my hometown year 9-2009

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My Hometwon (Year 9)I.E.S. Ibaialde (2009-10)

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MY HOMETOWN: ARTAZU

I live in Burlada, in the centre of Navarre and in the north of the

Spain. But I'm going to talk about my village Artazu, near Puente laReina, in centre of Navarra and in the north Spain. I like my village

Artazu and, if is more or less 38kilometres from Burlada.My father was born in Artazu and my grandparents lived there. Now

the aunt of my father lives in Artazu. Before, I travelled all

weekends and holidays, but now I travel one day per month. In

September I go to the harvest with my uncles, my cousins, my

parents and my sister. Thats why Im going to talk about it.

It is a small town in the mountains. There is a lot of vegetation, has many orchards and

many vineyards. The houses are very big and the stables are on the ground floor. The

houses are very old too, made of stones with red roofs and vegetable gardens.

The population of Artazu is around 120 people. During the summer the population is

around 300 people.

The holiday of Artazu is from

15th of August to 17th of August

and the day of the wine, harvest

is in 10th September.

Artazu has some squares, a town

hall, church, a bar, a sweets shop,

a pediment and a small park.

Also has two wineries, one is old

and the other is new. The new

one is Artadi and my father built

it in 2003. It has three rural

homes. Artazu doesn't have a

school and young children go to

school by bus to Puente la Reina

and adolescents go to high school in Estella. Artazu doesn't have shops and the people

go to buy to Puente la Reina and to Pamplona. Next to Artazu is the river Arga.

The summer weather in Artazu is good, around 25 C, the fall and spring are beautiful,

but in winter it's cold.

Finally, Im going to describe my house: Its very big and it has four floors.

On the basement is the winery. On the ground floor there is an entry. On the first floor

we have got a kitchen, a dinning room, a bathroom, a ladder and two bedrooms. On the

second floor are four bedrooms and a balcony.

And this is more-less everything about my village and my house...

Josune Ciriza


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BURLADA

Burlada is my hometown, I was born here and I live now

here.

It is a big village near Pamplona, the capital of Navarra in the

north of Spain. Next to Burlada is Villava, it is smaller and inmy opinion Burlada is better.

Around the village there is a small mountain called San

Cristobal.

Here was born a famous musician called Hilarion Eslava,

there are two schools with his name.

Burlada has changed a lot, 10 years ago more o less in many places there were fields

where farmers grew things, but now are buildings, roads... the change is for the better,

but Burlada was nicer before.

All my friends live here, for me this is the best thing of Burlada.

In the centre of Burlada there are some small shops, several primary schools and some

high schools. There is also a culture house, is the principal building in Burlada, here you

can have classes, see spectacles... It is great! Near the main street is Urangas park, is

the best place in Burlada, it is a famous park because is very beutiful, all is green, there

are a lot of flowers, all the people take photos here.

The people in Burlada are friendly.

Burladas festivals are in August, from the 14th to 21st. All the days are a party!

The best time to come to Burlada is in summer, because the winter is very cold.

After my graduation I dont want to live here, is boring and here I must move a lot to

study after high school.

Leire Asurmendi


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My Hometwon: Aorbe

Hello!

I live in Burlada in the centre of Navarre in the North of

Spain but Im go into to tell you about a village of

Navarre called Aorbe. Its the village of my father and Ihave gone there 2 o 3 times so I dont know a lot about it

and I tell something that my father has told me and

something from Internet.

Aorbe is a small village of Navarre, its in the middle

zone of Navarre, in the Valdizarbe valley. There are very

few inhabitants, only 508. I was there little time but I like it, its very beautiful, its

more or less at 30 minutes or 45 minutes from Pamplona by car.

My grandparents dont live in it now but the

uncle of my father and some cousins of my

father live in it.

Aorbe has a beautiful mountain called San

Martin. I sometimes climb this mountain

because it isnt very high and on the peak of

the mountain there is a hermitage and it is

called San Martins. The landscape of it is with

mountains and in spring and summer its green,

in autumn yellow or brown and in winter

sometimes white because it snows. The climate

is cold in winter and warm in summer.

From Aorbe there is an ex-goalkeeper called

Javier Vicua and now he trains the

goalkeepers of his team, Osasuna, which is the

football team of Navarre.

The festival, I think, its in August but I dont know.

I dont like this place to live because it hasnt got a lot of shops and there isnt a lot of

people to talk and its a solitary confinement but its very beautiful.

Edurne Urricelqui


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My Hometown: Leache

Leache is a very small village located in the west centre of

Navarre. It is only 45km away from Pamplona, Navarres

capital.

