tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342107572024-03-13T09:57:14.771-07:00Expo Zaragoza 2008Zaragoza has been selected to host the International Exhibition in 2008 (from 14th June to 14th September 2008) under the Theme “Water and Sustainable Development”. Zaragoza is my city and I feel very proud of it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34210757.post-61494865034841553282008-09-14T08:53:00.000-07:002013-09-26T09:24:41.986-07:00Show must go on!
104 countries, United Nations, European Union, Iberoamerican Secretary; 93 days, 2800 experts on water and sustainable development, 60.000 volunteers and 6 million visitors...one world capital of water...Zaragoza...
The 2800 experts that participated in the Water tribune debates helped to shape the Zaragoza charter which contains recommendations to face challenges related to water....
so this Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34210757.post-63387055670146667082008-08-31T08:51:00.000-07:002013-09-26T09:01:57.410-07:00GorbachevNo need of introduction for Mijail Gorbachev, so i will be very short and to the point: Mikhail Gorbachev will be next 5th of September at the Expo (event takes place outside Expo premises in Huesca just 80 km from Zaragoza) where this Nobel Peace Prize winner will deliver a speech, under the title 'Water for Peace', looking at the main initiatives implemented at international level in the last Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34210757.post-77275262903611043972008-08-26T08:49:00.000-07:002013-09-26T08:57:20.204-07:00an iceberg....
Everyone knows what´s but difficult to imagine one in Zaragoza´s hot summer...with penguins included. Diffficult but not impossible...The world-famous Spanish director, Calixto Bieito http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/otherresources/interviews/CalixtoBieito.htm is directing this every night (9.28 pm) miracle...
The performance is a half an hour no (launguage) dialogue Dialogue between the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34210757.post-23971815441802967682008-08-10T08:48:00.000-07:002013-09-26T08:49:14.531-07:00Does water harm?
... that is the title of the last work of Nobel prize winner Dario Fo http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1997/fo-bio.html which is a call to wake up...using humor.
I am delighted that -in addition to the everynight concerts at Expo Zaragoza 2008 Anfiteatro 43 http://www.expozaragoza2008.es/theblog/?p=32 the Expo and the Zaragoza city council has programmed a variety of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34210757.post-60799429397293974292008-08-02T08:42:00.000-07:002013-09-26T09:01:11.172-07:00Russian pavilion: deepest lake in the world and more
The blog of Mr. Afilamazas http://afilamazas.blogspot.com/ (sorry only in Spanish...nice videos too...) explains that Expo Zaragoza is worth visiting for a number of reasons (architecture, knowledge & entertainment, etc) but warns visitors that some pavilions are just "selling" their countries ie. they are unrelated to the theme of the expo or if we are "lucky", they will show up with their bestUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34210757.post-19564424865967411872008-07-14T08:38:00.000-07:002013-09-26T08:41:19.006-07:00Back to the future: return to EDO
At the Japanese pavilion in Expo Zaragoza 2008 you will be transported to the EDO times http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edo_period, more precisely 200 years ago...when Tokyo megalopolis was a 1 million citizens city called EDO.
"In the land of Asian Monsoon climate and ragged terrain, with geographical limitations (more than 120 millions for a territory of approximately 2/3 of Spain!) surroundedUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34210757.post-52792327594163621882008-06-29T08:37:00.000-07:002013-09-26T08:38:35.567-07:00500.000 reasons to visit the Expo
In only 12 days 500.000 visitors to the Expo on Water and Sustainable Development. By now visitors are more than residents (taking into account the average of more than 40.000 visitors per day). OK, yes, some of them come from Zaragoza but it is not by chance that the visitor 500.000 was Eckhard Andree & family….from Germany.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34210757.post-91629651995629418442008-06-16T08:34:00.000-07:002013-09-26T08:35:14.177-07:003 days to go, 1 minute to see and 2 years to build...without LEGO
Have you ever try to use LEGO to build a city? did you ever though of a drop-building?
Now you can enjoy learning how you could have built it in 1 minute...well more or less
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34210757.post-62810986326131801452008-06-16T08:31:00.000-07:002013-09-26T08:32:05.421-07:003 days visit plan: Goya and Expo
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes was born in Fuendetodos http://www.fuendetodos.org/, on the Aragonese plain just over 45 kilometres from Zaragoza.
