Trees, bushes and birds in La Rioja

Note: For slower connections, go to: http://www.scribd.com/doc/35404093/Trees-bushes-and-birds-in-La-Rioja-Spain
Trees, bushes and birds in La Rioja (Spain)

*** If you want to learn more about words related to this topic, both in English and Spanish, visit my other blog: http://olartia.blogspot.com/2010/08/trees-and-birds-that-you-can-find-in-la.html

Videos about Rioja wine

(Picture taken by me in my village)© Olartia Palacios

In the following link, you can watch some videos about Rioja Wine and Rioja wine region, in English:

CLICK HERE

Chapters 1 and 2 are also in youtube:
Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Also in youtube, there is a video, in English, about a very famous festival in Haro: The wine battle (La batalla del vino)

La Rioja (videos)

En youtube podeis ver este vídeo sobre La Rioja (en español)que se filmó para dar a conocer nuestra regón en el programa "La Rioja, tierra universal", en el año 2007.



You can also watch the two videos I created for my English as a Second language students. I created both videos just for educational purposes, and thanks to Ben, Scot and also the help of many other people and their creations: resources published on the internet. I am very grateful to all of them, as without them I would have never had either the time or knowledge to do so.

They may help you to know more about my land, in English:
My videos about La Rioja

Bibliografía sobre La Rioja (España)

Haz click en el siguiente enlace para acceder a varias páginas web donde encontrarás información sobre La Rioja:
Información sobre La Rioja

o AQUÍ

También lo puedes ver aquí:
Páginas Web sobre La Rioja (España)

A TV series: Gran Reserva

Have a look at the official page of the TV series which made lots of Spanish people wonder whether we were like that here in La Rioja! Well, if I ever feel tempted to say that life is pretty boring here, I will think about it twice, as such intrigues and cunning characters are not my cup of tea, really!
However, it is worth watching, so have a look at it. It may also help you to practise your Spanish, if you are learning it:
http://www.rtve.es/television/gran-reserva/

Torrejas o torrijas

El martes de carnaval es típico en La Rioja comer unas torrejas (algunos las llaman torrijas)y quizá a alguien le apetezca relajarse un rato en la cocina...
¡A disfrutar!



Do you want to know about some recipes from La Rioja in English? Have a look at the side column: Spanish recipes, pinchos morunos, ...

Para empezar/ To start with

This first post is meant just to give you some hints which may be useful if you intend to create your own blog but you don't know much about the topic.

Compartiendo herramientas para autodidactas en blogs/
Sharing tools to learn how to do things on your blog by yourself.

*** Tarea 1/Task 1:
Haz click en este enlace y sigue instrucciones/Click on the next link and follow instructions:
Como crear tu blog paso a paso en blogger



*** Tarea 2/Task 2:
Cómo añadir la imagen que ves en tu pantalla del ordenador al blog/How to save what you see on your screen and upload it on your blog:
1º: Seleccionar y abrir la página a copiar y hacer click en "Print screen" (o "Imprime pantalla" o "PRTSC SYSRQ"). Se copia toda la pantalla.
Click on "print screen" and what is visible on your screen will be copied. Then paste it either "word" or "paint".
2º: Copiar en el programa word y seleccionar imagen con el ratón y dar a guardar en el programa paint
3º: O copiar y guardar en paint, pero cambiándole el tamño a 50% o el tamaño que desees. (If you paste it on "paint", you can alter the size of the image)
4º: Abrir archivo con Galeria fotografica de windows
(If you open the file on "Windows gallery", then you can modify the original image)
5º: Recortar imagen y darle a aplicar y guardar
6º: Seguir instrucciones de blogger para subir la imagen a tu blog (Follow "blogger" instructions to upload the image on your blog)
7º: Ver vista previa y si no está donde quieres seleccionar, cortar y pegar donde desees.
Ejemplo: l imagen que he colocado en esta entrada.

*** Tarea 3:
¿Quieres descargar y ver vídeos de forma fácil?
Lo puedes hacer con

real player

Real player will help you download videos.

*** Tarea 4:
¿Quieres incluir vídeos de youtube en tu blog? Copia el embed de la parte iaquierda del vídeo, donde dice "insertar", y pégalo en tu blog.
Youtube allows you to inser videos on your blog, just by embedding them on it.



Aquí lo puedes ver:



Y así, ya tienes el vídeo en tu blog:



(Nota: Algunos vídeos no se pueden insertar por petición del autor o por otros motivos/ Some videos cannot be embedded, though)

*** Tarea 5:
¿Quieres poner el pronóstico del tiempo en tu blog?/ Weather forecast on your blog?
Haz click AQUI y sigue instrucciones.

*** Tarea 6:
¿Quieres tener un contador de tus visitas al blog?/ Do you want to know how many visits your blog has?
Haz click AQUI

*** Tarea 7:
¿Quieres grabar tus audios y subirlos a internet?/ Do you want to record your voice and upload it on the internet? If you are a teacher, archive.org will help you.
Necesitas una grabadora, Audacity y un servidor de podcast. Yo uso mis audios con fines educativos, por eso acudo a archive.org

*** Tarea 8:
¿Quieres poner canciones en tu blog?/ Do you want people to listen to some songs on your blog? Then, you should visit: goear.com
Puedes subir música dede goear (... me temo que con publicidad al principio)