My future

It was the darkest night I had ever seen and the rain was hitting the windows. In my room the small lamp was shining as bright as the sun. I was sitting t my desk when my mother suddenly appeared at the door asking me "What do you want for dinner?" "Nothing," I replied. At that moment I was full of thoughts.

I could tell you what I thought about but it isn’t really important. Nevertheless,

I need to tell someone. I had hardly ever thought about going to college,

but every time I thought about it, I felt that it wasn’t my way. 

It was still raining. Should I go to college? 

Even if you don’t want it, only because the education system says it’s for the best? 

My mother came back. She didn’t go to college and I believe she’s happy. 

Anyway, I’m young and so I want my future to shine as bright as my little lamp does. 

It's my way. It's my line. I will know how to continue if I don’t lose myself first. 

The rain had stopped and I hadn’t realized. 

I had stopped the moment I stopped worrying. 

Then the moon took over the night.

The Best News Ever

Last summer, I had a great time with my family. One day, while we were eating in a restaurant I heard a catchy tune coming form the TV. Then, I decided to run fast towards the TV but unfornutately, I couln't see the artist's name.
As soon as I got home, I started searching that song online, my mind could still sing that song. Afterwards, thanks to my cousin's help I got it. I was delighted then. The news didn't come until last week, when I got to know that the support singer for the concert where I was going to go, was Mayer Hawthorne! He is the singer of that catchy song. I couldn't belive it!
First, because I have been waiting for this Bruno Mars's concert for so long. And second, because I really liked that new singer and I was soing to see him in live!
 I was very surprised with that breaking news. Then, that day came and I enjoyed every each moment of their performances.

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An anecdote:

Last year, i went on a trip to Madrid. Because i wanted to go to the center of Spain. So my family and i, decided to go there, it was  a very exciting trip because my dad used to go on holidays there when he was young, we went to a beautiful hotel, which had great views of the city.


The first day we arrived after a tour around the town, we met the family... and we got to know a little more this beautiful city, we went to vist monuments, the prado  Museum, Atocha Station, a little bit of everything. I really liked Madrid because people are very kind, and friendly and are very quiet.


When i was in Madrid, i went to an elegant restaurant with educated people, and ambitious and hard-working, so we entered the restaurant and ask for the menu, and then i saw "bread with tomato, and ham" and thought it would be like in the Catalonia, so when the waiter came and put the dish on the table, mt family and i  couldn't stop laughing , the tomato was cut, next to the bread,bread, just had oil and salt, It as a very embarrasing situation for the waiter and for us becouse we couldn't stop laughing. This was a good anecdote for us for a very long time




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An unforgettable holiday

I went to Palamós with my family last year.
As soon as we arrived, we went to the hotel to leave the bags.
My cousin Luis, likes exciting holidays, but I like to relax, so we went for along the shore the beach.

Suddenly, I left as if someone pushed me and I fell into the water dressed!
then I wanted to kill my cousin, but later that day, while my cousin was having a bath in the pool, I was took his clothes and left only a towel. When he left the pool, he had to go to his room with a towel.

Afetrwards, I didn't fell so bad, because I got my revenge and I decided, I don't like exciting holidays!

My memorable Experience

Four years ago I went to France, to Paris, I had never been in France before I went there. I went there on my holidays, and I went with my parents. This experience was very exciting. As soon as we arrived, we went to the hotel, and it was so beautiful. The hotel was very big, glamourous and luxurious. After that, we went to Paris city...

At first, we went to visit the Eiffel tower, it is fantastic.

Afterwards, we went to an expensive and romantic restaurant. The food was wonderfully good, was terrific. I had never been to a restaurant so luxurious until we went there. After that, we returned to the hotel.

The following day, we went to Disneyland Paris. All the day was fantastic and incredibly exciting.

All in all, these were my favorite experiences, my favorite holiday...

By: Joel

An unforgettable holiday

I’ve been to Bora Bora with my best friends Marta and Andrea. We went to a hotel in Motus. As soon as we arrived, I went to the bungalows in the water and we left our bags there.

