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Spain is a kingdom (constitutional monarchy) with the capital Madrid. the country is bordering France (by the Pyrenees),Portugal and Andorra. Spain, together with Portugal, is the Iberian Peninsula. The Balearic islands in the Mediterranean, the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean and the Spanish exclaves in North Africa also belong to Spain. In southern Spain is the British colony of Gibraltar located. Sightseeing in Madrid must include: Plaza Mayor, the Almudena Cathedral, Palacio Real, Madrid's opera, Plaza de España (statue of Cervantes' characters Don Quichote and Sancho Panza), Plaza de Canalejas, Plaza Cánovas del Castillo (with the fountain of Neptune) , museuminselá, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Casón del Buen Retiro and the Reina Sofia museum. Other sights are the cities of Barcelona (with the Ramblas, many Gaudi influences, including the Sagrada Familia, Guell Park, Plaza Catalunya, Camp Nou in Montjuic), Sevilla and Valencia, flamenco dancing, bullfights, bull race of Pamplona, the region Andalusia, Basque Country, Catalunya and La Rioja with the delicious wines.

Winter is a collective term for all types of sports that are on ice or snow. So skiing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing, biathlon, skating, bobsleigh, curling, ice hockey ga and so on. Skiing is ride on snow or a kunstskibaan using one or more "planks", skis, which at the feet (shoes) are confirmed *. That sounds more complicated than it is. Actually it's just the two battens down a mountainside. Snowboarding is a sport where you stand on a board with vastgemaakte shoes descends on a snowy mountainside or piste. The snowboarding was invented by a surfer, who thought you with a different kind of board like a wave of the mountain had to be. Actually there is only since the 70s. And you should see it now: it is hugely popular. Cross-country skiing is a sort of glide and anticipate slats. Or put it another way, skating on cross country skis. These are longer and thinner than skis used in skiing. In addition to the skis do you need sticks to you to continue. There are two different ways to cross-country skiing. You have the classic style, where you essentially marketing with the skis, supported by the poles. You 'runs' than with the skis. The "free style" similar to the schaatstechniek; you get sideways with, or sometimes without, poles. Cross-country skiing you can do on a trail, which is called a track. In the classical technique that two tracks. For the free style ga you have made a smooth trail. Biatlon is actually a kind of cross, which you must geweerschieten on a goal. At certain points on the trail the athlete must stop and shoot a goal. Do you target, that means you lose time, because usually there is an additional circle walked / geskate again for your mag.

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