It is surrounded by high mountains and most of theterritory is occupied by large fields (wine yards, cereal

fields...), for that reason most of the inhabitants were

farmers.

Leache is my mothers village. She was born there and she

lived there for 13 years.

When she lived there, 30 years ago, things were very different. Since those years most

of the population has moved to bigger villages near it, such as Sangesa. That is why

Leache hasnt got

hospital, shops, industry...

and the school was closed25 years ago.

Nowadays all the

inhabitants are very old.

There arent any children.

Although it has changed a

lot, many people who

lived there still go to visit

it during the summers, at

the weekends...

Leache has big houses but

they are very little. Some

of them are empty. The

streets are steep and not

very long.

The most important building is the church, Nuestra Seora de la Asuncin, it is

situated in the centre square of the village.

Two years ago a Roman fountain with a washer was found. Some people of my

village are restoring it. It is made of stone and it is an interesting historical monument.

It has a continental climate. Winters are very cold and sometimes snows. Summers arevery dry and hot. Rainfall is more abundant during autumn and spring.

This is my village and I love it!

Naiara irigoyen


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MY HOMETOWN

The composition about my hometown is for me a problem, because I

dont know if my hometown is Ansoain or Burlada because I live inAnsoain but I spend all my day in Burlada and I know that is going

to be boring to read and correct all about the same places (Burladaand Villava) but I dont know Ansoain well, so Im going to write

about Burlada, the place of my childhood.

Burlada is a big village or a small town, Im not sure. Its in the

middle of Navarre, between Pamplona (the capital city of Navarre)

and another village called Villava.

I like it very much, because is beautiful, the people are nice, there are lots of kids...

I think Burlada is big, there are lots of shops, squares, supermarkets, a health centre,

parks, a big new city hall and a lot of schools.

But for me the best thing of Burlada is "Urangas Park". I really like it because is quiet(sometimes) and is a good place to relax and read, and I love reading in the park in

summer, although my friends are really noisy. In the park there are some animals like

chickens, turkeys, rabbits, and theres a big beautiful old palace, perfect to draw it, and

there are also lots of trees, flowers...

We also have a sports centre called "Elizgibela", where the boys and girls play handball,

basket, gymnastics...

And the people also can play instruments in "Hilarin Eslava" music school, or dance in

"Sol Sostenido" academy.

In summer, from 14th of August until 21st of August Burlada has its festival. I really

like it, in the festival we have music and dances, a lot of people come, have lunches,fireworks, things for the little ones, and the old ones...

And all things are very funny!!

But the best thing in summer is the swimingpool area, its fantastic!!

Burlada is hot in summer (up to 36C) and cold in winter (about 4C), and summer is

wet, but in winter rains a lot, and sometimes also snows.

You would enjoy visiting my hometown because there are a lot of places to see and the

people are very nice and friendly, and although in the future I want to live in the USA, I

think Burlada is a great place to live in.

IRATI SEGURA TORRES


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MY HOMETOWN: CILDOZ

Hello, Im Alberto and I going to write about my town,

where I live.

Its name is Cildoz; it is in Spain, in Ezcabarte valley, ten

kilometres from Pamplona, the capital of Navarre. It is verylittle, it has around sixty inhabitants. All of the people from

my village know each other. We are very friendly and all

the children play together. It is beautiful and very quiet

because there are few people and there isnt a lot of traffic.

The weather is cold in winter and hot in summer. There is a lot of rain.

I love it because it is in quiet and there is a lot of nature, we are surrounded by

mountains. One of them, San Cristobal (the biggest), separates Cildoz from Pamplona.

The best thing of my town is the nature because it is not in all places and it is very

important. The worst thing is that I have to take a bus to go to the school.

Cildoz has very short festivals. They are

on 19th

, 20th

and 21st

of June. There are

contests, games, shows they are very

funny. The children buy firecrackers and

they light them everywhere in the town.

Some people dont like them but I like

them, I dont know why.

In the past, in Cildoz, the people worked

only on the agriculture, but now they can

not do that because there isnt enough

money in it and they work in other jobs

like butcher (like my father), like

plumbermy father works in the

agriculture too, because he has some land

he cultivates, plants

In the future I would like to go to live in

another place, because of the transport, as I said. I dont know where I will go but I will

not go out of Navarre because I like it a lot. Oh! I forgot to say that in my village there

are not any shops!! It is terrible.

So this is Cildoz, my village, and I like it, as it is.

Good bye!!

Alberto Aragn


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MY VILLAGE

The name of my village is Aizarotz, its in Basaburua

valley, near Igoa.

