CHRISTMAS TIME

Winter is coming to our city and although no snow, the Christmas spirit is starting to show through the streets. The sky is covered with gray, the atmosphere darkens and the only lighting are lamps, Christmas decorations in the windows of children waiting for Santa Claus and the lighting colors surrounding trees, fountains and plazas, with beautiful Christmas decorations and gifts, red caps, etc.

Yes, that's right, Christmas is coming and with it gifts, holidays, joy, hope and snow.

Leon is no different cities around the world, as each year the beautiful lights that fill the streets make it a beautiful city where love walking, and when the cold arrives, to find a bar where meet with people, talk and enjoy the wonderful weather, while through the window look like fine snowflakes are filling the street.

It seems that the environment, the cold and the steam coming out of your mouth when you breathe magic wrapped in a whirlwind, that collapses your emotions for every step you take.

Every year when I see snow from my window appears that a glass dome surrounding the city and a curious little boy has caught the ball and was agitated to see the magical effect they produce snowflakes falling from the sky. 
At the end of the day we are all children at once.

TAPEO LEONÉS

In north of Spain, "tapear" is an important gastronomic tradition.
Also "tapear" is very funny way of eating. This custom is very important in León, because is very deep-rooted since many years ago.

"Tapear" lies in a particular way of eating, that is based on little meals which are called "pinchos".
"Pinchos" are a big funny for many people in León.
People used to go the bars to drink some beers with friends at night and to eat "pinchos" which are free with the beer.

There are too many variarities of "pinchos" depending on the bar where people go like meat, fish, fried potatoes with spicy tomato sauce, French chicken and somme food that is typical in León, like croquettes, alioli potatoes, garlic soap, octopus with potatoes, etc.

There are somme typical drinks that people who go to "tapeo" used to drink in León, like spanish beers, german beers, irish beers, austrian beers, etc; gaseous orange juice, non-alcoholic beverage like Coca-Cola, Red Bull, Burn, Sweeps, etc, but, in fact, people who used to go "tapeo" usually drink typical local wines of León, like "Prieto Picudo".

In the future, if you could visit León, we recommended all of you to comme to "Barrio Húmedo" in centre of the city. This place is a part of the old town of the city and it's where ara stood most of the best bars where people can eat "tapas". This are bars like: San Martín, Río Sol, Patatas Blas, Alejandría, etc.

"Tapa" is delicious! Isn't it?

LUCHA LEONESA

The fight also called aluches León, is a sport of the oldest on the continent indigenous to the province of León. They fight in pairs, similar to the Canarian wrestling or sumo Japanese and the struggle takes place with in a circle about 17 meters in diameter.

Wrestlers should wear shorts and short shirt. They can not wear shoes and no socks fighting forces. Typically, they carry a leather belt 2cm wide. This belt is placed around the waist encircling all, above the hip, so as to be easily gripped by the adversary

The goal is, through certain techniques called tricks, make the opponent touch the ground with any part of
the back, which will be dropped. If you manage to touch the ground with your belly or arms, half drop is achivied. It also gives the opponent a fall because of loose belt. Earn the first to get 2 whole falls.

The summer league is individual and has four categories: light (-68), medium (-78), mediopesados (-88) and heavy (+88). Also for children who want to participate in this league is a local sport league called base and is divided into categories of age and weight.

The season ends with the traditional circle "Ribera VS Mountain" celebrates a year in the mountains and one in the bank, these teams are divided by the railway line of FEVE ( León - Bilbao). Where the score changes as the battle is to a fall or 4/2 and timeless, the team that maintains at least a fighter in the ring (called the cock of the circle).

Hi PEOPLE, THERE WE ARE AGAIN!

Hi people, there we are again!
Today is your lucky day, we are introducing ourselves a little bit. we starting, allright?

María Bernardo
Hi I´m  María and I´m studying Hispanic Philology in the university. I have lived in León for two years. I like french culture, books, music and my favourite singer is Matt Pokora. Of course, I´m in loving of Paris. I like sport as rhythmic gymnastics and I practised it for nine years. I like go shopping and I adore romantics movies, like The Notebook.

Sonia Aller
Hi I'm Sonia and I'm studying Hispanic Philology in the university. I have lived in León since I borned but I like Barcelona. I'm very extroverted but I have bad character. I like go shopping, meeting my friends and going to the cinema. My favourite actors are Alexander Skarsgard and Johnny Depp. My idol is Alice Dellaland. I like read and one of my favorites books is "50 shades".

Selene Álvarez
Hello, my name is Selene, and I´m from a little village of Palencia, but I´m studying in León. I love read and my favourite writer is Edgar Allan Poe, and some of my favourites books are Anna Karenina, Geisha´s Memories, Pride and Prejuice and Luces de Bohemia. This is my dog Bolt and now it´s three. My favourite sportlers is Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps.

                         

Alberto Rodríguez.

Hi guys! What's up? What can I say of me? I love music, heard it and play it with my electric guitar. I like the cinema and my favourites movies are K-Pax,  A Clockwork Orange, Shaw, The Vow, XXX, Remember me, Alien 1 and 2 and Die Hard. Also I like food and beer. In my free time I go out with my friends and my girlfriend Sonia. As I said before, I love music, specially Rock music, and my favourite groups are Slipknot, Foo Fighters, Bon Jovi, Queen and Guns N Roses.

HI GUYS!

Hi guys! We are a group composed by Selene, Sara, María, Sonia and Alberto and we have created this blog for a english class 'cause we are studying first degree in hispanic philology in Leon university.
This blog'll speak about all the traditions that we have here, in leon, where we explain to all the world how we live our festivities with images, pictures, music and videos made for us in our freetime.
So, we want that this blog like all of you, web-visitants, who get into it  and spend a very good time reading us and watching us in our videos.
We hope that you get fun with us. see you soon and thanks for watching.
Bye guys.