Singer: Chambao

Today is singer day ! this is other singer of the south of Spain. This song is about people of africa (for example but immegrant in general) that come in Europe to encounter job and money, and more especially to have THE PAPER "green card" (papiers, papel) to resid in Europe.

Montse ??? noooo ...

Spanish singer: bebe





Bebe in private:


Pure Spanish song: Chambao & Bebe

After the police ...

Yep, I still with my stories in field ... very funny stories !

So, today I was in the field in order to capture lizards. And this time, I was capturing near to house, garden, school, church ... well, in a village ! a typical small spanish village, where everybody knows everybody. And what's happen when a new personne is in the village, moreover this personne are walking with a fish cane and watching walls !

It happens nothing ... no, nobody call the police. But, surprise: the gardens or houses have DOGSSSSSSS. uffff, it's so difficult to work with a dog near to the wall, barking and moving ...

You can imagine that scare lizard, but not only, because, one dog barking call other dog (neighbour) and other and other and finally you have a group choral of dogs ... STOPPPPP !

So, I don't know that I prefer: police, idiot, or crazy dogs in the field ?? ... it's a very big question !

Crazy weather !

This sunday it was incredible, after some weeks of sun and hot weather, we passed to other weather: cold and frozen ! Yep, it snowed in the mountain and my village ! incredible ! I don't know if it's because the "dimanche de Pâques" or not.

No! it's not me with my fish cane searching lizards !!!!!!!

Today, it's holiday only in cataluña valencia. But in madrid it's working day ! In Cataluña, there is a costumber to gift a cake or chocolate eggs to their

The tradition of the Mona de Pascua goes back back to centuries. Formerly the Mona was a twisted roll adorned with hard eggs. Nowadays the figure of the egg, although of chocolate stays. In Catalonia it is celebrated Monday of Passover eating these typical pies that, over the years and of the hand of the pastelero union, have become authentic chocolate sculptures. According to the tradition, the godfathers give Mona to their godsons Monday of Pascua and full stop usually eat in family this same day, festive in Catalonia, putting to the Easter.

The Mona is a sponge cake covered with chocolate and adorned with traditional eggs of chocolate, pens of colors, the typical yellow chicks and little figures of the personages fashionable of the moment: soccer players, cartoons, political… In the last years, are habitual protagonists the Lunnis and always there is place for the classic ones of Disney: Goofy, Pluto, Mickey, Paint in miniature… Nevertheless, for who wishes something simpler, also chocolate figures can be found more traditional, like hens or eggs, of different measures and colors.

There is one who says that the origin of “Mona” word goes back to the Arabs, who gave painted egg baskets of colors, calls “munna”, like friendship symbol. Others consider that it comes from the Romans, that were hard eggs with grazes of bread. Whatever from the antiquity the egg has symbolized the birth and the resurrection.

In Catalonia and Valencia the Monkeys of Passover have great tradition. In Barcelona, it is considered that the pastry shop Dog Massana, located in the street of Ferran, went first in adding Mona to a chocolate figure. They say that it was the figure of a mona and that raised as much sense of expectancy that the following years, people of all Catalonia moved to the capital to admire and to buy the chocolate mona.

What began being a simple pie, with time has acquired the great sophistication, of the hand of the pasteleros, that carve authentic works of art in chocolate. Nowadays all the Catalan pastry shops and many bakeries sell this typical candy. One of them is the centennial House You live, that from 1895 delights yet to its clients with elaborated Mona de pascua and type of pies and confectioner's in any other date of the year, with establishments in Sants, Balmes and Boulevard of Catalonia. The laboriosidad of the figures does that the average price of these small and ephemeral works of art does not lower of the 30 Euros and increases based on the sophistication of the chosen model.

Joyeuses Pâques !

Pour Toi Benoit !

Pour tout le monde !
JOYEUSES PAQUES ! Abusez du chocolat !

Animaux en folie

Yep, I'm French and ....

I speak currently spanish ! Yep, I have a new "field story". So, I was going to capture my lizards ! Yep, I know in this moment my life is resume by capture animals.

