HOLIDAYS Year 9 (2009-10) MY LAST HOLIDAY I can tell you a lot of good holidays, but this is one of the

bests: I went to Milan with a friend and my sister and, of course, our parents. We went in January and I really had a good time. I went by plane from Santander to Milan. The hotel wasnt the best but it was good enough to spend some days in Milan. On the first day I saw everything because I was very happy. I saw an enormous market with all kind of fishes and fruit, it was amazing! We visited the cathedral and it was truly wonderful. The square of the cathedral was very big and there were a lot of pigeons. A woman brought the food to the pigeons and suddenly, all the pigeons flew to the woman. It was amazing! Some of us went to the top of the cathedral and we could see the city from there. It was very beautiful. We took a lot of photos. Another day we wanted to see the picture of Leonardo Da Vinci La ltima cena but unfortunately we didnt have tickets. But that day we saw the city. We saw churches, squares, shops, etc. The shops were really expensive! We also saw a big fortress and it was fantastic. Milan is very beautiful and, as it is in Italy, I ate a piece of pizza! The weather was good all the days but the last day it started to snow. All was very beautiful. That day we spent the morning in Milan and then we went to the airport to go back to Santander and then, from there, to Burlada by car. All the places we visited in Milan were wonderful and because of this I had a very good time there. Ana Arnaiz Rojo MY LAST HOLIDAYS In my last holidays I went to Cambrils, a little village on the east coast of Spain. Cambrils is a party zone, mostly in summer, it has a lot of discos and beach parties for young people between 14 and 24. It is a very tourist place with a lot of hotels and restaurants and near Cambrils there is an attraction park called Port Aventura. I went there one day with my friend Ivan, it was fantastic! My holidays were really unlucky because the first day of them I went to the beach and, with a broken bottle, I hurt my foot. The doctor gave me three stitches and I couldn't go to the beach in most of the holidays. On my holidays I stayed with my parents and my sister in the hotel Augustus. The hotel has a swimming pool and a games zone. During my holidays I met some boys and girls of my age. With them I went shopping and to a disco, we played a football match and, on the last day, we went to the beach. One night there was a show in the hotel and the presenter called me to do one thing. If I kicked a ball fifteen times in the air (with the feet) he would give me a great prize. I won, it was so easy and he gave me the ball! The trip back home was so long, 5 hours I think: Those holidays were great. Next year I want to go to Cambrils again. Julen Pino

-1-

HOLIDAYS Year 9 (2009-10) MY HOLIDAYS My best holidays where when I went last year to France. As it was a school exchange, I went there with my friend Maria. We were there for a week, it was a short time because all was very nice. We went to Saint-Gilles (France) by bus and the trip was extremely long, six hours is a lot! I stayed in the house of my French correspondent and during this week she became like my sister. Her family was very friendly and they gave me all I needed. All the days I went with her to her school and, while she was studying, Spanish students had trips around the city. I think that this place was very nice specially because there was the beach nearby and some historical monuments which are very interesting, so for that reason I recommend to all the people who want to go on holidays that this is a nice place to visit. In France you usually meet friendly people who are very hospitable with you. The food is also a great thing about this town. The seafood is part of the delicious meals here and, as it is near the beach, you find a lot of restaurants with it. Apart from that you can also eat "ther crps" which are omelettes that you make with anything you like, they can be sweets or savoury as you prefer. And theyre really good!!! The week that I was there the weather was good although some days there was a little bit of wind, but in general the week was sunny. A good time to go to the beach! I think that I enjoyed going to the beach almost all the evenings, here French and Spanish students could talk about interesting things and share our experiences while sitting down on the sand. We saw some historical monuments for example cathedrals, churches, bridges...it was funny but when the day finished I was so tired because we walked a lot! We also visited museums where I could learn a little bit about the history of that place. During the week we did a lot of things (to visit different places, eat good food, have a good time...) that were very funny and also interesting. As it was a French exchange we were all the time practising French because most of the time we were speaking in French. As I have said before I travelled with my friend Maria, we shared a new experience together. One day before coming back I decided to buy some souvenirs for my family and me, so that day the French family took me to a shop full of these things. All the souvenirs that I bought were about the sea, and my favourite souvenir is a beautiful frame that the French family gave me as a present. Other day, with the teachers, I visited the city. It was full of history and there was a mixture of modern houses and old houses. Its history was specially based on fishing and how this trade was some years ago. This was my holiday in France I hope some day I can go again. Marianela Mario