Its in the north of Navarre, the temperature is cold in

winter and mild in summer with abundant precipitations.The vegetation is abundant and in autumn we see the

trees with different colours. So I think it has an Atlantic

climate.

The festival of Aizarotz is on the 29 of December and the

carnival in February.

Aizarotz is a small but very beautiful village, with a

population of 43 people, and also there are other people like

me that have a house but only go there for the weekends.

Its crossed by a road and there is one fronton, one small lake,where there are some ducks, many flats and two old houses.

Theres also a very small pool and one caf. There isnt any

school, so the children go to the school of Jaunsaras (a village

near Aizarotz).

Aizarotz is near a river, with very cold water, called Artius,

where I go swimming in summer.

I prefer staying in Burlada, because in my village there arent many people of my age

and sometimes I get bored there.

But I like it, because I like walks around the mountains and in Aizarotz I can do it, I

also like walking with my dog and he loves my village, because hes all the time on thestreet.

Amaia Garacochea


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MY HOMETOWN

I live in Villava, in the centre of Navarre and in the north of

Spain, but I have another place to live, my village. My

second home name is Muzqui. Muzqui is 35 minutes far

from Villava, is located in the north of Spain, in Navarretoo.

My mother was born in Muzqui and my grandparents still

live there. They have lived in Muzqui all their lives. I travel

to Muzqui all the weekends and when I havent got school.

Muzqui is a very small village. The population is very small. During the week there are

6 or 7 persons and at the weekends the population increases a lot. In summer there are

almost forty or fifty persons. The best month to go is June. In June there are a lot of

people of all ages.

My village has some weird things.

For example: In my village thereisnt any shop; we buy the bread

from a man who carries the bread

from bakery by car. Another weird

thing is the fronton. In the middle of

the fronton is the road that crosses

it. When we are playing, one person

has to be on one side of the road to

stop the cars. But not usually come

a lot of cars.

Now I am going to describe myhome: I live in the house of my

grandparents. It has 3 floors. On the first floor there are: the storage room, a room to

keep the tractor, the barn and the room for the dog. On the second floor there are: seven

bedrooms, the kitchen, the dining room, the living room and two bedrooms. And on the

third floor there is a very, very big attic. With a lot of things: new, old and especially

very old.

This is my calm village, surrounded by mountains. When I want to relax I go to

Muzqui, It is the best place to rest and to relax. I love it, and when I get older I want to

buy my home, my second home there.

Iranzu Rpodas


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My village

My village is Obanos. Obanos is in Navarre, my village is

near Pamplona, about 20 minutes away. My village has

more or less 900 inhabitants and all are wonderfulpersons.

In Obanos the two roads of Santiago way in Spain join

here. A lot of pilgrims follow these routes so many

of them ask me and my friends questions, it's very funny

because the don't speak Spanish so I have to speak

English. It's a good form to learn. They speak a lot of

languages such as Italian, French, German, Portuguese, Catalonian and English!! They

have a very good pronunciation also.

Obanos is a very beautiful village, it's is not

a farming village with cattle and chicken on

the stereets, it's like a city but smaller. It has

a lot of businesses such as a coffe bar, 2

hotels...

Obanos has also a football pitch, the team is

called Infanzones. They are very good!! It

has also 2 restaurants, a pharmacy, 2

bakeries and one small market. Last year we

inaugurated the new fronton, it's beautiful

and it's covered, so when it's raining we go

there. Then it has a church , it's very old but

very well restored.

I go to Obanos all the weekends and in the

summer. On holidays I have a very good time there because it's so different to villava I

stay all the days out. We go to the swimming pool that isnt very big but there we have

a tennis court, then at night we stay in the park until late. I have a very good time there

because I have a lot of friends: they are fantastic I love them to much.

The festivals in my village are in summer so I stay there. They are the last week in

August. They are great fun. At the start, when the mayor lights the rocket, we throw

soda one to another. Then other days we see the small bulls and at night we go dancing I

have a terrific time there.

In my village live my grandparents. Their names are Jose Antonio and Amelia. They are

the parents of my father, they are very lovely.

This is my village I hope you like it because is the best village in the world!!!

Maider Egulaz


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MY HOMETOWN

Hi, Im from Villava but Im going to talk about my mothers

village, Isaba.

Isaba is on the north-east of Navarra, in the north of Spain. I like

it a lot because its small and I have friends there. The populationof my Isaba is 500 persons approximately. Isaba is famous in

winter if you like skiing.

The best things about Isaba are my friends, the mountains and

going with my uncle to work with his cows.

I dont live there but I go to Isaba a lot of weekends and in summer. My grandparents

and my uncle and my aunt live there. I dont remember how Isaba was when I was a kid

but I think it has changed.