Well, I was going up in the reserve zone "FUENFRIA valle", where only personal with permit can enter and go up with car. I have both, a car and a permission ! And of course I have the key to open the two doors !

So, I was going up, I was passing and seeing a lot of people walking and in bicycle. But, nobody said to me nothing ... for the moment. Because generaly, people are not happy to see me go up with my car, and themselves walking !

I arrived in my capture site, I parked my car and go to capture. Everything was good, a lot of lizards, sun ect... (no sex!).

When arrived two boys in bicycle, one said:

"-look it's the french guy, look he arrived up till here, it's not normal, ufff these frenchies ... ect ... it could be good to make a formal complaint in police ! "

-what ??? I'm the frenchy, and I understand perfectly your spanish ! bloody fool ! and make me a complaint, you will see ! I'm working ! fuck ! "

So, after my response very active, they didn't said nothing and continued their way ... but without sound !

Why people think that I'm up in the mountain with my car for pleasure and happyness ! No, I'm working ! I'm working in order that they can use this reserve area without problem !

when people will be more smart and less stupid ! because if I go up, it's because I have the key, and if I have the key it's because I have the permission of the community to be here !

I like !

La Quinta estacion:


ufff j'adore:

Diplomatic lizards !

When I search lizards in field, always it occurs to me some strange histories !

Today, I was searching lizards in Madrid city, in the University area. I was walking and searching, when I arrived in a zone that I didn't know. I need to precise that it's hollidays in Spain, so there is nobody in the street and the university. Well, I was walking and I saw a way with a potential lizards' wall. So, I came close to this way and wall. Fortunatly I saw a lizard !

-"Yep, I'm lucky!"

You can imagine the situation: alone in a way, looking in a wall. If you didn't know what I'm making, you culd think that I'm crazy.

But, suddenly a car of police came. They passed near to me and go to stop more far. I thought : "perhap it's a private way, I will ask".

"no, is not a private way. Juts don't touch the wall please, because it active an alarm".

What ??? don't touch the wall ??? Why ??? I put my eyes up of the wall and I saw doble barbwire ! I tried to explain that I am biologist and search lizards, but seeing this protection and police, I decided to go away. Then I saw that there is 2 wall and a guard tower.

BUT what there is here ???

So coming back to the museum I checked up in internet and ... result :

it's the government palace and president site ! So I understood so much vigilance !

In resume, I have encounter lizards in a good area, but unfortunatly they are diplomatic immunity lizards !! So if I need to capture them, I need to ask to the president ZP to have his permission !

Now, I ask me: why when I go to capture lizards I encounter more police than lizards !!!!!!!

Semana Santa 2008

Yep, the sant week or semana santa began this week end in all spain (and perhaps in Latin America). And it's the most important week of hollidays in spain after Christmas. But what spanish people make for this period ? They could go to the beach, or go to visit other country, but a majority of people stay in spain and participate to the celebration of Semana santa.

But what is semana santa ? Do you remember some photos of people with a strange hat sharp ... very scary ? But it is not only this.

Firsly it's a religious celebration. It rhythm the annual calendar of the city, which lives during one week at the rate/rhythm of the processions.
It begins Sunday Rameaux and is completed one week later, Easter Sunday, for the commemoration of the Resurrection of Christ. During these eight days dedicated to the Passion of Christ, 57 brotherhoods (Hermandades and Cofradías) leave in procession to go to the Cathedral, to conclude their station from penitence, before returning towards their starting point.
Each one of these congregations leads at the time of its long advance its pasos, these furnace bridges carried with back of men, richly decorated and who are used as supports with groups carved out of wood representing of the scenes of Passion. A considerable crowd of sévillans, Spanish and foreigners, believers and unbelievers press themselves in the streets of the city to collect or simply admire the passage of these imposing processions the penitent ones, of which some are accompanied by music.

The route of the brotherhoods is fixed by advance, then announced publicly with the Royal Vault of the Cathedral 14 days before the beginning of the Holy Week. This ceremony, whose origin goes back to the synod diocesan of 1604, is known under the name of Cabildo of Toma de Horas.

