Life is simple. Try to imagine what it would be to live in a city with the history from Roman Empire. This is Hamburg. A special city, which is the second largest in Germany. Cosmopolitan, industrial, huge, classic, harbor, are some features of this place.

Soul Kitchen it’s a movie that was set in folk Hamburg. It talks about everyday-problems, ordinary things. This is an entertaining film than tells the story of an ordinary man owner a bankruptcy restaurant, debt-ridden and

disappointed of love.

If you want to see a

blockbuster or a

masterfully film,

isn’t for you, but if

you want to have a

good moment by

watching a sunrise or

see people walking

around, in other

words, if you are a

XXI century romantic,

you'll love it.

The german director

Fatih Akim gets a

eventful work with a

great cast like Birol

Unel (Head-on 2004),

Mortiz Bleibtrew (Lola

Run Lola 1998, The

Experiment 2001), Adam

Bousdoukos (In July

2000). The music is so

important too; you’ll

feel like if you were

stuck between the bass

drum beat in the

middle of a concert of

percussion, with bands

like “Kool and the

gang” or “Mongo

Santamaria” which is

absolutely powerful.

Soul Kitchen contains love, madness, deception, music, gourmet, rock and soul music, industrial locations, sex, culture, bets, crazy parties… What else you want? Let yourself away!!!

The Olympic Games have been an important

event for many years and the reason is that

all the sports disciplines take place along

with thousands of athletes from all around

the world.

OLIMPIC GAMES

Every four years in the Olympic Games,

the opening ceremony typically starts with

the hoisting of the host country’s flag and

a performance of its national anthem. The

host nation then presents artistic shows of

music, singing and dance representative

of its culture.

The closing ceremony takes place after all

sporting events have concluded and finally

three flags are hoisted while the

corresponding national anthems are

played: the flag of the current host

country, the flag of Greece, to honor the

birthplace of the Olympics and the flag of

the country hosting the next Olympic

games.

Winter & Paralympic Games

There are different seasons for the

Olympics, like the winter games

created to show ice and sports that were

impossible to hold during the summer

games and the Paralympics with first

held in 1960 in Roma, that brought 400

athletes with disabilities and the second

time in Seoul 1988.

So they wanted to change public

attitudes towards disability and to show

the importance of Paralympic sports and

to integrate two games in one Olympic

year but in the other hand in 2010, the

Olympic games were complemented by

the youth games which give athletes

between the ages of 14 and 18 the

chance to compete.

Youth Olympic Games

The first youth games were held in

Singapore on August 2010, having 241

participants representing 14 nations in

1896. The normal games have grown until

10500 competitors from 204 nations at the

2012 London Olympics. During the games,

most athletes and officials are located in a

place called the ‘Olympic village’. The

purpose of this village it’s to contain all the

Olympic participants with cafeterias and

health clinics, for example.

It’s a world event that reunite all the nations

and not only to play Olympic Games.

However competition it’s also a great place

in terms of tourism, knowing lots of cultures

and languages. In the other hand, to

support each sport event is not cheap, so

most of the people go only to the opening

and the closing events, because they are

the most important after all.

Sources:

www.olympic.org/london-2012.jsp

www.wikipedia.com/olympic_games.p

hp

By Elizabeth Moreno.

The music is closely related to other aspects of culture, the most generalized ideas of each community, the vision

about the role of art in society, as well as variants of each author.

This is music, and is what unites us with everyone. Festivals are the largest representation we have to know the

music from around the world. The popular music festivals are an important part of each country, representing their

customs and traditions; there are many festivals around the world to meet people of all countries.

Music is a symbol worldwide; more than art and culture is a form to express the liberty of the human kind,

although communication and technology allow greater access to different forms of music, also contribute to the

gradual extinction of traditional music. Depending on the style and context, music can teach you about culture and

lifestyle. In the world you can find, a lot of music styles, but you always you can select the most interesting for

you. There are many festivals around the world for everyone, among them.

Pink pop Festival (May, 26 to 28): One of the most

historical festivals in Europe This year will feature

Bruce Springsteen, Soundgarden and The Cure, as

headliners.

Rock in Rio - Lisboa (May 25 to 26 / June 1 to 3).

This year will feature, Metallica, Lenny Kravitz and

Stevie Wonder, among his shows.

Primavera Sound (May 31 to June 3): With

Barcelona, Spain, Primavera Sound is a long festival

of alternative music. This year will participate, Wilco,

The Cure, Björk and Chilean DJ, Matias Aguayo,

among other artists.

Bonnaroo (June7 to 10). This year, Radiohead, Red

Hot Chili Peppers, Phish and The Beach Boys, will

headline the festival in Tennessee.