This artist explained in the sleep of reason ... One does not need to be Mr. Freudthe innumerable foibles and follies to be found in any civilized society, and from the common prejudices and deceitful practices which custom, ignorance, or self-interestUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34210757.post-46791591431346842342008-05-15T08:28:00.000-07:002013-09-26T08:29:30.631-07:00Midsummer night dream...of music at Zaragoza 2008 exhibition
Every single night of the expo there will be a concert featured...variety and quality guarantee we spend cool nights in Spain with the enthusiastic local crowd (the "maños")
See you there!
14 de junio. Jessy y Joy, Aleks Syntek y Zabaleta.
15 de junio. Gilberto Gil.
16 de junio. Desde ese día, cada lunes y martes hasta el 9 de septiembre, se celebrará la fiesta "Love Zaragoza", con el DJ PedroUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34210757.post-29059986122864563452008-04-23T08:25:00.000-07:002013-09-26T08:28:34.308-07:0023rd April. Saint George - Aragon Day.
Today´s is Aragon´s day. A perfect day to guide you in a virtual http://www.caiaragon.com/en/visitas/index2.asp?pProv=4&pVisita=24
visit to the origins of the Aragon´s Kindgom. The monastery of San Juan de la Peña http://www.monasteriosanjuan.com/monasterio-san-juan-de-la-pena.php?L=enwhich is located below an enormous rock. The whole area is a natural park in the beautiful pre-Pyrenees Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34210757.post-61928357529406706092008-04-20T08:19:00.000-07:002013-09-26T09:03:35.638-07:00UAE...the power of petrolImagine a country with virtually no fresh water....traditionally that wouldn't be the paradise for human development..., however with massive construction projects and rising population United Arab Emirates http://uaeinteract.com/ (UAE) proves that oil revenues and entrepreneurship together are able to achieve the unimaginable....with desalination plants providing most of the water...even to skiUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34210757.post-6217619275738419832008-03-04T11:02:00.000-08:002013-09-26T08:02:21.171-07:001001 nights in ZaragozaWell, sorry to say that Expo Zaragoza 2008 will be slightly shorter than that (June-September). However during the long and warm summer nights in Saragossa you can profit to go to magic places where you will be transported far away from XXI century, far away from Europe, even far away from hot summer in Zaragoza….promised.Below just a couple of suggestions:-El Pilar y la Seo: “El Pilar” is a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34210757.post-85512384636501904602008-02-15T10:59:00.000-08:002013-09-26T08:04:56.485-07:00Expo Zaragoza 2008 world class showswho is that man? this is a man that when hired to run the aerial design for Tarzan and other walt disney musicals a few years ago and asked by a national (argentinian) journalist whether he had the fear to be good enough he replied by saying:
No podés medir las alturas. Si te ponés a ver cuál es la altura de un pico, te asustás y no lo subís. Supongo que es como estar surfeando: se te viene una Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34210757.post-61861977086681162372008-02-06T02:52:00.000-08:002013-09-26T08:11:08.279-07:00Belgium at Expo Zaragoza 2008Belgium is a paradoxical country in many aspects, just to mention one: despite being the so called capital of the European integration it is quite close to disintegrating as a country due to the continuous disputes between the Flemish and the Walloons.The country is also divided in terms of water resources, with the North dependent from the South. Wallonia satisfies 55% of the national needs in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34210757.post-78727823364985045012008-01-15T10:55:00.000-08:002013-09-26T08:11:49.938-07:00Expo Zaragoza 2008 visits Brussels, capital of EuropeFor those of you new to the Expo Zaragoza 2008 you might be thinking what the hell is that creature...Well, the ET looking drop of water is called Fluvi and was overlooking us at the presentation of Expo in the European Parliament. There, the 27 countries of the European Union are represented and what is more, guaranteed they can use their national language as a working language (with Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34210757.post-59033866284161312012007-12-03T08:24:00.000-08:002007-12-03T08:32:26.358-08:00"A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" in ZaragozaBob Dylan's has recorded a new version of "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" to promote next year's Expo Zaragoza 2008.Amaral will play the Spanish version of the song.I leave you with the less than 5 minutes advertisement where Bob Dylan sings his beautiful song and, at the very end, explains he wants to help to make sure that there is clean water for the around 1000 million people missing Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34210757.post-21147176637188668372007-10-29T04:14:00.000-07:002007-10-29T04:42:28.371-07:00Japanese sustainable civilization shows wisdom at Expo Zaragoza“In the land of Asian Monsoon climate and ragged terrain, with geographical limitations surrounded by sea on all four sides, Japanese people have developed skills, culture and lifestyles that live in harmony and symbiosis with nature, rather than confronting it….”