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    Hello, we're Yeray and Sergi
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    and we will talk about Minorca
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    the good things and the bad thing about it.
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    Because Menorca can be a wonderful
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    island, as you know
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    but it also, has some bad things
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    let's start with the bad ones.
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    If we want to live the island
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    we have to travel by boat or plane
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    And in the mainland you have cheaper options
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    to travel around, for example:
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    the car, the train...
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    Also you can go whenever you want
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    Beacuse we have a fixed time table
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    Oh, Imagine if the airport is broken
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    it will be a disaster.
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    After that, there are a few shops
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    in Minorca and a lot of people
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    have to buy through Internet.
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    We don't have a lot of places
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    to go shopping,
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    we have Mango for example and stradivarius
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    but not a mall where everything is near.
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    We have a lot of pollution in summer
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    because a lot of people throw thing
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    on the sand, or in the water
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    and all these thing end up
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    in the same place and it can be removed
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    correctly .
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    Another example is
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    that during the "fiestas",
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    a lot of people throw their bottles
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    with gin and lemonade on the floor,
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    beers, plastic bags...
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    Minorca is a place to relax
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    but in summer there are thousands of
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    poeple that goes to relax like on the
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    beach, it can be stressful
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    because there are a lot of people
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    in the same place.
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    We know that we need this
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    because we depend on tourism
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    but in some situations it's stressful.
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    And finally the last drawback
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    is the Tramuntana
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    which is a wind that comes from the north
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    and drags many things to other places.
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    It's irregular
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    which means that we don't know when
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    it will arrive,
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    but we have it all the year.
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    Well,
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    now let's start with the positive things.
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    Minorca is a small place and there aren't
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    a lot of largest distances
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    For example the larges distance that we
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    have in Minorca is from Maó to Ciutadella
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    And also, is a place wher you can
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    relax and finally is a peaceful place.
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    Also in Minorca we have the
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    "cami de cavalls"
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    where you walk around Minorca visitng
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    secret places, we have 20 stages
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    and they're connected.
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    The Talaiotic culture is very important for
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    Minorcan people.
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    The prehistoric monuments we can find
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    are (navetes, talaiots) and this are one of
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    the most popular tourist attractions
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    For example: "Es poblat de Talati"
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    "Sa naveta d'es Tudons", "Torralba" etc
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    In MInorca, there are a lot of sports that
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    you can practice for example
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    football rollerblading, tennis
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    basketball..., but the problem is that we
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    can't practice winter sports.
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    For example, we play football in
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    Sporting Mahones, but sometimes we play
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    basketball, voley and different sports
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    when we can, also we like
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    going horse ridding with friends...
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    In the video we have prepared you'll see
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    our friends doing different sports in Minorca.
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    Minorca is a wonderful place where you
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    can find a lot of beaches. In Minorca
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    there are 197 beaches, 132 of sand
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    and 67 of rocks.
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    The beaches are completly clean and
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    beautiful but sometimes they're a little
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    bit dirty.
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    Finally it's the perfect place to relax
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    and release your bad feelings.
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    The "fiestas ara a traditional celebration
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    that only take place in Minorca.
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    They start with the "toc de fabiol".
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    During the fiestas people of different
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    ages do different thing for example drink
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    pomada which is made with lemon and gin
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    and it's so good. And pople also go to
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    the jaleo. The jaleo is the part of
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    the fiestas where the horses jump with the
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    the help of people that are around them
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    but if it's your first time there be
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    carful because if you're the typical
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    "giri" that wants to record everything
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    the horses can kick you. And finally when
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    the jaleo finishes, the samba starts. The
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    samba is the final part of the fiestas
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    where all the people go to the square
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    where the jaleo took place and start to
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    dance while the band plays
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    Oh, I love fiestas so much, Sant Jaume and
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    Sant Climent are my favourtie ones,
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    I also love the samba and being with
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    all my friends.
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    Well, in conclusion we can say that Minorca
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    is a place where you can do a lot of things
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    for example walk around the villages,
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    learn about their culture, practice some
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    aquatic sports... It's a place where you'll
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    be safe because it's a peacful island
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    but also has some problems for example
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    you don't have any malls on the island
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    where you can go shopping, some beaches
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    and villages are a bit dirty, especially
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    after the fiestas, and as we said before
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    you have to take the boat or the plane
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    to go out.
Title:
Finalvideo
Video Language:
English
Duration:
07:23
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Sergi González Martínez edited English subtitles for Finalvideo

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