Then we went to the spa, because we like to relax. Afterwards we went to the beach. Andrea likes to relax and she sunbathed on the beach. Marta and I like active holidays, therefore Marta and I went to swim with dolphins, they are very beautiful. Then we dived. We saw corals, and stingrays. Afterwards we went to feed sharks.

Later, we saw monuments and stone temples, in Anau, Vaitape and Faanui and took photos. Then we bought souvenirs.

Ultimately Marta, Andrea and I went to the hotel and we saw fishes, stingrays, turtles… through the ground glass. We ate mahi mahi and we slept in the bungalow.

Unforgettable holidays

This summer my family, a friend, Miguel and I went to Germany. We arrived at 18:30 at the hotel. As soon as we arrived at the hotel, Miguel and I went for a walk around the hotel. My family like relaxing holidays but Miguel and I prefer an active holidays.
That night, when we finished dinner, Miguel and I went to the disco. We danced in the disco while two girls ask me " Wie spät ist? (what time is it?). After that, at half past three Miguel and I went to the hotel.
The next day, at five o'clock, we went to museums and saw the Brandenburg Gate. Later, we went to dinner at a restaurant. At the restaurant we ate Bulette and Berlinen Pfannkuchen.
In Germany we saw many monuments, and three of the six night, Miguel and I went to the disco. It was an unforgettable holiday.

My Anecdote

I've been to Nederlands with my family many times. When I was ten years old we went to my uncle's home in Amsterdam. The next day after we arrived, we went to a nature reserve to see the typiucal windmills and I hired a pedal boat with my cousins while our parents were buying souvenirs. Then we went out to the middle of channel.
In the channel there was a lot of seaweeds. Suddenly, the seaweed was tangled in the pedal boat. After that, the pedal boat couldn't move and we were stranded in the middle of the channel. We got so nervous. What's more, it was quite windy in the channel and every time we moved further from the coast. We began to scream but our parents couldn't hear us and my little cousin started to cry. Besides, the seaweeds were also so thick that we couldn't see how deep the channel was. So we could not go swimming without seaweeds getting entangled. But, as soon as our parents realized what was happening, my uncle was comming to rescue us swimming but he realized how dangerous it was.
Our parents called the owner of the pedal boat and he came to save us. When we returned to land our parents were already hysterical.
We left the nature reserve and before we arrived at home our parents had already punished us. I thought it was not fair!
Now, when we remember it, we laugh about it.

An unforgettable holiday: my trip to Disneyland Paris.

When I was nine years old I went to Disneyland Paris with my parents and my sister.

We went to Paris by train. We left Barcelona on Sunday at nine p.m. The whole journey I was anxious to arrive at the train, but the train was very old and I was really scared about sleeping in there. Finally, we arrived in Paris the next day at 8 a.m. We entered the park at 9 a.m. and I was so excited because I had always wanted to go to the park.

We were in the park for five days and four nights.

The first day, we tried to see everything we could and we rode in the park's attractions. Later, at midday we could go to the hotel. The hotel was amazing and huge. Its name was New Port ans was inspired in a ship and a port. When the night arrived, we went to bed early, because we were very tired and exhausted.

The second day, we had breakfast at the hotel. Everybody took the buns for breakfast! This day we decided to go to the Disneyland Resort Paris, a little park about movies. We saw all the park and we rode in the attractions.

My dad filmed all the park while my mum was taking pictures.

The third day, we stayed in the park until the night to see the night cavalcade. Then we went to the Village, a part outside the park where there are many restaurants and discos.

The fourth day in the afternoon, we went to the hotel pool. The pool was so cool! The pool had a sunken ship on which you could walk. We spent all the afternoon in there because my whole family loves water and in the pool there were many things we could play with.

The last day, we dedicatec to ride the attractions, we liked it and we bought the last presents for the family. We said goodbye to the park and we went to the hotel to catch the bus to carry the station.

We left Paris at nine p.m. We had dandwiches for dinner made with the buns of the hotel.

I spent all the night thinking about my trip to Disneyland. In there I had tasted the best cotton candy, popcorns and I saw huge lollipops.

We arrived at Barcelona at 8 a.m. and my whole family was in the station to welcome us home.

I really liked this trip, and I think I'll never forget it!

