Final 12 - Cultura Flashcards
Hoteles
alojamiento (lodging) en Madrid
Paradores
INNS
muchos son edificios historicos
Hostales y Pensiones
mas pequenos, pero son mas baratos
Plaza de Cibeles
- in front of the Bank of Spain
- una fuente (fountain) dedicada a Cibeles, una diosa griega (Greek goddess)
- fuente mas famosa en Espana
- center of finance starts here
Plaza Mayor
- el centro municipal de Madrid
- llena (full) de tiendas y cafes
- no puedes conducir aqui, solo caminar
Museo del Prado
Palacio Real, when the King & Queen (Fernando y Maria) moved a bunch of famous paintings here while redecorating
-Francisco de Goya, Diego Velázquez y El Greco
Flamenco y Gipsy King
- roots from traditional flamenco from Andualucia, a region south of Spain
- influenced by jazz, salsa, Brazilian & northafrican music
- sings in ‘gitano’ (Romany Gypsy dialect)
- Tonino Biliardo, Nicolas Reyes
Mercado del Rastro
- in Madrid
- sells second hand items
- open Sundays
Don Quixote
- main chara of a bewk by Miguel de Cervantes
- Spanish culture of the 17th century and human nature
- idealist
- Sancho Panza (squire)
Guitarra acustica espanola
- more than 2000 yrs old
- invented by Egyptians, brought over by Arabs
- 6 stringed guitar (“Spanish guitar”) developed in Spain
Costa Rica de Veragua
What Christopher Columbus called Puerto Limon
heard of people in the south w/ gold shit
called it that cause it sounded rich
Saludos en Costa Rica
- greet each other with hands, handshake
- women usually kiss each other on the cheek
Reserva privada Selva Verde
- 4 buildings constructed in the park
- walkways built high up in the trees
- poisonous frogs, exotic birds
Diay!
indicates affirmation, interrogation and admiration
also used when you want someone to stfu
Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio
- near the coast of Pacific Ocean
- there are paths beside the beaches where you can see iguanas, parrots, and monkeys
economia de Costa Rica
- turismo
- agricola (cafe, platanos, cana de azucar, arroz, frijoles, papas)
- aka coffee, bananas, sugar cane, rice, beans, potatoes
Jose Figueres Ferrer
- president of Costa Rica in 1948
- conocido como “don Pepe”
- mejorar la educación y la salud pública
- eliminó el ejército (army)
Queztal
- GREEN BIRD THING ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION
- lives in bosque nuboso de Monteverde
Las iridiscentes plumas verdes de la cola del quetzal fueron usadas como adornos por los reyes aztecas y mayas
Navegar los rapidos
Lots of rapids in Costa Rica
inflatable rafts
rio Sarapiqui en Costa Rica
Gallo Pinto
platillo nacional
- frijoles negros, arroz, y cebolla
- usually breakfast, served with fried eggs and tortillas