The wheel, considered by most people as history's greatest fudamental invent, has been spinning unmeasurable evolutionary processes in human destiny. During the period between 8.000 and 5.000 b.C., an age of colossal technological discoveries, in the strip of semi-arid countries between the Nile and Ganges rivers, the man invented the plow, the sail-boat, the metal's founding processes, jewels and the solar calendar. All these invents are based in the circular principle of the wheel. The first indication of the existance of the wheel being used as an auxiliary in transportation is registered in a clay plaque wich was found in Sumeria, a part of the ancient Mesopotamy, in the year 3.500 b.C. The cinema also showed all of this invention's power in the legendary movie "Modern Times", from 1936, brilliantly stared by Charles Chaplin. And one of the most pleasurous and diffunded uses of the wheel is, without a doubt, in a bicycle! It's kind of hard to precise its origin. In 1966, italian monks, while restauring some of Leonardo da Vinci's manuscripts, discovered drawings dated of 1490 that resemble a machine much similar to today's bikes, even including pedals and chain traction. In Germany, there is a model named Kassler bicycle, dated from the year of 1761. Still, it's true origin is yet unknown, as the french claim that this model was exported by them to that country. For some, it's a sport; for other, transport. Freedom, romance, action and pureness are often associated with bicycles. The wind on the face, the satisfatory balance that is needed, the inocent and clean way of moving that its pair of wheels gives us still put smiles in faces of every culture in the wolrd. And you, what was the last time you rode one? I've been using it almos everyday and I recomend...

Located in the sierra of Rio Grande do Sul state, in southern Brazil, Gramado is famous for hosting the most important Movie Festival of South America. After a week of exhibitions of short and feature movies from the continent, on the final day the awards are given to the best actor, director etc. Just like the Oscar, but much smaller. The prize, besides the recognition, also resembles the american ceremony. But, in this case, the southern cousin is a golden statue known as "Kikito". Created by the artist Elisabeth Rosenfeld in 1967, as a representation of the "Good Humour God", it is the official prize given by the jury. Oh, and there is a red carpet too! This years main winners for feature films were: Best movie: BRÓDER, from JEFERSON DE Best director: JEFERSON DE, in BRÓDER Best actor: CAIO BLAT, in BRÓDER Best actress: SIMONE SPOLADORE, in NÃO SE PODE VIVER SEM AMOR Best Script: DANI PATARRA and JORGE DÚRAN, for NÃO SE PODE VIVER SEM AMOR Best Photography: LUIS ABRAMO, for NÃO SE PODE VIVER SEM AMOR Jury Special Prize: O ÚLTIMO ROMANCE DE BALZAC, from GERALDO SARNO Critics Award: DIÁRIO DE UMA BUSCA, from FLAVIA CASTRO Popular Jury award: 180º, from EDUARDO VAISMAN Here are some pictures of the last day on the red-carpet. Click and enjoy!

Barça is the first team to win the triple crown: Copa del Rey, Spanish League and European Champions League! VISCA BARÇA!!!

Going around by Bike in Barcelona you can doscover some amazing new scenaries...

Festival Internacional de Música Avanzada y Arte Multimedia de Barcelona PArty Area & People

Traditionaly in Catalunya, on april 23, it's the celebration of Sant Jordi day, the day of the "in love" ones. People exchange roses and books with their couple and beloved ones. It's a trdition that the man gives a rose to a woman and this one gives a book to the man. It's believed that this act of giving a rose to the loved woman was born in the XV century. It is known that by that time roses were already given to woman who were present in the religious cerimony of the Saint George's (St. Jordi) Church, of the State Palace of Catalunya. With the rose, it's given a flag of Catalunya and a wheat branch. The colour red of the rose simbolyzes passion, the flag the governor of Catalunya and the weat, fertility.

With so many monuments, architectonical wonders from different ages of time, history and excitement, many of those who go around Barcelona don't even bother to notice the huge amount of active cranes that take part of the Barcelona landscape. Yellow, red, green, blue; big or small...they are everywhere! Like giant prehistorical birds that seem to have landed over the city, they look everything from above and built the future, as well as rebuilt the past. Some of them can already be considered mythicals, like the ones with their nest in the unfinished Sagrada Familia Temple, a masterpiece of Gaudi. Many of the thousands of tourists that take pictures of that church every day are not aware of the presence of the gruas in their composition. But there they are, precise and attent. Meanwhile, other ones do the job of lifting modern buildings on the developing areas of the catalan capital. These may be, in a few decades, the ones to be apreciated and studied by the ones who will pass by.