The Bayeux Tepestry

 THE BAYEUX TEPESTRY...

 

The Bayeux Tepestry is one of the most historically important chronicles of the Norman Conquest of England, is now located in the town of Bayeux in Normandy.

It begins with Harold of Wessex’s visit to Normandy and his meeting with Duke William in 1064, and culminates with the flight of the English army at Hastings.

It Includes the death of King Edward the Confessor in January 1066, Harold's coronation, William's elaborate invasion preparations, his landing at Pevensey, the Battle of Hastings and Harold's death.

There are decorated borders illustrating scenes, hunting and husbandry and also some episodes from the fables of Aesop and Phaedrus. Although it was almost destroyed in 1792 when French revolutionaries used it as a wagon cover, the whole has survived to this day and can still be viewed by visitors to the town of Bayeux.

The Tapestry consists of 626 humans, 55 dogs, 202 horses, 41 ships, 49 trees, almost 2000 Latin words, over 500 mythical and non mythical creatures such as birds and dragons. At least 8 colours of yarn are discernible. It is approximately 70 metres long and half a metre wide.

The Battle of Hastings

When your new teacher of English literature asks you: When was the Battle of Hastings? Who won it? And, you don’t know the answer or you just don’t remember it… With just 7:27 minutes you can remember what you saw in high school. I loved the video because is not only very clear but is very well explained and give the details in order to understand what happened that October 14, 1066.
One of the things I love the most from the video was that the story was told from the place where the battle happened, it's a feeling I can’t explain but it made me feel as if you were living the moment, not in the middle of the battle of course, but all the feelings that a war brings whit it, as a vibe that takes you to that day.

The Battle of Hastings occurred on 14 October 1066 during the Norman conquest of England , between the Norman-French army of Duke William of Normandy and the English army under King Harold II. This battle is seen as the point at which William gained control of England, becoming its first Norman ruler as King William I.

Life and baseball...

Baseball is the perfect example of life. As the bases in the game are the obstacles the players need to pass, in life, those bases are the different stages we live. We born, we grow and we die.
As in all games, sometimes we lose and sometimes we win that's why baseball represents our achievements and our failures.
No matter the role you play in life, people are always expecting something from you. Maybe your parents want you to be a doctor, maybe your boss is expecting to have the best assistant ever or your teachers at school, maybe they're hoping you to be the responsible student that surely you are!...Just like people who attend to the matches in order to support and cheer their favorite team, they're expecting for them to win. That could be people who love and support you. Or, in the other hand, there are people who try to hinder your goals. At the end, life is just like a baseball game; life is uncertain and is only up to us to make it easy or hard.