Back to School in September

 Hello everybody!
after the summer holidays, it's time to come back to school.

ACTIVITY 1 - LISTENING AND UNDERSTANDING
Let's watch a subtitled video about Schools in Britain first:

 
WRITING EXERCISE:
Did you like it? ...................... Anything surprising for you? .............................
What are the main differences with the schools in your own country?
In the UK schools ........................................
In my own country schools ................

ACTIVITY 2 - SCHOOL VOCABULARY - LISTENING AND REPEATING
Now we are going to practise some school vocabulary using talking flashcards:

Any new words for you? Watch the video again and write them until you know them!
You can use this video with your children to learn English too!

Please write any comments and contact me if you have any questions.
Enjoy this back to school period! :-)

London 2012 Olympic Games (I) - Getting Ready (DO YOU REMEMBER?)

Hi everybody! London 2012 Olympic games are coming at last!

The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad, are scheduled to take place in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012.




1- This is the official clear logo for the games with 4 different colour combinations:

And this is the official logo in 4 colours, all of them will be used.

1.1 - Which colour would you prefer for the logo? Why? ...................................................................
1.2 - Which colour would be the best for the 2012 London Olympic Games? .....................................

 2- Now you can watch a promotion video of these Olympic Games.

2.1- What do you think about this video? Do you like it? Why or why not?

2.2- Can you name the different sports you are watching?
2.3- The first sport is.... and the first sportman / sportwoman is.................... from .................
2.4- The last sport is.... and the last sportman/sportwoman is..................... from ...................
2.5- I can also watch these summer sports: ..............,.................,..................,..............,.....................
2.6- Are there any other summer olympic sports which are not in this video?
       Name them! ................................................................................................................................


3- Now you can have a look at the London 2012 Official Website:
http://www.london2012.com/

Today - for example - you can watch the Torch Relay to London Live in this link:
http://www.london2012.com/torch-relay/video/live.html

Enjoy the previous days to the Olympics!
And comment what you're doing to prepare for the Olympic games in this post!   :)

Science is Rock and Roll (LEVEL: Intermediate/Advanced)

"Science is Rock and Roll" - Jack Black, The Black Eyed Peas, Justin Timberlake, Bono, Miley Cyrus, Just Bieber (and more!) speak out about science in the following video.

KEY WORDS: amazing - creativity - Engineering - experimentation - fascinating - future - geek - (to) invent - nerd - progression - robots - Robotics - Science -Technology.

1) WRITING: Before watching the video write your opinion about these two questions:
1.1) Do you love Science? Why or why not?
.............................................................................................................
1.2) Why do you think that Science is so important in our modern world?
............................................................................................................

2) LISTENING: Now watch the video for the first time. Listen and try to get the main ideas of the video.

2) LISTENING: Watch the video again and listen to these 6 sentences. Pause the video when necessary and write the time of the video and the person who said it. You can watch the video 2 or 3 times if you need it!

SENTENCES                                                                     TIME                        WHO SAID IT

‎1) "Science to me is music"                                                    0:04                       The Black Eyed Peas

2) "Without Science we'd still be cavemen" 

3) "It's the very basic elements of life" 

4) "I think that Robotics and Science, that's the future" 

5) "Science is Rock and Roll." 

6) " ...but Science rocks!"
 

3) SPEAKING: What do you think about these ideas? Do you agree with them?
Any other thoughts about the importance of science today?
......................................................................................................................................

4) WRITING:
Write a composition (200-300 words) about "Science in our modern world" using some of the ideas of the video and giving your own opinion about them. Add your own ideas about Science too!

 

Celebrating Earth Day 2016

On the 19th of March 2016 we are celebrating the Earth Day once again.

The logo and hashtag this year is 'Change climate change - Shine a light on climate action'

But what is the "Earth Day"? 
The Earth Hour is an event organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
It was started in 2007. It is held on the last Saturday of March every year.
The WWF asks people to turn off their lights and appliances for one hour.
They want to raise awareness for climate change.

You can read more information about Earth Day 2016 in these webpages:

http://www.earthhour.org/

https://worldwildlife.org/


LISTENING / READING ACTIVITY.

Watch the officials videos of the Earth Day 2016 to know more about it:

Now watch this video and think about our present environmental actions
and the possible future consequences for the world we live in. 

What are you going to do to celebrate Earth Day 2016?
You can meet your family and beloved ones for a quiet "candle-lit dinner"...
or maybe organise an outdoor dinner under the moonlight for your friends!

