SEPTEMBER: You have to get in contact with this city and its population. The weather use to be wonderful to have a walk and MEETING LEÓN.
We strongly recommend you to visit the Cathedral, St Marcos, Botines palace and “Barrio Húmedo”. Moreover you should go to the Campus and visit your faculty to meet your new partners and the university atmosphere.
Don`t forget to congratulate the birthday of Sara and Eider. They are growing up!!!
OCTOBER: You can start this month with a popular party, St Froilán, at the 5th, eating “chorizo” and “morcilla”
and having fun with people from this land.
Enjoy your first weeks at the university and, how lucky!!! You will have your first espicha too!!! It is organized by
students of Veterinary.
NOVEMBER: 
Maybe it´s raining so take out your umbrella and let’s go to the countryside! We are going to take some mushrooms! Be careful, and have some information about them. It could be dangerous if you don’t know which ones are eatables.
There are three espichas this month. Among them there is a special one: ours.
DECEMBER: 
We are sure that you are looking forward to the holidays, but there are great activities along this month. For instance, we have the purple weekend, an international alternative music festival. People from other cities and countries are coming to enjoy this event.
And, of course, Merry Christmas! If you are not going to come back home, be sure that you can find a place to celebrate the New Year eve.
JANUARY: 
Have you been a good child? You might have a present next to the Christmas Tree. The Three Wise Men are a tradition which helps parents to control their kids’ behavior. If they behaves badly they only receive coal from the Three Wise Men. In Spain The Three Wise Men is the same tradition as Santa Claus in U.S.A, it`s celebrated on 6th of January.
As you have a lot of free time, you can practice ski and snowboard in our fantastic ski stations: St Isidro and Leitariegos. We have an Asturian ski station nearer than ours, though called Pajares.
FEBRUARY: Forget everything we have told you before. Now you have to study hard for your exams.
If you have a moment, you must enjoy our fantastic carnival specially in two villages in León : La Bañeza and Astorga.
In a break, remember Nacho’s birthday.
MARCH: After the stress, we propose a trip. It’s close to León, in a little village called Valporquero. There you will visit one of the most famous caves in
At the end of the month will start the Holy Week-Easter, a religious tradition which is repeated year after year; a time when the devout and curious join together to participate and see processions.
APRIL: 
To continue This Holy Week-Easter, León provides us of a special procession which is called St Genarín, this is a legend of a drunkard in León. Genarín was hasty by a garbage truck and people drink this day to live up to one´s reputation.
It finishes with an Espicha, of course.
MAY: The spring comes and the weather`s good.
You can visit the different parks in our city for instance “
Moreover, in this month takes place the last “Espicha” of the year, this is organized by the students of agricultural engineer.
The lessons finish the last days of the month because you should start to study for your exams.
Don`t forget Andres’ birthday.
JUNE: Maybe this month is the worst for students, because we have the final exams, and in this time, the weather is good so it`s more difficult studying. It`s really difficult!!
The 24th of June is the most important festivity in León St. John´s day. We have a tradition in León to do a bonfire that night.
On the other hand the 29th, there is the second more important festivity in León: St. Peter.
With these parties we finished an interesting year in León, ENJOY IT and we hope don´t see you in September because it will mean you have passed all the exams!!!
JULY AND AUGUST: Go on holidays, relax and in October we´ll hope see you here again.
Leon seems like a nice place to be for school. There are many activities and cultural festivities in which students can participate, as well as many interesting places to see. Aside from studying for tests, it seems that students in Leon would generally enjoy the time they spend there!
ResponderEliminarAlso, your English is very good overall. However, there are some grammatical errors. For example, events occur on a date and at a location. So, instead of saying "You can start this month with a popular party, St Froilán, at the 5th, eating “chorizo” and “morcilla” and having fun with people from this land," it would have been better to say "You can start this month with a popular party, St Froilán, on the 5th, eating “chorizo” and “morcilla” and having fun with people from this land."
I hope this helps a little. :)
Wow, sounds like there are a lot of cultural festivals and activities in Leon! What exactly is an "espicha"? It's interesting that the school calendars in Leon and MIT are shifted--we generally have school from September through May, a month off.
ResponderEliminarYour English is great, but one small correction: "Don't forget to congratulate the birthday of Sara and Eider" should be "Don't forget to celebrate the birthday of Sara and Eider."
-Anna-
Leon sounds like an awesome place to be. There are so many things to do, and all the cultural activities sound really fun. I hope that I can visit there someday.
ResponderEliminarYour English is really good overall, but there are some small mistakes. I think what you mean by "Faculty" is actually "Department." Also, although in Spanish the verb "to have" is used for age, in English the verb "to be" is used. So the Department of Education is two years old. Hope that helps!
--Anne
This is a really awesome post =) I loved how you separated it out month by month, so that we see how life changes at different times during the year.
ResponderEliminarI have a lot of small grammatical and idiomatic errors I want to try and help with.
Usually in English we wouldn't say "get in contact with" a city. I would change the wording of the first paragraph to something like this:
September: During this time, the weather is wonderful and you have a chance to take a walk and get to know Leon and its people.
There should be a comma after "moreover," and "campus" shouldn't be capitalized. We would usually say "classmates" rather than "partners," although that works as well =)
We would say "celebrate" the birthday, rather than "congratulate."
We would say "on the 5th" instead of "at the 5th."
Instead of just saying, "how lucky," we would probably say "how lucky you are!" We would also say "It's organized by students of the Veterinary School" or something similar.
In the November section, there should be a comma after "raining." We would probably say "harvest some mushrooms." Instead of saying "have some information about them," we would say something like "familiarize yourself with the different types." It should be "edible" rather than "eatable."
In the December section, we would say "during this month" rather than "along this month."
We would say "to celebrate New Year's Eve."
In the January section, you should write "If they behave badly." Also we we always put "the" in front of USA.
I would say "ski resorts" instead of "ski stations."
In the February section, I would say: "our fantastic carnival, specific to two villages in Leon."
I would say "When you have a break" or "when you have a chance" rather than "in a break."
In the April section, it's not completely clear what you mean when you say "Genarin was hasty by a garbage truck."
We also have difficulties studying for final exams in May and July, when the weather gets really nice =)
Don't get discouraged that I've listed so many things. It takes a lot of courage to try to write things in a language that isn't your first (and your English is so, so much better than my Spanish). =) I really enjoyed reading your blog and am looking forward to reading others =)
Mary
I am surprised by how many different festivals and celebrations there are in Leon. The writing for this article is well written in the sense that I am able to understand every sentence and every intended meaning with perfect clarity however, it contains some grammatical errors and misses a few English idioms that can only be picked up from hearing them over and over. A couple corrections: "You have to get in contact with this city and its population" should be written as "You have to visit this city and get to know its people". Also for, "As you have a lot of free time" replace "as" with "if". "you can spend a good time with your friends" should be "you can have a good time with your friends"
ResponderEliminarthanks guys for your help!
ResponderEliminarIf we do another blog in English, we´ll try to improve our english writting level.
We have seen some of your blogs and we are impressed with your ability to write in spanish, so well done.
Come to León and visit us!!
=D