Writing practice:
Last weekend you and your cousin went on a trip to Rome. Unfortunately, the weather was not good, and there were some problems with transportation. Despite this, the trip was fun, because you were able to doa lot of things in Rome.
Write a letter to an English-speaking friend. Describe the weather, tell about the specific problems you had with transportation, and describe how you completed your journey.
Write your answer as a 'comment' on this blog.
27 comments:
Dear Henry,
how are you? I'm fine. Last week I was in Rome with my cousin for holidays. It was reiny days and for so there was traffic in the city, but so much traffic that was impossible to take a bus to come bake in hotel. Although the rain, I and my cousin have seen a lot of monuments and maded fhotos.
At the last we decided to take a train to come bake in the hotel!!
I wish see you soon, Grazia.
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You and friend are planning a trip to Vanice, Rome and Capri. Talk about ways of getting around and the advantegeges of coach way for coach place.
vale: Hi Roby!
roby: Hi Vale!
Vale: What do you think?
Roby:I would like to go to Rome and would you like to come with me?
Vale: I've a good idea! Yes I would. But how would you like to get there?
Roby:I dont' know!
It's cheaper than going to train.
Vale:we could go to by car?
Roby:No.It's too slower and too expansive.
Hi John, How are you?
Last Friday, me and my cousin Lucy decided to visit Rome in the week end.
We drove for 4 hours, because the weather was awful.
Anyway, we traveled very slowly.
Once in Rome, we went to a pub near the Hotel.
We met some Naples friends and we really enjoyed so much.
Later in the hotel we reviewed the most funny photos!!!
I wish see you soon, Mario
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Ciao Luisa,
come stai? Io sto bene. Dalla nona volta che incontriamo così ho pensato di scrivere una lettera. Vorrei dire a tutte le mie avventure, ma vi dico una in particolare.
Lo scorso fine settimana ero a Roma con mio cugino Angelo ricordi?
è una persona divertente
Siamo arrivati a Roma il Sabato mattina alle 10:00 am ed è venuto improvvisamente a piovere, così abbiamo deciso di prendere un taxi per l'hotel ma era impossibile, eravamo nel traffico, così abbiamo deciso di prendere l'autobus e siamo arrivati al hotel. dopo una doccia abbiamo preso per le strade di Roma per farci una passeggiata e abbiamo fatto un sacco di foto dei monumenti: il Colosseo sono stati particolarmente bella. Dal momento che il tempo era brutto abbaimo dormito per diverse ore all'interno del Vittoriano.
Il giorno dopo, il sole è uscito un po 'e siamo riusciti a piedi dalla Piazza di Spagna e Fontana di Trevi.
2 giorni sono pochi per visitare la bellissima Roma.
Ora ti lascio con un bacio affettuoso.
Ciao Mary
Dear James,
How are you? I am fine.
I and my cousin Sasha went to Rome last weekend.
The weather was not good in fact it always rained and so we had some problems with transportation. We could not go around Rome by bus because there was too traffic but we caught the underground. Luckily, we could admire Rome’s beauty; we saw many monuments, we took many pictures and we went on foot to go shopping to buy several souvenirs, in fact I bought a present for you.
We came back home by train and it was sunny …..
Despite everything, I spent a fun weekend.
See you soon.
Bye!
Susan.
N05/16
Dear Cindy,
I have been very happy by receiving your letter last month. Here everything is OK and the life goes on very well. For example, last week I went to Rome with my cousin to spend sometime together. We leaved from Naples at 8 in the morning and here the weather was very fine, we used my car and in just 2 hours we arrived there but it immediatly started to rain. What bad luck!! So we decided to go in the hotel and leave our baggages. Then we went in the city center to see the most famous monuments in Rome such as the Fontana di Trevi, the Colosseo and tha Barcaccia and we made a lot of photos, but the weather was always rainy. In the evening we went in a beautiful disco and we came back in the hotel at 4 a.m. The day after we had a wonderful breakfast near Villa Borghese and I catched a terrible cold because I forgot the umbrella on the metro. At 1 o'clock we leaved Rome by car and we holed a wheel just a few minutes before arriving at home. Despite these terrible things we was very fun and we will depart togheter again as soon as possible.
Write me soon!!
Kisses
Dear John,
How was your weekend? I had a great time in Rome with my cousin Antonio, although the weather was not that good. We left on Saturday morning from Naples and got there at around 2pm. We were supposed to arrive at 12pm, but there were some problems with Trenitalia: the train was 2 hours late due to technical problems!
Moreover as soon as we left the station in Rome, it started rain cats and dogs and we had no umbrellas with us. At least the day was quite warm.
We went sightseeing and visited some monuments such as the Coliseum and Trevi's Fountain. They were all fantastic, I can't even describe them! We also took a lot of photos that I will show you someday.