So, let's celebrate this special eco-friendly weekend when we celebrate
the start of the spring and we also protect our planet Earth!
Roll on Saturday, Roll on the Earth hour!  :)

NATIONAL CUSTOMS & FESTIVALS (Part I)

Welcome everybody! You know I'm a big fan of festivals and national customs all around the world.

You can send a friendship request to my Facebook profile in English:
https://www.facebook.com/profesoringles.murcia
And then join my Facebook profile and group: Holidays all around the year.
Please join it if you want to know more about festivals and national customs all over the world!


Furthermore,  I am going to show you some interesting resources on these topics in this blog entry.


First of all, I would like to mention some webpages:

National Day Calendar: An amazing website with all national days around the world.

Festivals all around the world. Lonely Planet's festival guide for each month.

Scottish festivals. We love Scottish festivals! With an interactive map.

Irish festivals and events. Ireland has many traditions and events to discover, too.

ACTIVITY 1- READING

As an example, let's watch this video about Scotland's summer festivals.

1.2) SPEAKING
Would you like to travel to Scotland this summer? Would you go to any of these festivals?
Which one would you visit and why?



ACTIVITY 2 - Birthday traditions all around the world.

2.1) READING.
Let's check some birthday traditions all around the world. 

 2.2) SPEAKING
1- Did you know these traditions?
2- Is there any special birthday tradition in your own country?

2.3) LISTENING
Now watch this video. It's not subtitled but we can get some general ideas about how birthdays are celebrated all around the world...

2.4) SPEAKING
1- Did you know these traditions? Which tradition do you like more and why?
2- Do you eat something special for your birthday in your own country?
 
And that's all for now, folks! I hope you enjoy this funny trip surfing on the net.
Or, even better, visiting these places to check these customs directly!  :)

FOOD - Meat and Fish (I)

Hello, my friends!
Today we are going to talk about proteins, of course.

 








And, more specifically, about Meat, Poultry, Eggs, Fish & Seafood.














 Let's see some vocabulary of meat, poultry and seafood first:

 
And now, some more fish, divided into white fish, oily fish and shellfish/seafood:

Hmmm.... if you're not a vegetarian, you're probably feeling hungry now! :-P

To finish, let's see how you can ask for your favourite steak at a restaurant with this image:

SPEAKING & WRITING -  ACTIVITY.

What about you? Answer these questions!

NOTE: If you are a vegetarian, then probably you will not enjoy the following questions.
But, anyway, that's very common English vocabulary and you have to know it!

1) Are you a vegetarian? Why or why not?
2) Do you prefer fish or meat? Why?
3) What's your favourite meat? Why?

4) What poultry do you usually eat at Christmas? Is it your favourite?

5) And what's your favourite fish? Why?

6) What about your favourite shellfish/seafood? Why?

7) How often do you eat fish? Do you think it's enough? 

8) Do you like eggs? How many eggs a week you have? How do you cook them?

9) Have you ever tasted any special meat or fish?  (e.g.: from foreign species, such as the kangaroo  meat in Europe)
  Where? Did you like it? Any reasons why or why not?

10) Which meat or fish you don't like or hate and why?

Well, I hope you know something else about meat, poultry and fish by now.

We will go on talking about food soon. Enjoy your meal! :)

An Eco-friendly Weekend (II): Earth Day 2013

We go on with this special eco-friendly weekend. Roll on Saturday - the Earth Day 2013!

2) On Saturday the 23rd of March, we celebrate "Earth Day"
READING ACTIVITY.

What is the "Earth Day"? 
The Earth Hour is an event organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
It was started in 2007. It is held on the last Saturday of March every year.
The WWF asks people to turn off their lights and appliances for one hour.
They want to raise awareness for climate change.

You can read more information about Earth Day 2013 in these webpages:

http://www.earthhour.org/

https://worldwildlife.org/


LISTENING ACTIVITY.

Watch the official video of the Earth Day 2013 to know more about it:




  What are you going to do to celebrate Earth Day 2013?
You can meet your family and beloved ones for a quiet "candle dinner"...
or maybe organise an outdoor dinner under the moonlight for your friends!

Anyway, enjoy this special weekend when we celebrate the start of the spring
and we also protect our planet Earth!
:)

An Eco-friendly Weekend (I): World Water Day

Welcome to my blog!
This weekend is special: we are thinking about the water, the environment and our planet.
Let's start with Friday celebrations!