The geography around Isaba

is mountainous. The mainattractions in Isaba are the

skiing track and the

mountains. The economical

resources of my hometown

are a cheese factory and the

stockbreeding.

When Im an adult I think I

will not live in Isaba but Ill

visit it a lot because it is a

fantastic village. In Isaba

there isnt a high school but

there is a primary school. In my hometown the winter is very cold and rains and snows

very often, but in summer it is hot and you can do a lot of sports in the street and in the

mountains.

Arkaitz Ezker


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MY VILLAGE

My villages name is Zudaire, it is a small village near Estella, and it takes you about

25 minutes more or less to get there. Zudaire is like an ancient village. In Zudaire there

is part of my mothers family.

As Zudaire is a small village it hasnt got any shops, it only has a pub, a hotel with a

snack bar, but of course the hotel isnt very big. It has a big square with swings, a

playroom and a lot of green grass. If you go down to the beginning of the village you

can find the chemist. In Zudaire there isnt a hospital so, when somebody gets ill he or

she has to go to Estella.

I dont go to my village very often but is true that when I go I really have a good time

there and I would like to go more frequently. Every year I go there during the festival.

They are during my holidays, at the end of August. I like them because as it is a small

village all the neighbours know one another and they organize the festival on their own

way. I like it very much. It is so funny. I love summer days

when I go to Zudaire and I spend a long time on Urbasa

mountain range (I have to recognised, it is a very pretty

place) with the horses that are almost wild because of the

freedom they have.

I am very happy in my village! Oh! I forgot to place it, it is in

Urbasas mountain range, and the climate is colder than the

climate here. In winter it usually snows much more than here.

It is really small, there are about 50 inhabitants. It is about

60km from Pamplona.

Marina Tiscar


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My Village

Its name is Larrasoaa, its a town in the north of

Navarre near Zubiri. You are there in only 10 minutes

from Pamplona. I like it very much because is the town of

my paternal grandparents. The population is very small, ithasnt got a lot of inhabitants. Like the majority of the

towns in Navarre, it only has 200 inhabitants. The

inhabitants are old people. But also there are some young

people and almost of the young people are of my age, so I

like it. My hometown isnt important for anything and we

can say that the people of Navarre have never heard about it.

The best thing of my hometown is the river Arga, because it is a natural phenomenon.

Sometimes I go to my hometown to see my friends and to have parties or to spend the

day with my family, my cousins, my aunts, grandmother, grandfather Nobody in my

family lives now there, because ithasnt got the resources of the city.

So they prefer to live in Pamplona

or in Villava. It has a society, a

very big fronton, a lot of beautiful

houses. And a lot of houses have

their own swimming pool.

It is a mountainous town, so in

winter there is a lot of snow and it

is very cold. But summers are very

hot. It rains a lot in winter. And

there are a lot of storms. The best

season to go there is summer

because of the weather and of the

people who visit the town. After I

graduate, I dont want to live there, I want to live in Pamplona. My hometown has

changed a lot since I was a kid, for example there are many houses and there is a new

fronton. Now all is better.

Naiara Palomo


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MY HOMETOWN

Hello!! Im from Villava, Villava is near Burlada, and Burlada is near Pamplona.

Villava is more or less in the middle of Navarre.

I will describe my town as a very funny and curious town. You can always do

something. It is impossible not to do something.

The population is about eleven thousand persons.

Villava is so famous because ten years ago here

was the best cyclist in the world, MiguelIndurain.

I think the best thing of my town is the new sports

centre, it is near Lorenzo Goicoa, the school were I

did my primary education.

In Villava there are some mountains around, for

example, San Cristobal and Miravalles.

The festival in Villava is in October. The town

hall, with the famous Crisis does not spend a lot

of money now, and that is not good. We have got

bull races, theatre plays, chocolate, small shops

At night we stay in the street until 3:00 oclock at

night. My friends and I think that the night is the

best moment and great fun.

In summer we go to Villavas swimming pool. Theyre private but it isnt a very

important problem. Sometimes we go with some girls and with some Burladas people

to Iroz, because in Iroz there is a bridge, not very tall but We ride our bicycles about12 km next to Iroz. Some people dont dive into the water

because they are scared to do it but the brave people, like me,

do jump into the water. It is something great.

Apart from going to the swimming pool and to Iroz, I

sometimes go fishing to different village like Puente la Reina,

Burlada, Monreal, Villava with my dad and my brother. The

biggest fish I have fished is about 3 kilos.

I think villava is OK!!! I dont complain about the town I have

got. Villava is a good town to live here. I advise you, come to

live here.

Rubn Recalde

my hometown year 9-2009

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