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My last holiday
My last holiday was a five-day trip to Prague in the Czech Republic. I know Prague well because I lived there when I was at university, more than ten years ago.
Instead of staying in a hotel, I stayed with one of my old friends. It was so much fun, and a little bit like my old life. I wanted to do all the same things I did in my university days, so I visited the university. It has changed a lot and looks more modern. I also went to the supermarket near my old house. I loved seeing all the different foods. I was really happy to find my favourite cheese and chocolate biscuits but they were a bit more expensive than I remember!
We did some touristy things too. We walked up beautiful Petrin Hill and around the castle. The views of the city are amazing up there. We walked across the historic Charles Bridge. My friend's flat is very near the TV Tower so we saw the famous baby statues climbing up it. Those things haven't changed, of course.
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My last holiday was 2-day trip to my hometown. But this time I was not alone, I went with my flat made in university. He has hear about my hometown and he really exciting to visit it.
We stay in my house, my parent was happy and very welcome him. We spend whole 2 days to visit some nice place like square, opera house and beach.
The most thing my friend interesting is food. he said them so delicious and unique, so he is planing to come back to visit my hometown again.
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I passed my last holiday with my friends.We went to the Shwemyitzu pagoda and travel all over Inndawgyi. Before we go,we discuss how to go and how many cost.Finally we decided to go by car and we bring only 10000kyats at each other. In car,we sang loudly and speak about last subject and we all are happy.We ate tradition food like that fishes no sooner than. WWe feel fresh the air we breathe. We went the pogoda by boat. We pray and offered waterlily to the pagoda. We fed the baits for fishes.We ate the food again. Along the road we go back home, we danced in the car and shouted arbitrariness. We are really pleased. As for us,that day is unforgettable day and wonderful memory.I love my friends because they make me happy and we are one for all and all for me.
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Where was your last holiday?
My last holiday was in Playa Las Palmas, in the province of Esmeraldas-Ecuador. It is a wonderful place, with hot weather and very friendly and outgoing people. I especially love this beach because it is not crowded, so you can enjoy the sea and the view in peace and without being disturbed. The gastronomy is delicious, it is based on seafood and green bananas and being by the sea the products are very fresh. The food on the beach is from another world, it is exquisite. And the best of all is that from Quito, which has a cold climate, to Esmeraldas, which has a warm climate, you can get there by plane in less than 1 hour. I invite you to visit Ecuador, you find it all and super close.
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I haven't been on my holiday this year.
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My last holiday was in Coche Island. Was a wonderful experience because I can relaxed for a few days, I forgot the city noise, the job issues... That's holidays was perfect
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My last holiday was spent in Europe, I visited Portugal, Cuba and Spain. Portugal is a beautiful country with very friendly and cheerful people, the place I loved most about Portugal was Porto, it is a city where there are older people, the weather is cold but very comfortable, the food is very rich and healthy and its wines are exquisite. Then I visited Lisbon, it's a very nice but very expensive city, so I couldn't buy a lot of clothes.
But before I continue with Spain, I want to tell you about the trip to Cuba; Cuba is a very hot and slightly damp place, all the time it was hot and it rained very little, sometimes I had to stay half an hour locked in a clothing store by the air conditioner. Cuba is a place where they don't have many things, its beaches are beautiful and it has the typical tropical climate, but the worst thing is... THEY DO NOT HAVE WIFI! And if they have, they lend it to you for 15 minutes, all the time it was horrible because I had to share wifi with my family for 15 minutes, it was awful. One day I went to ask the hotel's receptionist for more internet and she replied "you Venezuelans are addicted to wifi", I didn't know what to answer, but believe me that comment annoyed me quite a bit.
After Cuba, I traveled to Portugal and Spain. Spain is an exotic and beautiful country in its own way, but the city I loved the most was Barcelona. Barcelona is a bohemian and poetic city in its own way. As a child, I dreamed of living in a country or a city with which I could feel identified, now dream and desire to live in Barcelona, I think I found my perfect city to live with. Eventually I have not been able to travel anymore or meet new countries because of the same economic situation in Venezuela, but I hope to revisit soon that city that stole my heart.
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My last holiday was in february 2020, I went to Morrocoy with my boyfriend and enjoyed so much. There were a lot of people, but we still could find a place for us.
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My family and I spend our last christmas holiday in Colombia.
We visit place like Cartagena, Santa Marta, San Andres, Bogota and Barranquilla. It´s was one of the most amazing expirience I ever could have. I´m very thankful
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My last holiday was exactly one year ago andI visited Argentina. I went with my wife and my daughter, we were there tovisit my older son, he lives in Buenos Aires. We stayed withmy son for about seven days in his flat because Hotels were very expensive and alsobecause we wanted to spend more time together. Among others, we visited some beautifulparks, gardens and historic places, such as the Japanese Garden and ElRosedal de Palermo, but there was one very different and weird touristic place:the Recoleta Cemetery. It is verydifferent from the ones we know, because it is all concrete and full of mausoleum,belonging to important families in Argentina, such as Presidents, Artists, Doctors,Rich people, etc. I think it is weird because you can see the coffins through thewindows. I fully recommend visiting Buenos Aires, because it has many places to go depending on your expectations.
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The last time I flew in a plane was 2 years ago. I always fly economy class. I’ve never been upgraded. I always choose a window seat, so that I can enjoy the view, but my mom chooses an aisle seat because she can get up and walk around easily. I flew to Moscow to visit my close friend. I got a direct flight, so the flight took only 1 hour, and I didn’t have jet-lag. I arrived at Vnukovo International airport, and a friend of mine was waiting for me. We met and went to my friend’s house. The next day we went sightseeing; the first place we visited was, of course, Red Square. We saw a lot of interesting landmarks: Kremlin, Lenin’s Mausoleum, Alexander Gardens. I was incredibly amazed by the views, and took lots of pictures of them. On the second day we went to Tsaritsyno museum. We walked around the park, then we went to Grand Palace. We saw antique things that belonged to Catherine the Great: like dressing-gowns with cuffs and buttons, decorated with rhinestones, jewellery that made of brass and leather.
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