On Friday the 22nd of March, we celebrate "World Water Day".

 


READING ACTIVITY.


  What is the "International World Water Day"?  Read this:

	International World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. An international day to celebrate freshwater was recommended at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). The United Nations General Assembly responded by designating 22 March 1993 as the first World Water Day.

You can read more information about World Water Year 2013 in this webpage:
http://www.unwater.org/water-cooperation-2013/home/en/

LISTENING ACTIVITY.
 
  This is a Video Message from the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (South Korean)
on the importance of Water Cooperation, the theme of World Water Day 2013.
Watch the official video of the United Nations to know more about it:

  

WRITING ACTIVITY.
 
The ending of the video is: "Water is life".
Answer the following questions.

1) "Water is life." - Do you agree with this sentence? Why or why not?
........................................................................................................
2)  Why is water so important?
.......................................................................................................
3) What can we do to save water every day?
......................................................................................................
That is all my friends! 
Please share this post and celebrate World Water day with your family and friends!
:)

Four Seasons in One Day

Autumn is beginning in Southern Spain.
This is a season with changing weather: hot or cold; sunny, cloudy or rainy...
Have you ever experienced "four seasons in one day" in your hometown?

ACTIVITY 1 - LISTENING:

Let's watch the video of a song talking about "4 seasons in 1 day" first!

 

 

Well, it's clear that it talks about weather, but does the song talk about any other topics?

 

ACTIVITY 2- LISTENING AND READING

Let's watch the song again in this subtitled video and read the lyrics carefully:

ACTIVITY 3 - WRITING or SPEAKING

What do you think now? Does it talk about anything else?
Is weather the most important topic of the song? Why or why not?

By the way, "4 Seasons in 1 day" is a 1992 song by an Australian group called Crowded House.
I hope you enjoyed the song! See you soon!
:)

London 2012 Olympic Games (2) - Olympic Songs from Barcelona 1992 to London 2012

Olympic Songs from Barcelona 1992 to London 2012

Listen to all these Olympic songs and choose your favourite one! :)

1) Barcelona 1992:

Sarah Brightman and José Carreras: "Amigos Para Siempre" (Friends for Life)

 

 

Chorus
Amigos para siempre
Means you'll always be my friend
Amics per sempre
Means a love that cannot end
Friends for life
Not just a summer or a spring
Amigos para siempre

2) Atlanta 1996:

Gloria Stefan: "Reach"

3) Sydney 2000:

Magic Voices: "Australia"

4) Athens 2004

Giannis Kotsiras: "Pass the flame"

5) Beijing 2008

Sarah Brightman and Huan Liu: "You and Me"

 

 

6) London 2012

WRITING & SPEAKING Activity
Think about your dream London 2012 official song!

Now it's your turn to become a lyrics writer!  :)

1- What kind of official song would you like for London 2012?

__Slow and Classy    __Catchy and rhythmic  __Loud and wild

2- Who would be your favourite singer or singers for this song? .........................

Why? ......................................................................................................

Where are this singer or these singers from? .........................................

3- Which 4 words would you include in the lyrics?

Word 1- .............. Word 2- ............. Word 3-.......... Word 4-.............

4 - Write the Chorus of the song in 4 lines using at least one word in each line.

Line 1- ................................................................................ (word 1)

Line 2 - ................................................................................ (word 2)

Line 3 - ................................................................................ (word 3)

Line 4 - ................................................................................ (word 4)

I hope you enjoyed all the olympic songs and creating your own song too!
Write to you soon!   ^_^
 

One week for the London 2012 Olympics!
Countdown from 7 to 1!     7!..................

English Language and Learning Other Languages

Hello everybody!
As I see in the polls of this blog that one of your favourite topics is Language & Communication,
today we are going to talk about languages.

A) First, let's look at the following poster about the importance of English language in the world.

SPEAKING  - IDEAS TO TALK ABOUT
 1) "1 out of 5 persons in the world speaks English as a native, second or foreign language"
We always think about English speakers from the UK and the USA.
But 125 million of English speakers come from India! Wow!
Did you know that? Have you talked to any English speaker from India?

2) "English belongs to everyone or to no one".
Do you agree with this sentence? Why or why not?

