JOANJO BOND & M.JOSÉ BOND: FLY, FLY, FLY TO WIN

The Bonds flying to Kiev, Ukraine

Today, The Bonds are in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. They are arriving there to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Before starting to sing, the family has been talking about Some, Any and No compounds and have practised some exercises about Present Perfect vs. Past Simple.

After doing this, The Bonds have demonstrated their best skills playing incredible songs with all their heart. They've introduced themselves and their countries and they have played the songs.

More information: Some, Any and No Compounds

Finally, after a votation full of suprises, Joanjo Bond has won the Contest with his song Fly, fly, fly. Joanjo is from Cyprus and this is the first time that this country wins this Contest, then you can imagine Juanjo's emotion and feelings when he has realized he was going to have this fantastic honour, but Juanjo hasn't done it alone. 

A day in Eurovision with The Bonds

Eurovision is a Contest where is very important having allies and good friends and in this case, Juanjo has received the unforgettable help of M.José Bond, from Norway. 

They have offered a complete show with all the ingredients: vocal quality, deep lyrics, synchronized choreography and great tones of happiness and sense of humour.

The Bonds have dedicated this prize to David and Irene Bond, from Croatia and Poland, two members of this nice family who had to stay in Paris for laboural reasons.

Tonight, the family is flying to Tenerife in Canary Islands where they want to enjoy the Carnival and celebrate this Eurovision's Prize.

 I started at 5 years old in the kitchen table with my family supporting me. PedroJuanjoI know where I'm from and I know exactly where I'm going.

Céline Dion

SOME FAR WEST STORIES: DIAMONDS AND RUST

Far West Outlaws

Today, The Bonds have worked There is/There are, There was/There were, There will be and countable and uncountable with Some and Any.

They have also practised some important acronyms for Telephoning English and have created a Quiz.

More information: Some & Any

The Grandma has remembered some past moments and has talked about some Far West legends like Jesse James and some singers who evocate them like Joan Baez or Bob Dylan.

More info: There is/There are  & There was/There were

After that, the family has received the visit of M, who has arrived with an incredible present for everybody, a new book to prepare B1 Exam and they've practised a long listening to train themselves.

The family left San Francisco and they're travelling now across U.S.Highway 163 to Utah-Arizona border where tomorrow they're going to visit the Navajo Nation.

During the 'ballad' years for me, the politics was latent; 

I was just falling in love with the ballads and my boyfriend. 

And there was the beauty of the songs. 

Joan Baez

GOODBYE CALIFORNIA! HELLO WASHINGTON DC!

Yesterday, The Poppins took a look over pronouns and Some/Any/No compounds and read a new chapter of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray.

The family is learning some new grammar without having the pressure of studying it. They have been working very hard during two months to arrive to this point and they’re obtaining the results.

Eli Poppins offered a conference about her own web. She’s a clever and curious person who wants to get answers when she has questions. This aptitude is very important in life because you don’t accept the reality in the way that is offered but in the way that you discover and check.

More information: Object Pronouns

Finally, The Poppins wrote incredible compositions, a new demonstration about how much knowledge they’ve acquired.

More information: Some & Any Compounds

The family wants to stay this weekend in Washington DC because they have interesting things to do and The Grandma desires to visit Abraham, an old friend.

Today, they’re going to meet some superheroes and discover that they only exist in the paper format and in our dreams because we’re the real heroes.

We are all now connected by the Internet, 

like neurons in a giant brain. 

Stephen Hawking

REVIEWING THE PAST: TAROT & THE GAME OF THE GOOSE

Occitan Flag

Today, The Holmes have reviewed some grammar: some & any compounds, gerunds and imperative. Before this, they had read another chapter of Oscar Wilde’s The Ghost of Canterbury.

For one hand, they’ve listened to a story about the origin of Tarot; the human corridors in the Middle Age and the importance of monasteries like cultural centres and they’ve paid attention to gerunds and infinitives with state verbs.

For other hand, they’ve created a story based on four characters of Tarot.

By the way, The Holmes are in Sicily enjoying the island and its people: Catania, Taormina, Siracusa, Agrigento… the list is endless.

 Á auga de correr e ós cans de ladrar, non llo podes privar.

 Not forbid dog barking or running water.

Galician Proverb

GO SHOPPING!

Food

Yesterday, we reviewed countable and uncountable; there is and there are and the undefined some and any. We wrote our own shopping list for celebrating an enormous banquet and we started to prepare a Password game for the next week. 

Countable & Uncountable exercises

The family is still resting in Rhodes. We are here two or three more days and then we’ll start our cruise around the Greek Islands. Eva Maltese is searching some clues about Corto with a little help from the family. We haven’t found anything but we don’t lose our faith. We trust on us. 

We are a great family and we can do whatever we propose. Also, we have regularized our surname: 

We are The Collins! 

With my shopping cart I move through the heart
Of a sea of fools so blissfully unaware
That they're in the presence of something wonderful and rare

As I lift my groceries in to my car
I turn back for a moment and catch a smile
That blows this whole fucking place apart