-2-

HOLIDAYS Year 9 (2009-10) MY LAST HOLIDAYS My last holidays were in the second half of July. I went Switzerland with my parents and my brothers Asier. We went to Madrid by car, and there we took a plane to Geneva in France. We spent one night there in a small hotel. The next morning we woke up very early in the morning and we took a four hour train to Zermatt. Zermatt is a small village in the south of Switzerland. We spent there seven days in a beautiful apartment. This village is surrounded by the Alps Mountains, so we spent all the days seeing them. The landscape was wonderful; there were a lot of high peaks with snow and green tall trees. We took a lot of photos. That week we usually went to the mountains during the morning and in the afternoon we relaxed by visiting Zermatt, the old houses, the buildings, the shops... There were many souvenir shops because most of the people were foreigners; they came from all parts of the world. Although we usually go to beach places such as Barcelona, the Canary Islands..., this summer we changed because my brother loves mountains. From my point of view, this change has been a wonderful idea and they have been one of the best holidays in my life! Naiara Irigoyen MY HOLIDAYS Last year I went to Salou (Tarragona) with my family for fifteen days. We stayed in a little apartment. In the morning we usually had breakfast at ten oclock and at eleven we went to the beach to sunbathe. Later, at two oclock more or less, we went to have lunch and at half past four some of us went to the beach again and others to the swimming pool. One day we went to Aquopolis with some friends all the day. All the days during my my vacations were similar, except one day when all my family went shopping to Reus. It was brilliant!!!!! I like more going to the beach because the temperatures are hot and the beach is better than mountains, but I like going to the mountain too. Claudia De Sola

-3-

HOLIDAYS Year 9 (2009-10) MY LAST HOLIDAYS Im going to tell you about my last holidays, but I dont know if I remember it very well... One year ago, the last summer, I went with my parents and my brother to spend a week in a village in Gerona, called Lstartit, that is a beach village on the Mediterranean coast. We stayed in an apart-hotel, in the middle of the village, near the beach. On the first day, when we arrived, my brother Adi, wanted to play ping-pong, so we met a German family, with seven brothers: two girls and five boys, and quickly we became friends and we went together to the swimming-pool, to play volley, to the hotel restaurant... I like the beach very much, because I can swim, play sports, sunbathe... but I have a horrible problem, I really hate the sand!! That happens to me because when I go to the beach, then I have sand on my skin, on my face, on my feet and worst of all, on my hair. Its horrible!!! But I enjoyed very much the village, it was very beautiful: the beach, the maritime way, the village, the people, everything was very nice. But my favorite thing was to walk around the shops that were in the in the promenade at night, it was fantastic. Well, everyday we went to the beach and swam, made sandcastles, collected shells, played volleyball... And then we arrived at the hotel and ate. I sent a lot of cards with photos to my friends, telling them how I was doing, and I bought some souvenirs for them too. I had a very good time all the week that I spent in Lstartit, but the best thing, the funniest was when we went to the Aquapark
-4-

on the last day, there we met another family from Navarre and we enjoyed it a lot. I know that I prefer to go with my friends more than going with my parents, but my last holidays were a very nice experience for me and I want to repeat it!! Irati Segura

MY HOLIDAYS When I was 10, I went to Madrid on holidays. I enjoyed it very much because I went to Silvias house. Silvia is my friend. We went to visit La Gran Va La Puerta de Alcal, La Puerta del Sol We also visited the most antique pastry in Spain. I dont remember its name but the pie was really, really delicious. This pastry is in La Puerta del Sol We also went along Preciados street to Gran Va. In this street we saw many things: - Attractions -Theatres -Restaurants -Cinemas And we arrived at Plaza Espaa square. Madrid is the capital of Spain, and is very big, so we went to the sites by metro. The metro is very interesting for me, and I like it. I also liked very much Cibeles fountain This is my holiday in Madrid. We went when I was 10 and I dont remember it very well. Marina Pascual Rivas

HOLIDAYS Year 9 (2009-10) MY HOLIDAYS On July 4th I went on holiday to Cambrils, in the northeast of Spain in Catalua, with my sister Anne, she is 7 years old, and my mother Isabel. We were seven days on holiday in Cambrils. We left on July 4th at nine o'clock from the bus station of Pamplona and we got there more or less at 3 in the afternoon, at the bus station of Salou. Then we went by taxi to the hotel Voramar, it was in Cambrils. The hotel was fine, it had every day activities for children and adults, and also at night there were shows. It had two swimming pools, one small and one large, it had a games room, a bar, reception and a restaurant where we ate every day. Our hotel apartment had a kitchen, a bathroom, a room with two beds and a wardrobe, a living room and a balcony. The weather was very good every day, but the last day it was raining. When we went the first day to the hotel we saw familiar faces. There were some Burlada friends and friends of my parents, we were with them some days. In the hotel we made some new friends, friends from Zaragoza and friends from the south of Navarra. Every day we went to the beach, we got into the water, I played with my sister in the sand and we were enjoying long hours the sun. Also we walked to Salou, Cambrils and strolled up the beach. One day, in the morning, we went by taxi to Port Aventura. I had been there many times, but my sister never. We saw many shows and we were riding on many attractions. That was amazing, the weather was good, and then we returned to the hotel by bus. On 11th July we returned by bus to Pamplona, there my father was waiting to go
-5-