Download (June 8 to 10): Hard rock fans, served for

bands like The Prodigy, Metallica and Black Sabbath.

Roskilde (July 5 to 8): Denmark, electronic music,

rock & roll. Björk shows, Bruce Springsteen, The

Cure and The Roots, among others.

Lollapalooza (August 3 to 5 ): Chile. Bands are The

Black Keys, Black Sabbath, Red Hot Chili Peppers,

Jack White and the Jaivas, among others.

Leeds (August, 24 to 26): The Fest Leeds, in

England this year, includes Foo Fighters, The Cure,

Paramore and The Black Keys in his shows.

Rock al parque the meeting of three days of music

and urban culture, the largest Latin American festival.

The list goes example is Glastonbury (2013), V Moon

Festival, and include them on Planet Terra in Brazil,

but for now, we leave you with this wonderful world of

music.

By Johana Sandoval Vargas

Music festivals around the World

Some reasons to travel to St. Petersburg

Saint Petersburg-Russia, is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, with an enriched history, splendid

architecture and a lot of interesting cultural traditions. This city, the second biggest in Europe, was founded in the

beginnings of XVIII century and has been taken part of a set of historic events that makes it a fascinating place to

visit .

1 Saviod on the spilled blood

. A trip to Saint Petersburg must include a visit to one

of the most famous imperial palaces near the city.

These palaces are a showcase of the Emperors of

Russia lifestyle from Peter the Great, the founder of

the city, onwards. The list of palaces includes the

Peterhof, TsarsKye Selo and Gatchina among others.

The Peterhof, sometimes called "the Russian

Versaille”, was ordered to build by Peter the Great

inspired by Versalles, and it was a popular state in the

next generations of Tsars. The palace was improved

throughout the XVIII and the next century gently. The

empress Elizabeth (Peter the Great`s granddaughter),

ordered the expansion of that Palace and greatly

extended the park and its system of fountains,

including the famous and spectacular Grand Cascade.

During the Second World War, almost every suburban

palace in St. Petersburg was ravaged by German

troops, including The Peterhof. Nevertheless, this

palace was repaired thanks to the help of a lot of

military engineers and over 1000 voluntaries, at the

end of the 40 s.

2 The Peterhof

Moreover, St Petersburg has a bunch of attractions and

interesting sights, such as the monuments, the religion

watch tower, interesting museums and engineering

wonders as its great bridges and the Venice of the

North, a part of the city built on hundreds of islands.

Also, the transportation between the sights is more than

enough and appropriated for the travelers, which due to

the transport infrastructure has growth at the same time

with the city and offers an extensive system of local

roads and railway services, besides the waterways. The

public transportation in St. Petersburg includes the

Saint Petersburg Tram and the Saint Petersburg Metro.

Finally, regarding accommodation, in St. Petersburg a

variety of hotels that may suit almost all requirements of

travelers are available. If the desire is to travel in an

inexpensive way, there are a lot of youth hostels which

may offer night accommodation even for 12 Euros

providing the basic services and offering a friendly,

adventurous and a multicultural atmosphere.

A travel to Saint Petersburg is a good opportunity to learn

about history, cultures and lifestyles. The money isn’t a

problem if you decide to find and choose the appropriate

options. Travelling around the world brings interesting

experiences to you and Saint Petersburg is an excellent

place to star.

Sources:

http://eng.cathedral.ru/spasa_na_krovi/

http://www.saint-petersburg.com/

http://www.swinkler.net/2004_stpetersburg_Stefan-Winkler/index.html

By Nidia Reyes

SOCCER IN LATINAMERICA

Source: Inverting the Pyramid by Jonathan Willson

Article written by Jonathan Mora Mendoza.

Soccer is a very popular sport which many people like all around the world. Also in

Colombia many people spend their weekends around a soccer field, playing or watching

the sport. But, how and when did soccer arrive in LatinAmerica?

Long time ago many forms of fotball existed,

but only during the 19th century soccer

began emerging from its sister sport: the

rugby. In 1848 the first set of rules was

written in England by representatives of

same schools. The rules were changed

many times before the Fotball Association of

England was created in 1863. With this

background by british schools which made it

popular in the community. Later clubs were

founded, for example in Argentina and

Uruguay.

With the creation of the Asociacion of

Football, soccer was spread all over the

continent. The first world championship was

played in Uruguay in 1930. The final game

was played between the host country and

Argentina, there Uruguay claimed the title,

winning 4-2.

The next world championship will also take place in south America. There, Brazil hopes to do the

same as Uruguay, winning the totle in their own country. Colombia, with a bit of luck, will also have

a word to decide who will be the next world champion.