I'm looking forward for your reply.
Regards,
Dario.
N05/0025
Dear Elena, how are you? I’m sorry not having writer before, I was very busy.
I have many things to tell, including the elapsed trip to Rome last weekend with my cousin Damon. Unfortunately the weather was not good and it was difficult to visit; we used to move the bus, very crowded, because the taxis were all occupied. Despite the time, we have a lot of fun.
Hotel where accommodation was beautiful and cozy rooms.
We visited many places including the Trevi Fountain and Spanish steps, where there were many beautiful dresses.
I took many pictures that I will send you soon!.
I hope to hear from you soon and organize a strip together.
A hug from your friend Bonny.
Dear John, How are you? I'm fine.
Last Friday, me and my cousin Betty decided to visit Rome in the week end. We went by travel bus, but we arrived at the hotel after 8 hours ,because the weather is terrible and the bus has had technical problems. Despite the stress, we had fun anyway, we saw the most beautiful monuments and the evening we went dancing with friends and we came back in the hotel at 5 a.m. ROME is WONDERFUL YOU must go !!!!!!!!! I suggest to go a restaurant near the Coliseum where they cook very well.
See you soon.
Bye!
Corine.
N05/08
LAST WEEK MY COUSIN AND I DECIDED TO SPEND A WEEK END IN ROME. WE LEFT VERY. EARLY IN THE MORNING.WE ARRIVED AT 9 O'CLOCK AND IT WAS COLD AND WET. WE ASKED INFORMATION AT TOURIST OFFICE HOW VISIT ROME.
WE BOUGHT THE 24 HOUR CARD TO GO ALL AROUND THE CITY.UNFORTUNATELY THERE WAS A STRIKE SO A LOT OF MEANS OF TRANSPORT WERE OFF.
THEN WE TOUGHT TO WALK IN THE STREETS,BUT IT STARTED TO RAIN AND WE HAD NOT AN UMBRELLA.IT WAS AN UNLUCKY DAY.
Dear Mary,
last weekend I went to Rome with my cousine Angy.
We left Naples and the weather was beautiful ... come to Rome, it poured!
The roads were impassable and we have decided to move in taxi and stop at the Colosseum, the Trevi Fountain and St. Peter's Square, where we sheltered under the porch until it stopped!
The weather has not made fine our trip even if we had a great game!
i will post the photos on fb!
See You Soon
Emma
Dear Jane,
It’s a long time since I write you, how are you?
I’m fine and I have a lot to tell. Last weekend I went to Rome with my two cousins. We decided to go by train. We left at 9.00 from Naples to get to Rome at 12.00, or at least these were the plans. Indeed, during the journey the train was broken. We had arrived at the station in Caserta. After waiting for three hours, we decided to take the bus. Fortunately there was one that started at 15.00. The bus trip was very long because it started to rain very strong and there was lots of traffic; moreover we also found an accident. We arrived in Rome at 21.30. Fortunately a friend of mine came to take us at the station, she hosted us for two days. We visited many monuments, met so many people. Despite the long journey to Rome and the bad time, stay in Rome was wonderful. I'd like to return to Rome because it is a very beautiful city.
All good things!
Write soon!
Your Italian friend.
N05/04
Hello Jack,
how are you? I'm fine
Last weekend I was in Rome with my cousin Angelo remember?
He is a funny person.
We arrived in Rome on Saturday morning at 10:00 am and suddenly came to rain, so we decided to take a taxi to the hotel but it was impossible, we were in traffic, so we decided to take the bus and we arrived at the hotel. After a shower we took to the streets of Rome to make us a walk and we did lots of photos of monuments: the Colosseum were especially beautiful. Since the weather was bad we stayed for several hours inside the Vittoriano.
The next day, the sun came out a bit and we managed to walk to the Spanish Steps and Trevi Fountain.
2 days are few to visit the beautiful Rome.
Now I'll leave you with an affectionate kiss.
Hello Mary
Dear John, how are you?
I'm fine. Lat week I went to Rome with my cousin Mirko. Do you remeber him?
We wanted visit this wonderful city and spent some time togheter.
When we left Naples it was cloudy and, unfortunately, as soon as we arrived there it started raining. There was a lot of traffic, so we parked our car and we walked to the underground. We we able to visit a large part of the city, and when we arrived to Navona square it stopped raining and the sun came out. So we could walked around the city. When i come back home i was very tired but very happy because, after all, we had a very good day.
Dear Pedro
How are you?
Last weekend Jon and I we were in Rome.
Unfortunately the weather was not very good because it rained all the time.
