so. This omelette is delicious hot or cold.
  4. And that's our omelets.
Exist other types of tortillas, for example:
  • Spanish omelette with onion and potato: the process is the same. All you have to do is cut two onions into thin slices, and add them to the oil just after adding the potatoes.
  • Spanish omelette with almost anything: other ingredients Spaniards sometimes use in their omlette recipies include ham, cheese, mushrooms, artichokes, spinach, chorizo...

I hope you enjoy this typical Spanish dish.




26 de noviembre de 2011

Plan of holiday for me and my friends: Visit Edinburgh

Edinburgh is a city with two towns. Besides the castle is the narrow closes, winding streets and tall tenements of the Old Town, while opposite are the elegant classical squares, broad streets and peaceful gardens of the Georgian New Town.

My friends and I are going to visit Edinburgh in August, when performing the most important festivals in the world, such as The International Festival, Military Tattoo, Fringe Festival or Book Festival. We will be six days.
The flight will arrive on a Sunday night, and we've hired the bus will pick us up at the airport and take us to the centre of the city, where will be our hotel.

First Day:

The first day, we will tour the old town on the Royal Mile. We start from the esplanade of the castle (this area is called Casttlehill), where we see the ‘’witches fountain’’, Scotch Whisky Experience, the outlook tower (camera obscura) and finally the church where is The Hub.


Royal Mile

Then we go into Lawnmarket, will see the Lady Stair's Close, Writer Museum and one of the most famous pubs in the city, Deacon Brodie's. In this area of the Royal Mile, we can see a great variety of typical shops (souvenirs…).

Later, we will go to High Street where they usually hold the majority of street artists promoting their performances at the Fringe Festival. Besides, will go to St. Giles Cathedral, the Square and the Parliament House. Also see the City Chambers and below the Childhood Museum and John Knox House.
In this moment we will eat at any restaurant of which are located in this area.

After lunch, continue along the Royal Mile, now Canongate. We will see the Canongate Toolbath, The People's Story, the church Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh museum and one of the most beautiful gardens in the city, Dunbar's Close.

Finally, walk the last part of the Royal Mile, Holyrood. We will enter to the Scottish parliament. To end the day, we will go to Holyrood Palace (official residence of the Scottish and British monarchs from the sixteenth century) which is opposite the Parliament. Is a wonderful place and nice.

Second Day:

Morning we will climb to Arthur's Seat.

Then, will eat in restaurants of Holyrood and in the afternoon we will walk through Holyrood Park to reach Cowgate and Grassmarket, lively area in which there are bars, restaurants ... we will dine here and take something.

Third day:

Morning, visit the National Museum of Scotland. After, go to Elephant House, where J.K. Rowling wrote Harry Potter novel. We will eat in the area.

Afternoon, we will go to the National Library of Scotland, the Greyfiars cemetery (cemetery with the highest degree postelgeit the world). We will go at school John Heriot and the Old College.
Finally we will go to area college, where the Meadows, that are public areas for practice various sports or walk for them.

By the night, we will go to Military Tattoo in the Esplanade of Casttle. We will enjoy the best show in the world of bagpipes and Scottish culture.



Military Tattoo

Fourth day:

This day we will visit the New Town. Firstly, walk around the Princes Street, where we see the Walter Scott Monument, stores Jenners, the National Gallery of Scotland and the mound. Secondly, we will go shopping, to buy souvenirs or other things.



Princes Street

We will lunch in the Princes Street Gardens. Food shopping at one of the stores there in this part of the city.
After lunch, walk around the park enjoying the beautiful gardens to reach the west end of the park where we will see the Caledonian, one of the largest hotels in Edinburgh.

 We will dinner for any bar or restaurant on Princes Street.

Fifth day:

In the morning, we will visit Carlton Hill, a hill with several monuments as Observatory House, National Monument and Nelson Monument. From this hill there are stunning views of the entire city and the Firth of Forth.


Views from Carlton Hill

We will lunch in St. James Centre, next to the square of Picardy, with great atmosphere throughout the day.

Then, we will go into Princes Street where we see the Balmoral, one of the largest hotels, and the General Register House. We will walk the streets parallel to Princes Street, George Street and Queen Street. We will be able to see the Charlotte Square and many shops, restaurants ... Moreover, these streets are wide variety of high quality shops.

By the night, we will go to see the Mary King's Close, some passages where actors tell us ghost stories and their passages.

Sixth day:

In the morning, we will visit the castle and we will be able to see the best views of the New Town.

Later, we will go to the airport to return to Spain.



I hope we can all enjoy this wonderful and unique European city and we will always remember this incredible experience.

23 de octubre de 2011

What type of job do you dream about?

 In the past, when I was still very small, always dreamed know many places and many cultures. My dream has always been travel. No matter with whom, and where, but what really matters is knowing the World. Therefore, I would like not to have a steady job and being able to move around the World. 
I still do not know to do in the not too distant future, but i know that something related to tourism.


For example, I like to work and learn about some country in Asia, such as China, Vietnam, Laos, India, Thailand, Indonesia ... 
In these countries you can see a very different culture from ours. Moreover, they still are seen many buildings, monuments and sites representing its history and culture. In Europe or America we can not see some examples of this art that exists in these countries, such as:



Laos


China


India



Thailand

Furthermore, these countries have great natural heritage. Beaches, almost virgin sites ...that lately are becoming quintessential tourist resourcesFor example: 


Beaches in Thailand


Bahia of Halon V, vietnam


Batur volcano, Bali, Indonesia


Is impossible to resist these stunning locations. So I would love to work as tourist guide or in any museum of any such country, to  be fully aware of their history and culture and to enrich me  the local people.


To sum up, as I mentioned at the beginning, I would like to know the whole world, so this has only been a great example of why we should get to know and to enrich me these cultures, but I also would love to get to know the rest of the world the best way possible, as a tour guide.