home. When we arrived in Pamplona there were many people dressed up with clothes for San Fermins festival because it was the sanfermines. We didn't have any problem during our holiday. My ideal type of vacation is to go to the sea rather than the mountains, I love the beach, heat, walking on the sand, hotels,... I go with my family every year on holidays and we have a good holiday, but I would like to go on vacations with my friends, that would be great!! Josune Ciriza Fernndez

HOLIDAYS Year 9 (2009-10) MY HOLIDAYS LAST I like my summer holidays because all the years I can enjoy doing something interesting Noelia Prez MY HOLIDAYS I'm going to tell about my last Holidays. In my last holidays I went to Peiscola, Peiscola is in Castellon (Valencia), it is a beautiful city with 7560 inhabitants. I went in July there so the weather was perfect with an average temperature of 28C more or less. I went to Peiscola with my family: my mother, my father and my brother. We stayed in a hotel called Agora Resort. It is very big hotel with 4 buildings, more than 2000 bedrooms and with a spa, a theatre, the reception, three swimming pools; two in the centre of the buildings and the other on a hill in front of the hotel. When you go there you can see all Peiscola. Also it had a very big restaurant, the food was delicious!!! I stayed in Peiscola for 8 days. All of them we went to the beach and I sunbathed always (ha, ha, ha, ha!). Also I went with my mum to walk, and one day I rode on a beautiful horse called Canela. Other day, when I was walking, I saw Llorente the football player in the Athletic de Bilbao. He's very, very tall and good-looking... (Ha! Ha! Ha!) One day it started to rain and we decided to go to the oceanographic of Valencia. It is very big and there were a lot kinds of animals such as penguins, sharks, whales and also we saw a show of dolphins they are elegant and incredible, I enjoyed it so much. That place was very different, the relief, the weather and also the people were different, they were very friendly and funny!!! Also they were very generous because all nights we had an ice-cream, a very big ice-cream, and they were very cheap and delicious!!!! I recommend you to visit Peiscola because it is worth it!! Maider Eguilaz
-6-

I am going to tell you about my last summer holidays. Last summer we went to a town near the beach. I went to Isla, a village in Cantabria, near Navarre. I went to Isla from the 16th of July to the 26th of July. I went with my parents, my sister and some friends. There, there was a friend of mine; she was with her parents and sisters. We stayed in a hotel, that it is situated at the beginning of the village. The hotel has four floors and we were lodged on the fourth floor. The weather was neither hot nor cold, so we went to the beach all the days, except two. Two days we went to the lake of Covadonga, Oviedo (Asturias), The lake of Covadonga is beautiful, it has beautiful landscapes. And at night we had a walk around the village and went to other hotel because there was a disco. Another day we went to Santander, to the shops and we bought some things. At the hotel, one day, we had a concert because I played the trombone, and the workers invited me to a soft drink. All the days for me were special but the most it was the day that we stayed on the beach and when the tide got up some people had to swim to cross to the other side. We laughed a lot because some couldnt pass and had to pass with a boat. Oh! It was very funny. When we stayed there the circus arrived one day near the hotel, but I didnt go. The food there was excellent, I ate all of it, but I didnt like very much shellfish.

HOLIDAYS Year 9 (2009-10) MY LAST HOLIDAY Hello!! Im going to tell you about my last holiday. I think they were the best of all the holidays because I went with my family and other family, the family of one of my friends. I went to Cambrils. Cambrils is in Catalua a region in the East of Spain. Cambrils is a beautiful city but I didnt go to the centre of Cambrils, I went to a small village near the beach, this is important. However I went to it in the last week of August, the weather was very good, and all the days I went to the beach. One day of the holiday for example was: At 9 oclock more or less, it depended on the time I got up, then I put on the beachs clothes and very quickly went with my family and my friends family to the restaurant of the hotel to have breakfast. For me the breakfast was the best. I ate a lot in it. Then I went to the beach. In the beach I was 2 hours more or less and then I went to the hotels swimming pool. When I was dry I went up to the room and I changed clothes and went down to hotels restaurant to have lunch. The food was very good. After that there were some plays for the children staying at the hotel and in these plays I made two friends. One girl one year older than me and one boy two years younger than me but he was more with my brother and his friend. The boy was called Unai and the girl Ane. Theyre from Eibar, a city in Pais Vasco, a region of Spain near Navarre. In the afternoon I used to go to the beach or I was in the hotels swimming pool. At 20:30 more or less I went to have dinner and after that I saw some shows at the hotel. They were very funny and after the shows I went to bed. One of the final days of the holidays, in the afternoon, I changed the beach to go to the
-7-