My last holiday

My last holidays were my longest holidays, and i think that I learnt how to spend the time. I enjoyed a lot whit my friends, and my family, and I met new people too, because I was in different places during the summer, and I wanted to meet people everywhere.

The first place I visited was Calpe, a town in Alicante, because I was invited for some days by a friend who has a house there. I went with some friends, and we spent there just five days, but it was enough time to want to come back next summer! We stayed on the beach for hours, in the mornings, just lying and a sleep, taking enough energy for the rest of the day for the night! At night, we went out until next morning. We danced.

Next, I went to Paris with my mum and my friends. Actually, I did not go to Paris, I went to Disneyland. We stayed there for four days, and it was really unforgettable. When I saw the park, I opened my eyes the most I could, and I did not close them until the night at the hotel. I felt like a little boy again.

Finally, I was in Salou. A really relaxing time, and we were on the beach for some days. There, we did not visit anything; we were there just t rest. After those day, we came back to Badalona, and, unfortunately, we had to start our routines again.

My Holidays

Hi!
On vacations last year I was here in Barcelona, as it was my first holiday in Barcelona, I visited many places and I had a good time. My daily routine was almost the same, I woke up in the morning and I watched TV with my sister, then went to the Gym, later, in the afternoon I went to the beach, in fact it was almost necessary to go to the beach and always went with my friends or

My worst holiday

My worst holiday

Last summer, I was in London. I was with my parents and my cousins. When I arrived at the hotel, the receptionist was not there and I had to wait for an hour. While I was drinking a juice of peach, the receptionist arrived. He was cleaning the sheets of the rooms.

My cousins and I went to the room, it was big, cozy and had air conditioning.

Later we went to visit London and to visiting the big monuments and the beautiful bridge.

At night I slept in a room with my cousins. In the middle of the night I was very tired and I was cold, because of the air conditioning. I closed it. My cousin Daniel went to warn my mother that I was ill. My mother came to see me and I had 39º temperatures.

The next morning we went to the doctor, he told me I had to take a vaccine.

I was very bad. I hated it. Suddenly I listened to the doctor when he was talking to my mother and I went out running out of the hospital.

While I was running toward the car, an older woman told me that nothing happened. Later we went away to the hotel.

I felt bad, very tired, was cold and I couldn’t talk. After three days I went again to the hospital. I got the vaccine after two hours later I felt very good.

This summer I saw more hospitals than monuments.

When we arrived at my house, my grandmother prepared me a warm dish.

After a week I was quite good I went to the street with my friends and I could enjoy the summer.

I hope this never happens again to me in my summer holidays.

The truth is that I felt very bad, I couldn't enjoy the holiday as I always do.

REGGAE CONCERT

Last summer I went to a concert in Lyon, France with some friends and it was exciting because it was the first time I had been to reggae concert.

The first thing Idid was checking the tickets with my friends, the tickets were very expensive because it was a small concert. I've always liked reggae music but I had never been to a reggae concert in French! The field was very crowded and the feeling was absolutely amazing because all people were screaming " Mr Lezard ", the name of the singer. Afterwards, Mr Lezard began to sing the best songs from his new CD and we began to dance.

After the concert, we had dinner with some teenages we met in the concert.

Definitely, I'll never regret to have been to the concert and I wouldn't hesitate to go back again.

It was impressive!

My passionate holiday in the Canary Island

Last year I went to the Canary Islands with my friend and my family. When we arrived the place was very nice and very quiet. We rented a beach cottage winged with breathtalking views.
It was supposed to be a relaxing vacation but then it got a bit complicate. One of my friends became ill and we had to take him to the hospital. He had high temperature and a bad cough. He spent two days and then was discharged. After three days, we could spend the holidays better.
The weather was great, very sunny, very hot and one day we had a bit of wind, but very little.
One day, suddenly, while we were eating on a deck it started to rain a lot. Everyone ran out to get in a dry place, and we got into a museum that was free of course, where they had many paintings ans sculptures. It was an exiting place. When it stopped we went for a walk arround.
The last day we went to see an exhibition of animals after eating at the heart of the city.
It was pretty buy they seemed angry animals. Then, we cought a plane and went home.
They were very cool holidays an experience I had never lived. I would repeat without hesitation.
The next vacation, it has to be the same or better.