Bad weather conditions have also affected our moving! The rain has flooded the subway station and we had to walk long distances! Nevertheless we had a fantastic day! We visited the Vatican with the Michelangelo's dome, the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, the Coloseo and the Pantheon. Rome is a beautiful city. I hope you'll visit soon.
I wish see you soon, Lucrezia
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Dear Lucy
how are you?I' m fine!
Last week I was in Rome with my cousin Mario for holidays.But we traveled very slowly becouse raining and there was traffic, so we decided to walk to the hotel.After I and Mario have seen a lot of monuments and we visted many places including the Trevi Fountain and we bough many gifts, one also for you.....
Later we came back hotel becouse we were tired and becouse the day after we returned home.
I hope to speend a vacation with you......see you soon Sofì
Dear Michael,
how are you? I hope that you are well. Unfortunately we don’t have much time to meet. I writing to tell you of my little trip to Rome.
Last weekend I and my cousin Peter went to Rome. Peter wanted to visit Rome, he had never been before.
Unfortunately the weather was not good. Saturday morning was sunny but in afternoon the sky is turned black and it started to rain very strong. It continued to rain all night. Sunday the weather was continued to be not beautiful. The sky was gray and we felt cold.
Despise bad weather and transport, Peter and I have visited Rome. We had difficulties with the trains and buses. Trains have not complied with the coincidences, the buses have made very late due to some strikes. In addition our hotel was outside of Rome center and taxi were very expansive.
Despise everything we enjoyed, we visited the Sistine Chapel, Colosseum, Spanish Steps and more. Oh I forgot, we sailed the Tevere by boat, it was great. We took lots of photos, when you have time I will show you.
Now I must leave you, it’s late, unfortunately I must return to study. I hope that we can see us soon.
Bye
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Dear Jane,
last weekend my cousin and I went on a trip to Rome, Venice and Capri. First we will need to find a place to stay, so I have booked a B&B, there are lots of them around Rome and usually they are cheaper, cleaner and will have great service. Our initial plan was to fly from London to Rome. After a couple hour’s flight we landed at Fiumicino airport. We decided to go for the Leonardo Express (train) which takes you from the airport to Termini for 9.50 euro per person. Since the hotel is located near the Termini train station we decided to just walk to the hotel.
The inner city of Rome is not that big so it is possible to cover a lot of the city on foot or with the bus, it’s the most convenient way to travel, because compared to other European cities, Rome is extremely cheap, the metro ticket costs only 1 euro.
After three days in Rome we had to get up at the crack of down to catch our flight at 07.45 from Fiumicino to Venice. When we come out of the Marco Polo airport, we studied the map in the guidebook and we seen that the hotel was not far away from the airport, in fact after about 5 minutes we come to the hotel. Venice is quite amazing because there are no cars or motor bikes driving around, so all the transportation is done by using the river. You can use the Vaporetto, this is a sort of bus boat service. For 5 euro you get a ticket and you can jump of wherever you want. We took it one day when it was hot outside.
On Saturday we started on our trip to Capri, we bought tickets at S. Lucia train station. Upon arriving in Naples, we transferred to the Circumvesuviana tracks, where hundreds of people were waiting to board the next train to Sorrento, we crammed on like sardines with everyone else!
We arrived in Sorrento and we took a bus from the Circumvesuviana depot to the port, and boarded the next hydrofoil for Capri. Once we arrived in Capri’s port, Marina Grande, we take the cable car (or “funiculare”) up to the city Capri is such a pretty island and a great holiday destination, but it’s very expensive. We spent here only 2 days, because we have covered the major attraction and then it was time to come back at home. However we had a great time and look forward to coming back some day.
It was great to visit Italy and we decided that it would be nice to visit Italy again together.
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Dear Miky,how are you? I'm fine and I hope you too. When do you think to come back in Italy? Last week, I went to Rome with my cousine Paolo. I want to go another time with you. I spend a good time in this beautiful city, unlucky the weather was bad, infact it was heavy raining and there was some problems with transportation, so it was impossible to take a bus because all time was full. Therefore we took a taxi to visit the centre it was more comfortable than the bus but it was expencive!Eventually there was time to see the Colosseo, Navona's square and other monument before sunset. We went to a party by night where we drunk a lot so we didn't remember anything about it.I send to you the photo of nice places in Rome. I wait you to go again to this city and I hope it will be nice. I look forward to seeing you. A lot of kiss...Vera
Dear Miky,how are you? I'm fine and I hope you too. When do you think to come back in Italy? Last week, I went to Rome with my cousine Paolo. I want to go another time with you. I spend a good time in this beautiful city, unlucky the weather was bad, infact it was heavy raining and there was some problems with transportation, so it was impossible to take a bus because all time was full. Therefore we took a taxi to visit the centre it was more comfortable than the bus but it was expencive!Eventually there was time to see the Colosseo, Navona's square and other monument before sunset. We went to a party by night where we drunk a lot so we didn't remember anything about it. I send to you the photo of nice places in Rome. I wait you to go again to this city and I hope it will be nice. I look forward to seeing you. A lot of kiss...Vera
Dear Miky,how are you? I'm fine and I hope you too. When do you think to come back in Italy? Last week, I went to Rome with my cousine Paolo. I want to go another time with you. I spend a good time in this beautiful city, unlucky the weather was bad, infact it was heavy raining and there was some problems with transportation, so it was impossible to take a bus because all time was full. Therefore we took a taxi to visit the centre it was more comfortable than the bus but it was expencive!Eventually there was time to see the Colosseo, Navona's square and other monument before sunset. We went to a party by night where we drunk a lot so we didn't remember anything about it. I send to you the photo of nice places in Rome. I wait you to go again to this city and I hope it will be nice. I look forward to seeing you. A lot of kiss...Vera
Dear Chris,
How are you? I hope you're fine.