Each brotherhood, at the day and hour which fall to him, leaves in procession since the church or the vault where its seat is established. The procession, formed of the hundreds even of the thousands of members of the company, then starts its way of penitence towards the cathedral. To reach this one, it must carry out the last part of its course on an official route, common to all the cofradías: Oficial Will square. This segment leads the brotherhoods to pass in front of the Town hall. Once arrived at the cathedral, the congregations complete their station of penitence before joining their starting point which they will regain afterwards of the hours of procession in the streets of city.

The spectacular aspect of these litanies of cofrades (members of the cofradías) is explained by their accumulation, the beauty baroque of the pasos, the absolute silence of the processions, or on the contrary their solemn music, but also by their projection in the lanes of the old city, which forms an imposing framework. The tortuous configuration of certain ways makes sometimes perilous their progression, which contributes to give more plume still to their walk, which seems interminable: it is often necessary to have patience more than one hour to see passing the totality of a hermandad.

The processions carry out stops, which are then the occasion to hear saetas entonnées by anonymities, since the street or a balcony. The moment most favourable with these improvisations is at the exit and the return of the procession.

The Holy Week reaches its paroxysm at the time of Madrugá, which, in the night of Thursday at the Good Friday, sees leaving the most famous congregations Seville: Macarena, Esperanza de Triana, Jesús del Gran Poder,… The city knows this night the strongest multitude of the week.

But this occurs in Latin Amercia like in Guatemala:

I know that it's a religious celebration, but it's very spectacular to see how people can still have faith and how this celebration could be important for them.

bicy or not bicy ???

Hello everybody,


I was walking in the Madrid street and surprise ! One ... two ... three ... personnes in bicycle ! incredible, because Madrid is a very dangerous city to run in bicy ! Yep, the bicy is fashion !

Many people have this bicycle:

it's easy to go everywhere with this ! but I would like now "velib" in Madrid too !
So go to buy a bicycle and of course an helmet !

Elu mais mort !

Dimanche dernier, c'etait les élections municipales et, dans la region Poitou charentes, un evenement peu courant s'est produit.
Un ancien militaire en tete de liste de la ville a été elu, mais ce meme jour il est décédé ! Alors le probleme est de savoir comment faire avec ses votes, les transmettre a sa liste, ou refaire voter ect. Au final, apres avoir consulter le ministere, le resultat est: que sa liste devient nulle car il y a un nombre pair de representants !

Jonathan !

new spanish singers !

Represent Spain in Eurovision ! oupsssss

Arrived the tecktonic in Spain !

After to go to USA, the new french dance arrived in Spain, especially in a famous tv show of dance. this tv show is about a school of dance with teacher atypical (and hot hot hot), it's like the "star academie" or "Operacion triumfo" but with only dance.

And the last week, students learnt the tecktonic and the result was:

1 reggaeton

B / B : who is who ?

Ben or Brad ... very similar ? who is the most hot ? So, I put some photos and you can think and choose ... there is an example of nude, one of someone very tired and the real Ben .. who is who ???

Friday ... very nice

Friday 7 of March:
An important event occured: PhD defence of Elisa. It was very great and I was impressed. She made it very nice and very professionnal. Her aim of PhD: inmulogy and parental care in some birds (sorry, general tittle, if you are more interesting I can make effort to say the real tittle).
In resume, very good PhD defense, and an emotional moment at the end: Elisa you have diplome of Doctor with congratulations ! After this special moment, we went to eat and drink in honnor to Eli !
I have just one think to say: CHAPEAU MADEMOISELLE !

Third chapiter of UTOPIA

I know, I know ... you wait it for a long time, but now it comes backkkkkkkkkkkkk !

I would like to apologize to you. But the commity of scenaries (ie: me) was very busy.

********** THIRD CHAPITER ***************

The next day of the bachelor party, the utopia's village was very slow and calm. Everybody was with the head very tired ! There was an very cool party for children in the village organized by Gema, Aurélie and Claire (the educative corporate). It was the birtday of some children in the village. So, everybody went to the village garden. Marianne & partner and her 3 children left some crepes, pablo & cris and their 5 chilren (include the ultimate: pablo junior), gema & her husband and her boy, Benoit and his 2 guys : his partner and their child.