.The above explains why “Harmony with Water, Wisdom and Skills” is the theme for the Japanese pavilion at Expo Zaragoza 2008. I think Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34210757.post-3907141723407441582007-10-18T04:05:00.000-07:002007-10-18T04:21:30.359-07:00Water for Life: Zaragoza put on the map (of United Nations)Under the United Nations Charter all humans are guaranteed the right to life (and as water is necessary for life…) however in practice this is an empty right for….1.200 million people. This is nothing new. But something is moving in Zaragoza. A brand new United Nations office to support the International Decade for Action “Water for Life” 2005-2015 just opened there on the 5th of October 2007.ButUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34210757.post-22052369238679377802007-09-21T05:15:00.000-07:002007-09-21T08:35:03.761-07:00The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Water, $ and clothes)Yes, this is like a Western...altough it might not be evident as first sight...Reading about washing machines new water & energy efficient models, you start thinking whether the shirts with the tomato sauce will have a second life just putting them inside your new energy efficient and cheap washing machine or that wont be enough. Basically would mean that decreasing energy and decreasing Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34210757.post-35077352628212696672007-08-31T03:49:00.000-07:002007-08-31T03:59:17.190-07:00Estimation of water saving potential in Europe doublesA report published by the Commission states that water use in the European Union could be reduced by about 40%. This figure is nearly twice as much as previously estimatedHowever, in a business as usual scenario it is estimated that water consumption by the public, industry and agriculture would increase by 16% by 2030. Hopefully the Expo will help us, all of us, to achieve this water saving Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34210757.post-6746891191812551662007-08-29T09:05:00.000-07:002007-08-29T09:09:01.355-07:00Eagles view of Expo Zaragoza city treasuresWell, 2 posts ago, i provided you with the essence of Zaragoza from an historic point of view. Now, i want to show to you...Enjoy!Pd. in particular, the first 2 minutes of the video are great ;)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34210757.post-33035099972802348372007-08-23T05:01:00.000-07:002007-08-29T09:03:12.654-07:00Expo Zaragoza telecabin under (melted) snow threadWell, I think this time I have got it. The most twisted title of a blog entry ever ;)A similar telecabin to the one above will join the new train station of “Delicias” where the high speed trains will be arriving from Madrid and Barcelona with the Expo premises.After the Expo hopefully will be dismantled and reuse (instead of the one of the Expo in Sevilla) it in one of Aragon´s ski resorts….if Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34210757.post-62266302345237805002007-08-09T11:27:00.000-07:002007-08-09T11:42:47.540-07:00Aragon Winter Olympic Games bid under (melted) water threadPeople from the region will know that in recent times we have tried many times to win the bid for winter Olympic Games. Now that infrastructures are getting better, we have a new thread to our Olympic dream…warm weather.Some years ago, United Nations officials presented before the International Olympic Committee some findings about warming and snow..no doubt this is affecting how the IOC chooses Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34210757.post-18593165869937509272007-08-01T15:44:00.000-07:002007-08-08T17:05:07.094-07:00Iceberg in the river Ebro = Cool inauguration of ExpoAn enormous Iceberg measuring 55 metres wide by 20 metres high, will be the stage for the inauguration show at Expo Zaragoza 2008. <!-- google_ad_section_end -->The authors of the show explain in a video that a reduced version of the show (lasting around 20 minutes) will be performed every night between 10.30 pm and 11 pm from 14th June to 14th September 2008. In addition, it is expected that theUnknownnoreply@blogger.com5