Last weekend i went to Rome with my cousin Daniel.
Fortunately the weather was very good and we spent a very good time down there, only some little problems with transportation, but in Italy it's ordinary administration.
We visited a lot of monuments like colosseum, fori imperiali, altar of patria, many squares, and at the end of the day we spent our last disposable hours eating like pigs in the Mc Donalds.
I hope one day i can took you in Rome with me, for the moment, satisfy your eyes with those photos i send to you.
I hope to see you soon!
Goodbye!
Valerio.
N05/85
Hi Robert
How are you? Here everything is fine, I wanted to tell you about the trip I had with my cousin last week in Rome.
We took the train from Naples to Rome, the weather was not so good when we left but it wan no raining, once we arrived in Rome it started to rain heavily so that we could not reach the bus station.
We decided to buy an umbrella in the shop at the station and we reached the bus station where we discovered that our bus was lat and we had to wait one hour.
After that we were able to reach the museum we wanted to visit.
About 2 o’clock we had lunch in a restaurant close to the museum nd after we went to do shopping in the most famous street of Rome.
About 8 o’clock in the evening we took the train back to Naples.
It was a really nice day despite the beginning problems.
I wish you were with us.
I miss you.
Alessandro
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N05/72
Dear George
I spent last weekend in Rome with my cousin.What a beautiful city!!!it was a beautiful trip even if we weren't lucky for the weather...it rained all the time!!!we had many problems to move by the car and by autobus so we decided to leave the car that we rented in the hotel and to move by metro and probably it was a great idea!!!we visited many churches, coloseum and also we left a penny in the trevi's fountain to make our wishes come true.But above all we eated a lot!all the food was really good so we spend more time in the restaurant then in the museum...it was a great idea don't you think?
Rome is one of the most beautiful city i have seen...even if I think that a weekend isn't enough to see all the beauty of this city...I hope to go back as soon as possible.
we did a lot of photos that you have to see so next time we'll go there together.
I hope to see you soon,
All the best,
kisses
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Part1
1)The tickets to the zoo don't cost much
2)Richard said:"Can I visit the lions first?
3)Giving food to the animals is forbidden
4)In this zoo there aren't many elephants
This is the monkey which likes talking to people.
Part 3
Dear Bill,
how are you?I want to tell you about my new English professor.She's a very young woman;she's only thirty years old!
but above all she's a very beautiful woman:she's taller than you,slim and she has a wonderful smile.Last lesson she came to class and my friend Luca fell out of this chair because he leaned out to look at her better.It was a very funny sight!You can guess that all the boys are very interested to English lessons now and they are enthusiastic for the new professor but the girls seem to be very bored and sleepy during the lessons...they are envious of her,I think.
However I'm happy because my new professor isn't only charming and friendly but stict, professional and competent, too.
I'm looking forward to meet you again,
All the best
Rachele.
N05/72
Iengo Rchele
Part 1
1)The tickets to the zoo don't cost much
2)Richard said:"Can I visit the lions first?
3)Giving food to the animals is forbidden
4)In this zoo there aren't many elephants
This is the monkey which likes talking to people.
Part 3
Dear Bill,
how are you?I want to tell you about my new English professor.She's a very young woman;she's only thirty years old!
but above all she's a very beautiful woman:she's taller than you,slim and she has a wonderful smile.Last lesson she came to class and my friend Luca fell out of this chair because he leaned out to look at her better.It was a very funny sight!You can guess that all the boys are very interested to English lessons now and they are enthusiastic for the new professor but the girls seem to be very bored and sleepy during the lessons...they are envious of her,I think.
However I'm happy because my new professor isn't only charming and friendly but stict, professional and competent, too.
I'm looking forward to meet you again,
All the best
Rachele.
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