Tirando la basura. Trash

Hoy os voy a hablar sobre algo que aparentemente no es sorprendente y que es: como tirar la basura :) En Espana si vives en un bloque de apartamentos, hay uno o varios contenedores para cada bloque y tambien, diversos contenedores para reciclar plastico, envases, vidrio, papel, etc. En muchas ciudades tambien hay contenedores subterraneos. Normalmente, una familia estandar espanola tira la basura por la noche, despues de cenar, una vez que se ha generado toda la basura del dia. Si vives en una casa, hay casos en los que varias casas comparten el contenedor o incluso cada uno tiene uno propio.
Ademas, la basura se recoge diariamente, cosa que veo necesaria la verdad :) Ademas, en casi todas las familias espanolas la basura se separa y se recicla. Today I'm going to write about something that is maybe not so surprising: throwing away the trash...yes!
In Spain, if you live in a block of apartments you normally share one or several containers with everyone living in your building. There are also containers for plastic, glass, paper, etc.
In many cities there are also underground containers.
A standard Spanish family would throw away the trash every night after dinner and it will be picked up by the cleaning services of the city hall during the night. If you live in a house, not in a flat you can share the container with some other neighbors or have your own. In both cases, the trash is picked up every day and normally during the night.

Contenedores normales y subterraneos. Normal and underground containers

En Holanda era diferente. En nuestro bloque de apartamentos, solo se podia tirar la basura los miercoles. Esto en verano es un rollo, hace calor, etc. Justo cuando nos ibamos instalaron los contenedores subterraneos que se abrian con una tarjeta del ayuntamiento de Eindhoven. con esta tarjeta se podia tirar la basura cuando cada uno prefiriese. El padre de Thomas que vive en una casa tiene su propio contenedor, no tan grande como los espanoles, pero puede tirar la basura cuando quiere. Sin embargo, la basura no se recoge diariamente y la gente en general, no separa su basura y esto si que no me gusta!! Pero bueno, si hay un porcentaje de gente que separa y recicla. Aqui en USA tambien es diferente y para mostraros como es, me he grabado a mi misma tirando la basura :) espero que os guste, el proceso es sencillo. De lo que aun no tengo informacion es de si se separa y se recicla la basura, si alguien lo sabe, por favor contadmelo. Os dejo el video :) encontrareis el enlace abajo.

In Holland it was different. We used to live in an apartment were we could only throw away the trash on Wednesday. In the summer this was not very convenient. When we were about to live our apartment, underground containers were installed. We could open them with a card from the city hall and throw the trash whenever we wanted.
Thomas' father lives in a house and he has his own container. However, the trash is not picked up everyday, but at least you can throw it away when you want.
I didn't meet many people separating and recycling trash, so I didn't like that much.
Here in the US it is also different and I wanted to show you about it, so I made a movie, hehe! I recorded myself throwing away the trash. It is pretty easy and fast! What I'd like to know is if the trash is separated and recycled, if anyone knows please tell me.
You can find the link below :)

Adios!!!

CAMPEONES DEL MUNDO!!!!

Hola a todos!! A solo dos dias de mi gran viaje (perdon otra vez por los acentos, etc...no puedo ponerlos con este ordenador), me ha dado tiempo a celebrar algo historico y que espero poder volverlo a ver, si, si, si, ESPANA ES CAMPEONA DEL MUNDO!!!!!!!!!Hello everyone!! It is only two days for my big trip, but before I had time to celebrate something historical that I hope to see many times in the future, yessss, SPAIN IS THE WORL CHAMPION!!!
Ha sido muy interesante jugar la final contra Holanda, mi segundo pais :), lo siento mucho por toda mi familia holandesa y amigos, pero ESPANA ES LA MEJOR!!!!Playing the final against The Netherlands was very interesting, against my second country :), but I'm very sorry WE ARE THE BEST!!!!
La pena ha sido no poder verlo con Thomas, un holandes de acogida, una espanola y no podemos ver el partido juntos, pero bueno, hubiese sido muy gracioso, asi Thomas no tuvo que aguantar mis chinchorreos durante el partido.I was a bit sad because I couldn't watch the game with Thomas, but this way he didn't have to suffer all my comments during the game :)La pena fue que no esperaba ver un partido en el que el equipo holandes jugase tan sucio, no me gusto nada mis queridos amigos holandeses, que yo os adoro, pero ayer no teniais justificacion. En una final del campeonato del mundo de futbol, deberia verse una leccion de deportividad y sinceramente, ellos ayer no la dieron. Esa fue la parte amarga de la noche, aunque les perdonaremos :)The truth is that I didn't expect a game like this, I mean the "not so nice" way of playing of the Dutch team. Sorry, dear Dutch friends, I really adore you, but there is not an excuse to play like this. I think we should see a lesson of fair play in the final of the world cup and sincerely, I don't think that happened yeserday. That was the part I didn't like yesterday, but we'll forgive them :)La final se vivio al maximo en mi casa, todo el dia esperando el gran momento, pasamos muuuchos nervios, sudamos, gritamos mucho (mi voz lo nota hoy), casi matamos al arbitro, a mi me bajo la tension en mitad del partido, pero finalmente descorchamos unas buenas botellas de champan para celebrarlo.We lived the final with all the passion you can imagine, we were the whole day waiting for the great moment, we were very nervous, we sweated a lot and screamed even more (my voice can feel it today), we almost killed the referee, I even had a drop in my blood pressure, but finally we could open some nice bottles of champaign to celebrate it.

Acto seguido nos fuimos a la calle a celebrarlo, la fiesta era enorme y es que estas cosas solo pasan una vez en la vida y estamos muy felices de haberlo visto!! Me alegra haber estado aqui para ver esta final y ahora ire super orgullosa a Chicago, presumiedo de equipo de futbol :)

After the game we headed to the center to celebrate the victory, the party was huge because things like these only happen once in a life time, even though we hope to see again. I'm very happy I could enjoy the victory before leaving to the US and now I'll go there feeling very proud of our national soccer team ;)

VIVA ESPANA!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aun tengo muchas cosas que contar sobre Holanda y Espana, vienen en camino en los siguientes textos :) Ahora Thomasito tambien tiene un blog: thomashermans.blogspot.com Nos vemos!! See you all!!