The Best Holiday I've Had

When I was a child my family didn't travel too much. But we could go somewhere just for the afternoon because my father had to travel sometimes, so my mom and I were going with him. I remember going to the beach, running away from the waves, building sand's castles... the things we do when we go to the beach. 

Salto del Laja, Biobío, Chile

But we never went to the south of Chile. And some years ago we beginning to travel by our own, not just because my dad has to travel. We use the summer holidays to travel to Los Ángeles, especially to Salto del Laja. One of the main waterfalls in the country. 

We camped on the river bank, just one hundred meters from there, in private enclosure. I remember we could hear the littles frogs and crickets in the night. I will never forget the day that we found a little green frog in one of our bags! I took it with my bare hands and that was one of the most beautiful (and funny) moments of my life... have an animal so tiny and fragile (cold and wet) in my hands. My little brother and I hunted crickets every time and liberated them just a moment after that.

We stayed a week and enjoyed all the days. Our timetable was like: wake up early, eat breakfast, go somewhere near, have lunch there and coming back to the camp, swim in the river until the sun fall, eat dinner, stay near the campfire and go to sleep. 

That's what I call a good way to spend the time. 

I love the south of my country, very green and alive.

A country I would like to visit

Here we go again, mates. A new level of English and therefore another challenge. This will be the last one so we will have to do our best. In this opportunity, we have to talk about a country that we would like to visit, and I really want to visit England. I like the weather. Just kidding. It's not just because of the weather, is the culture, the people, the history, the language... I really like everything of that.

I do a little research in class about the difference between England, Great Britain and United Kingdom. Did you know that is not the same? I didn’t. England is a country that is part of Great Britain and this is part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and all of this is part of British Isles. Phew! It’s more complicated than we think.

And there is more, much more, that we don’t know about. I don't know if I could say that they have more history than Chile, but it looks like.

I would like to visit the Tower Bridge, the Big Ben, the London Eye and go every inch of England! Drink tea in a tea room with the rain outside of the window. See the Christmas light twinkling in the West End. And more...



All of this meanwhile I study or work in something relative to my career: Food Engineering. I don't know what, but it's a good beginning, isn't?

Only time will tell...