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B) Now, we are going to talk about languages from a different point of view.
What are the hardest languages to learn for the English speakers?
Any ideas before reading this poster?  :)

 

B.1) Easy languages to learn (around 600 class hours to master)
Spanish - Portuguese - French - Italian: "Latin Romance" languages
Dutch (Aafrikans) - Swedish (Norwegian): Germanic languages.
SPEAKING  - IDEAS TO TALK ABOUT
B.1.1) Spanish is easy for English to learn! Surprised? Why or why not?
B.1.2) English is a Germanic language. Other Germanic languages as Dutch are easy for English speakers.
But not easier than Latin languages. Why? What do you think about this? 



B.2) Medium languages to learn (around 1100 class hours to master)
Hindi - Russian - Turkish - Thai - Greek - Finnish.
SPEAKING  - IDEAS TO TALK ABOUT
B.2.1) Any surprises here?
Why do you think these languages are more difficult to learn for an English speaker?

B.3) Hard languages to learn (around 2200 class hours to master)
Arabic - Japanese - Chinese - Korean
SPEAKING  - IDEAS TO TALK ABOUT 
B.3.1) Did you think these were the hardest languages to learn before reading the poster?
Why or why not?
Is one of these languages your mother tongue? Have you ever studied one of these languages?
They say they are the languages of the future together with English and Spanish, of course!

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That is all for now my friends! I hope you have enjoyed this post.
Please complete the polls on the left side of my blog.
This way, I will know which topics are more interesting for you.
And keep studying foreign languages, of course!  :)

Australian Song

1- BRAINSTORMING
Australia is a wonderful country! In fact, it is a big island and a continent at the same time.
What do you know about Australia?
Write ten key words about Australia in your notebook:
1- ................ 2-......................... 3- ............................ ; 10- ....................................

2 - LISTENING ACTIVITY:
This Australian song was played during the TV broadcasting for the official National Day of Mourning for the victims of the February 7 2009 Victorian bushfires.

2.1- First time, listen to the song and read the lyrics of the song in the video.

You also have the lyrics here:

(Chorus)
We are one but we are many
And from all the lands on earth we come
We share a dream and sing with one voice
I am
You are
We are Australian

I came from the dream time
from the dusty red soil plains
I am the ancient heart - the keeper of the flame
I stood upon the rocky shore
I watched the tall ships come
For forty thousand years
I'd been the first Australian
I came upon the prison ship
bound down by iron chains
I cleared the land, endured the lash and waited for the rains
I'm a settler
I'm a farmer's wife on a dry and barren run
A convict then a free man
I became Australian
I'm the daughter of a digger
who sought the mother lode
The girl became a woman on the long and dusty road
I'm a child of the depression
I saw the good times come
I'm a bushy, I'm a battler
I am Australian

(Chorus)

I'm a teller of stories
I'm a singer of songs
I am Albert Namatjira
and I paint the ghostly gums
I am Clancy on his horse
I'm Ned Kelly on the run
I'm the one who waltzed Matilda
I am Australian
I'm the hot wind from the desert
I'm the black soil of the plains
I'm the mountains and the valleys
I'm the drought and flooding rains
I am the rock, I am the sky
The rivers when they run
The spirit of this great land
I am Australian

(Chorus)

We are one but we are many
And from all the lands on earth we come
We share a dream
And sing with one voice
I am, you are, we are Australian.

2.2- The second time you watch the video, sing it! Karoke time! :)

3- WRITING ACTIVITY
3.1 - There are many characteristics and attributes of all-time Australian people and landscapes in this song.
Look up the following words of the song in a dictionary:
the rocky shore -
the prison ship-
a settler -
a convict-
a free man - 
a digger -
the long and dusty road-
a bushy-
a battler-
a teller of stories-
a singer of songs-
the hot wind of the desert -
the black soil of the plains -
the drought and flooding rains -
the spirit of this great land -

3.2 - Now look for all the verbs in the song and complete a chart with the three forms:Infinitive - Past Simple - Past Participle
to be              was/were       been
to come             came          come
...........           .............         ..................

3.3- Have you learnt anything new about Australia? Well done!
Tell us about it adding a comment to this post! :)

Travelling in Christmas - Facebook Profile (INTERMEDIATE LEVEL)

ACTIVITY 1- READING - TRAVELLING AROUND THE WORLD

This is an extract of the Facebook Profile of "Lonely Planet", a famous magazine and company related to Travelling around the world. Read the question and the answers of the Facebook users (I just took out their photos)  

Lonely Planet

Christmas is upon us! What is the longest distance you have travelled to be with friends and family over the holidays?