centre of Cambrils to buy some presents for my family and some also for me. The hotel was called Best Cambrils and it was very good. The food excellent, the room good with TV but I didnt watch it a lot because I wasnt a lot in the room. The bed very comfortable and the swimming pool was very big and very good too. This holiday was very funny for me and being with your friends, when on holidays, is the best. Edurne Urricelqui MY HOLIDAYS The last summer I went with my uncle, a friend and the father of the friend to the French Pyrenees. I went to a zone near famous skiing resorts. It is between France and Aragon, but I went to the French part. Before we went to the mountain, we went to the birth of the river to do a canyon descent. It is very funny and you can see very beautiful landscapes and caves. After we finished the canyon descent we went to the mountain at about 7 or 8 oclock pm, it was very late, but we prepared the things to sleep in the mountain, and the most important thing, the food! We started to walk and after two or three hours we stopped and set up the tent. After that we had dinner and went to sleep. In the morning we got up at six and started to climb the mountain, there were beautiful landscapes! And my uncle took some photos, they are wonderful! After six hours walking we arrived at the top of the mountain, it was very cold; we took photos and went down the mountain. When we got to the campsite it was three in the afternoon, so we ate quickly, collected the things and went to the car. When we got home I was very tired so I went to my bed, but that holiday was very nice! Xabier Olage

HOLIDAYS Year 9 (2009-10) MY LAST HOLIDAYS In my last holidays I went to Cadiz in the south of Spain. I went with my family; my mother, my father, my brother and my sister. We went by car and after a trip of 11 hours, we arrived there. It was very long but most of it I was sleeping. We did it in one day and my mother and father took turns driving. We stayed in the house of a friend of my father. The house was very big; it had four bedrooms and three bathrooms. It also had a very big garden with a swimming pool; it wasnt very big but was enough for my brother and I. In the morning we went to different beaches, some of the days we ate in restaurant and the day of the birthday of my father we ate in a special restaurant and ate delicious paella. In the afternoon we visited many different places, we went to Tarifa and there we were watching many people practicing windsurf. One afternoon my younger sister and I did surf, we had already done several times surf in other places, but that day the sea was very cold and dangerous. Only this day was a little bit cold, the other days were very hot, the nights also were hot and we used to go for a walk and get an ice cream, we also had many shows to see on the streets at night. Also some days we stayed in the house and went to the swimming pool and others we did our homework. I didnt have much but I had to do it!! One day I locked the house and I kept the keys, then we went to the beach. After we had been some time at the beach, my father asked me about the key and I didnt have it, I had lost it. All my family was looking for the key on the sand and my mother went to look at the beach bar, the barmaid gave my mother the key and told her that a man had found it. My father was angry with me, I think that was normal!!
-8-

One day at night my parents left with their friends to have dinner. All dressed very elegant and went to a very large farmhouse and there were friends of my father and all looked very rich. One day they took us to see a show of dancing horses. In the show there was a television presenter and we were with him but at that moment I did not know that he was famous, I found out later! This was the most interesting day of all the holidays because during most of the holidays I was bored!! Idoia Iriarte MY HOLYDAYS In summer I hardly ever go on holidays, I usually go to my village, Miranda de Arga, but I have already talked about it in my previous composition, so now I am going to talk about the "Camino de Santiago", because this summer I was doing it Im doing the "Camino de Santiago". I started it two years ago in Roncesvalles. As my father and I were near home, we went few days and then we continued this year. This year we started from Burgos, and as we were far from home we had to stay in the route many days, fortunately the weather was good, it didnt rain and always the sun was there so we could go to Len as we had planned. The "Camino de Santiago" is really amazing; I can recommend it to everybody. I think is because, the people are different and very interesting, the refuges are very comfortable, the landscape is very beautiful, you can learn about other cities, monuments,.... and also you can practice English because there are people from all the countries and they speak really good English. I can recommend everybody to do it because its a good way to learn. Nerea Buldain