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Flowing with the Portuguese wine at o Pif

Locals, travellers like me, and I sitting in a wine bar at the end of the street Soulful music, floating around the place light drum beats, splashing to my ears Rosé coloured wall, simmering with ...

Posted by Jieyin Feng on May 26, 2025

The ghosted afternoon

the lazy bone and the crunchy toast the fresh brew and the lousy chain the chirping birds and the tangled mind the chatty crowds and the smiley lone the blue sky and the white contrail the shining...

Posted by Jieyin Feng on May 26, 2025

The craft beer and the palm tree

Wine bottles with different labels on pretty designs standing up to the wall together hollow inside Craft beers but only one option crystal, pale, thin crispy, shining, bubbling full tap Sunligh...

Posted by Jieyin Feng on May 26, 2025

Two historical Poems about the Spanish Civil War

1. Gacela of Unforseen Love - Federico Garcia Lorca ‘Gacela of Unforseen Love’ explores the relationship between love and despair through a remembered romance which has run its course. Federico G...

Posted by Jieyin Feng on May 26, 2025

The organisation of the medieval society

ACTIVITY 1 Review (7 min.) Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfXholnOS9E A quick review on the Medieval society organisation WORK IN GROUPS: Please outline the organisation as below: ACTIVITY...

Posted by Jieyin Feng on May 26, 2025

The life of Isabella II

Read the fun facts and answer the following questions. Discussion: (1) People call her “The Queen of Sad Mischance”. People also say that “her life is a tale of heartbreak, intrigue, and countless ...

Posted by Jieyin Feng on May 26, 2025

The art that outlives the Spanish Civil War

ACTIVITY 1. READING - Learn about some art work related to the Spanish Civil war. 1. Salvador Dalí, Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War), 1936 Unlike many of his contempo...

Posted by Jieyin Feng on May 26, 2025

Fun facts about Christopher Columbus

ACTIVITY 1 TRUE OR FALSE? He proved the Earth was round. He wasn’t the first European to cross the Atlantic. Christopher Columbus was not his real name. The name he was actually given when ...

Posted by Jieyin Feng on May 26, 2025

Cadiz Constitution

1. Read and Fill the gaps with the correct words. La Pepa power freedom absolutists Cortes equality right liberal division Cadiz ...

Posted by Jieyin Feng on May 26, 2025

Anarchism

Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that seeks to abolish all institutions that perpetuate authority, coercion, or hierarchy, primarily targeting the state and capitalism. Anarchism ad...

Posted by Jieyin Feng on May 26, 2025