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Renata Barboza-Murray More than 6k miles from San Francisco, CA to Brazil! Awesome!

Hastaalaska Entoyota From one Pole to other.... and fron summer to winter... 23 h flight door to door Buenos Aires - Winnipeg, to be with my brother & sons...

Tejal Merchant ‎7809 miles (12567 kms) from Mumbai, India to New York, USA

Sophia Ariana Mayen Vancouver to El Salvador

Javier Monzon Guatemala to Taiwan

Brett Schilke ‎9,665 km...nearly 90 hours of plane, bus, and train. Middle of the US to the middle of Siberia.

Dessie Bien Crisologo Manila to Hawaii to mainland USA!

Dino Moll-Sánchez Adelaide (Australia) to Antofagasta (Chile) abt 18 hrs with many connections!!

Maria Beardslee Origel I guess I've had it easy, I've just gone over the river & through the woods...

Azlan Ibrahim Detroit to Rome on 9/13/2001, then to Paris, then to Singapore, and on to KL, Malaysia. 12,163 miles, 10 days.

Mayuko Okamoto Tokyo - Dubai - Cyprus - Malta :) that was long...

Terri Lundberg Last year I traveled from DMM (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) to SAN (San Diego, CA)

Danilo Bernal López ‎7000km from colombia to madrid, four years wothout mom, and five without my sis :P

Johanna Zwarg Sydney-Hamburg

Elisabeth Mevissen from Luxembourg/Europe to Yuma/Arizona/US

Alden Campbell Delhi India to Toronto Canada!

Nep Naam Last year we travelled all the way from Belgium to New Zealand *NOT* to have to spend the holidays with friends and family! ;-)

Beverly Jantzi Moore Raleigh - Chicago - JFK- Amsterdam- Lahore Pakistan

Christoph Jost ‎...26.12.hermagor (carinthia,austria) to melbourne...

Jason S. Jeanjaquet ‎85 kilometers! ;-P

Nancy Rafael Severino Newcastle (Australia)-->KL-->Amsterdam and back :)

Alberto Martínez Madrid-Frankfurt-New York-Chicago-Oklahoma! Round 27 hours' trip ;)

Christy Vaught Kansas City to Rome, Italy

Elisa Kähkönen London (UK) - Ivalo (FIN), about 3500km.

Rajesh Koppolu ‎1000 miles from new delhi to hyderabad, India every year :)

Simone Borgia ‎7500km from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Catania, Italy

Maureen Pudyaningtyas Baliem Valley, Papua. An exotic journey! :)

康镇 ‎5000km from beijing-malaysia

Shivani Patel If I could I would happily travel 30hours to get there. London > Auckland.

Roberto Valenzuela ‎3000 miles

Rachael Aiyana Smith Auckland to the Isle of Wight (UK)

Amy McMullin Melbourne-Seoul-London-Liverpool-Southport. Lost count how long it took. Just got home, feels good!

Simona Maria Marasca Sydney-Taipei-Bangkok-Rome. Wishing you all a happy and safe holiday season!

Martine Hagen Fjellanger I travelled Chicago - Norway!

Damien Concordel Nice-Frankfurt-Singapore-Sydney-Auckland-Wellington: 19,925km in 36 hours, out and back...

Anand Deshmukh Chicago - London - Bahrain - Mumbai

Hopscotch the Globe Toronto - London - Delhi - Bangkok

Luca Benericetti ‎23 km from home to my parents

Sonam Chhetri ‎3 hrs drive on a bus & then 5 hrs of streneous walk in the dark :)

Tamarina Lotze Sydney to Apia, 4338km

Beatrice de Lannoy In a few days I'll travel from Belgium to Hawaii to see my brother, on the other side of the globe.

Indi Newton From Mutitjulu in Central Australia to Honiara in the Solomons, all night in a crowded boat,

Indi Newton a couple of hours on the back of a truck and lots of chainsawing after cyclone damage had cut off the road, about an hour walking, slipping and sliding on a muddy track to a wee little village in the highlands of Malaita in the Solomons. The best, most generous, most naturally exquisite Christmas ever. :)

Marco Manca As far as the international date line.

Laura-Sophie Mettel ‎18 hrs Singapur Frankfurt

Dieter Wildiers ‎7000km, from Brussels to Cordoba, Argentina...