Benoit, or Brad for familiars, is a french Dr working in hospital and searching response to blood diseases. He is the best friend of Marianne (other frenchy). They have together a bar/restaurent. Benoit is a very good nice and smart. If you need a advice or help you can call him at every hour (at night too!). He likes to profit of the life, and the good wine, and come back drunk by bicy. He is in couple, with his boyfriend, they have a child: a boy with 9 years old, original of Africa. And they are waiting for a second adopted child.

So, everybody were is the garden making play, music ect with children. Encarna was dancing a special dance named: "el baile de la tetera" in english: the dance of teapot.

" ... Soy una taza... una tetera...una cuchara... y un cucharon... un plato hondo...un plato llano... y un tenedor ect..."

Oscar was in the top upper to cube with water. Children can cast a ball in a butt, and if they touch ... Oscar go to the .......... water ! Poorly Oscar, but so funny !

all children was occupied by an activity, and parents tried to be awaked.

In an ambiance of soud chaos total, one cellular rang ! cellular of who ? what was happening ?

It was Encarna cell. The cooker of the mariage dinner called to her to say that he can't come and work because he had a personal problem. The marriage was in 2 weeks ! How people of utopia can solve this mishap ? Encarna went to talk with Isa and Marianne to know how resolve this.

Benoit and Marianne had an option: cook ourself the mariage reception: everyone make their cooking speciality. It will be a special marriage ! So, they made a list:

"Elisa, sorry Dr Eli : biscocho,

Juanto: gaspacho,

Pablo (gran mother): croquetas,

Claire: Broonie,

Gema: semolina

Conchi: egg fried

Montse: chiken breaded ... nooooo, she is the marrying girl ! sorry,

And Isa, Marianne and Benoit will made the rest. They had thought about cook special dish of extramadura. UFFF ... one more time we saved the marriage ! It stay 2 weeks for this event. But everything can happens.

After these cold sweat, the children party could still. And this afternoon-night, there was a concert for children and parents of course ! But came in this particular and atypical village ?????

************ NEXT WEEK: next chapiter **********

PS: all propositions or comments by you are welcome.

Victory of ZZZZZZZZ ...

Yesterday was the election of president in Spain. And at night, the final count was in favour of socialist group. Z of Zapatero won the election and can gouvern for 4 years more. I would like just add that for the second time the % of participant was hight and it still the same: ~75%.

It very particular because the regions, where was the "PP" (right conservador group) won, are the center with the capital Madrid, the western part with Galicia and some regions of the easter coast like Valencia. But the PSOE (socialist group) won in majority in the south (andaloucia) and easter coast like cataluña and spanish island.

Personally I think that it was a little borring campain, without proposition to change the economic or social situation. But, the socialist group made a better campain. And the winner was ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ of Zapatero ! Firm ... Z

Fresh music !

Grève chez les scenaristes de la série Utopia

Pour cause de GREVE temporaire, la serie soap UTOPIA a quelque peu de retard, mais ne perdez pas patience, les idées sont là !

SORRY, and BE OPEN !

non, je ne suis pas morte ...

Désolée de ne pas avoir donner de nouvelles avant, mais j'ai été un peu débordée. Eh oui le beau temps était arrivé. Je dis était car depuis hier un froid hivernal a repris la main ! Donc voila j'étais en train de capturer des lézards sous un soleil exceptionnel et une chaleur ! oui j'ai pris de couleurs ... bon c'est pas encore un bronzage parfait mais ca viendra: les taches de rousseur sont de sortie.

Donc entre le travail normal, les 10km de marche et concentration pour capturer mes adorables aides thesards, ainsi que m'occuper de la Hongroise ... ainsi que de temps à autre une sortie (oui on ne perd pas les bonnes choses), bah mes journées passent vite. Eh oui cette année je vais devoir atteindre le nombre considérable de 300-400 lézards !!!

Pour rassurer ceux qui se préocupent encore pour ma bouche: elle n'est plus en travaux, elle va mieux ... mais reste encore en manutention !