For those who weren't at the brunch...

LEMON CURD

- 4 large lemons
- 450 gr. sugar
- 170 gr. margarine
- 5 fresh eggs

Lightly beat the eggs. Put the sugar in a thick pan or double boiler. Grate the rind of the washed lemons into it and then add their juice and the margarine. Dissolve the sugar in the liquid over very low heat, stirring frequently. When all are well blended, slowly pour in the eggs, cooking and stirring until the mixture is thick and creamy. On no account must it boil. Pour while still hot into dry jars and seal. This will keep several months in the refrigerator.
Enric

End of course brunch

A day in London

If I only had a day for seeing London, I would definitely take one of the double-decker bus tours. It's the best way to see all the major sights in one trip and you can jump on and off as you wish. The ticket usually includes a free river cruise and it costs about 22 pounds. Buses run every 20-30 minutes. I recommend to avoid rush hours.
I would also go shopping to Harrod's, especially if they are in the sales. I honestly think the visit is worthwhile, the store is amazing, especially the food and the toys departments.
I would finish wandering around Hyde Park, which is closed to the store.
I would have lunch in any of the pubs around the city. The menus are cheap and quite healthy compared with the typical fish & chips or mashed potatoes stuff.

Hope you enjoyed finding all about London and its history. Try and plan your 24 hours in London and tell us about it. Maybe next year the Education Department will pay for us to put it into practice! Meanwhile have a look at these ready-made webquests to get some ideas.

Nepal

Today I wanted to bring some pictures from Nepal so you could have an idea.
I show you two: The first one are two girls that they where living beside the university. The second is one of my favourite Buddhist temples in Kathmandu.
If you want to have a look at this web there is a photo album that is quite nice:

FAVORITE EXPRESSION

I don’t have a favourite expression, perhaps one that I always liked is to be a pain in the neck. Once I was in a family where there was a little boy, he was very nice but he was bothering all the time his sister.She always called him pain in the neck.
I use it sometimes too, when I have to do something that I don’t like: It’s a pain in the neck!

IDIOMS

Well, I don't have any favourite idiom. In fact, when speaking they don't come into my mind. I think using idioms in your daily speech is a further step for an advanced learner because that means that not only you master the grammar and the lexis but also cultural aspects.
I couldn't think of my favourite idiom, then I checked a link in our blog (goenglish.com) and found a list. I picked out the following:

• to be as mad as a hatter. Do you remember Alice in Wonderland? There was a rabbit who celebrated no birthday days. Well, he was the Mad Hatter. It turns out that a hatter was a professional in England who mended and made hats using a glue which affected his brain and led him to act strange.
• on the hook. That means to be in a difficult situation. For example: Oh, you've broken mum's ashtray. You are on the hook. The opposite is to be off the hook.

It's about time!

Believe me!

First of all I have to say, that I have not much FREE time in the afternoons and evenings so I'm writing now... by the way what time is it ? 0: 52 a.m. is that evening /night for the Spaniards or morning for the British, whatever... I'm looking after my nieces in the afternoon-evening-nights and I brought them/myself today to the Acuarium in BCN, I'm exausted! not complains though...

Well my idiomatic expression is... YOU ARE BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE, It means that you are wrong, your are not understanding the matter, it's not true, ect. I don't know where it comes from so maybe you can help me to find it out... Thanks

See you tomorrow, sorry today
Yoli