Edgar Adelmund Am in Aruba with my wife's family, that's far enough for me for now :)

Deanne P Connors-Peters From San Diego to Maine by car with a 6 week old baby! =)

Veronika Stalz munich - auckland

Sandra Woller About 6 km ;-)

Barbara Catena Rome -Auckland (NZ)

Christie Fullagar VanHorne Melbourne, Australia to Rochester, NY and then back to Oz.... A long way :)

Maria-Anna Foohs tomorrow I will fly from Frankfurt via Zurich to Yaoundé in Cameroon - over 7000 kms to be with my youngest daughter who is working in the SOS children's village there for one year.

Tarkan Tosun Ankara-Copenhagen

Courtney McGorm Sydney-hong kong- london- edinburgh

Ariana Deichler halfway around the world

Eva Giusini From Italy to Rio De Janeiro

Paula Finuras The longest distance I've travelled to be with family and friends on Christmas were about 200 km

Christine Yeo Over 14,000km. From SG to NL.

Jeanne TereCya Kurniawan FRom Surabaya-indonesia to south korea.

Boon Hun about 350km, on bus!!

Eileen Hjertum Brisbane to Sydney, arriving just in time for Scandinavian Christmas Eve dinner.

Jeanie Ball Melbourne - KL - UK (Leicester). A total of 36 hours.

Two and a half travellers We flew from DC to Sydney to London one year - living in DCV, had to validate our Aussie visas and were rapidly running out of time, and went to the UK to see our families for Christmas. It was a bit of a whirlwind, but we achieved a lot in a short space of time!

Sanny Jain ‎600 km on bike

Valentina Fabris What is the longest distance you have travelled to get away from friends and family (just for a little while...!) over the holidays?!?

Jocelyn Yot Paris - Sydney in 1997

Michael Word ‎3,500 miles. Anchorage to Florida Panhandle

Claudia Schultze ‎11400 km: Lima - Amsterdam - Frankfurt - Dresden

Julie Hill ‎7000 miles a surprise visit from singapore to u.k

Bec Gaskin Nassau bahamas to adelaide australia, thats 48hrs at its most direct. Also budapest to adel via switzerland and london. But the worst was going on a xmas holiday in 2006. Aspen usa to norway mountains. Denver, chicago and london airports shut down due to weather, I was rerouted via los angeles, it took 4 days travel and my luggage took a further 5.

Vendula Klementova Christchurch NZ - Prague CZ.

Elena Montini Milan- Mumbai...a very merry christmas to you and all!

Sandrine Vidal From Spain to Thailand!

Sarakit Chutikul we were vacationing with friends in Chiangrai in the north of Thailand, and drove all the way back to Bangkok and continue on to Pattaya to join our family for Xmas - a drive of about a 1300 kilometres...

Claus Andersen I travel away every year to avoid all this stupid christmas rubbish. Right now in Battambang/Cambodia and not a christmas tree in sight and i fucking love it.

Brian Kong hong kong - turkey

Hannah Gordon London to Sydney, arriving on their doorstep on Christmas day, and they didn't know I was coming! A perfect surprise! :D

Julian Birchall Auckland - Vancouver -Toronto 29hrs on Christmas day, all bar the last hour on Christmas day! But two years later she's still worth it.

Betty Gilmore from Jacksonville NC to Fort Worth Texas and back with a bay and a dog in a Rambler.

Betty Gilmore Now we drive from Atlanta to Ft. Worth with a dog (the kids are grown) in a Camry.

Joachim Bochum Germany-Cambodia

Shubhangna Suryavanshi Kainthla ‎15hrs+2..within state and jumping to another

Franzi Uffdebox My parents are here in New Zealand to visit me, from Germany... around 18000 km :)

Louise Vicente ‎18800 km from NZ to UK to visit my parents, first time in 2.5 years

Nicolette Galesloot ‎6452 km

Anatoly Evstegneev ‎1500 km by car to the Northern Siberia.

Kaitlin Frye ‎10 hours from ORD to London and then to Italy.

Jenny Wong SE Kuala lumpur to houston via pacific, stopover Honolulu, NY eve 1980

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ACTIVITY 2 - WRITING - TRAVELLING AROUND THE WORLD

Now answer the following questions:
2.1 - What about you? What is the longest Christmas travel you've ever had?

2.2 - How was the travel? Describe the transportation you used.
2.3- How was your stay at the destination?
2.4 - Would you repeat the experience? Why or why not?