May 2017 | Nómadas Solidarios

Why do young Brits go crazy abroad?

The summer season is beginning and young ¹Brits are ²hopping on planes to resorts such as Magaluf in Majorca and Sunny Beach in Bulgaria, excited at the prospect of ³letting their hair down.

Often they ⁴board the planes in ⁵fancy dress costumes that they will continue to wear once they reach their destination, though at times they prefer to wear nothing at all.

There is now a €2,300 ⁶fine for people who ⁷strip off in the streets of Magaluf while police are patrolling beaches on Segways to limit the numbers of people having sex on the beach.

Scotland: the very best places to visit

Here are some magical ¹highlights to include in your itinerary if the recent Trainspotting sequel has inspired you to head north this summer to this welcoming and curiously romantic corner of the world called Scotland.

Glen Clova – Peter Pan land

One of the five Angus ²glens, Glen Clova is just beyond Kirriemuir where J.M. Barry, the author of Peter Pan grew up. It also ³lies on the ⁴edge of the Cairngorms National Park.

The ⁵landscape here has been sculpted by ice and water and feels both wild and pastoral with ⁶flocks of sheep ⁷grazing on the hills that are purple with ⁸heather at this time of year. A river runs through the glen, making it perfect for picnics. It’s also a great place for cycling, fishing and ⁹hiking with 10 mountains over 914 meters, known in Scotland as Munros.

Prince Philip: Britain’s most outrageous royal

At 95, Prince Philip should probably be permitted to say what he thinks. It is, after all, one of the few ¹perks of old age.

But since he joined the British Royal Family in 1947, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband has been making inappropriate comments that show a tendency to stereotype different nationalities.

Exercise is important for building brainpower

Want to improve your capacity to learn English vocabulary? German researchers ¹funded by the German Research Foundation found that riding an exercise bicycle ²DURING learning improves retention. In a study published in the Public Library of Science (PLoS) several years ago, 81 healthy young German women were given a list of Polish words to learn. The experiment found that those cycling as they memorized the words ³scored highest when tested two days later.

In fact, the link between exercise and the brain is widely recognized, with a ⁴consensus statement signed last year by eight countries, including the UK, declaring exercise to be vital to mental ⁵as well as physical health and beneficial to academic ⁶performance.

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Glen Clova – Peter Pan land