Dear Rosalie,
Another postcard, this time it is sent from Bulgaria. I just had one of the worst days of my life. I had to travel for a whole day, by myself. First, I was in Sofia, the capital city of Bulgaria. I stayed there for about two weeks, visited some friends I had met earlier and then decided to continue my journey. I wanted to go to Nesebar, a very famous and old town at the coast of Bulgaria. As I was trying to figure out how to get to Nesebar from Sofia, I noticed someone was touching my bag. I turned around and I saw that a little boy had stolen my wallet. I started shouting ‘Help!!’ but nobody paid attention. I ran after him and tried to get him, but he was just too fast. There was one problem: the wallet had my creditcard in it. Luckily I kept all my other money somewhere else. I went to the police station to report that my wallet was stolen, but I can’t say they were very helpful. They told me to find a hotel, and they would ‘deal with my problem’ later, within a couple of days. I was furious, but what was I supposed to do? After a couple of days my creditcard was found back. The little boy was caught and my creditcard was found back. The little boy turned out to be a wanderer. Even though he should not have stolen my wallet, I did feel sorry for him in some way. Thank god, I was able to head towards Nesebar! I went there by bus. My goodness, I don’t know how easily Bulgarian busdrivers get their license, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they didn’t have a license at all! The bus drivers drove about 100 miles an hour and kept on talking to the person sitting behind him. I was scared to death and was not able to relax for one minute! Luckily, I arrived in Nesebar savely. This is my third day in Nesebar. So far I have seen many pretty things already. It all seems a lot smaller and friendlier than Sofia. I am planning to stay here for about a week, and then head towards Sozopol, an even smaller town about an hour from Nesebar. I will make sure I send you a postcard from Sozopol!
Love,
Lonneke
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Postcard 1. Based on article ''the secrets of travel writing"
Postcard 1
Based on the article ‘the secrets of travel writing’ used in class.
Dear Rosalie,
Again, another postcard from a different country. After leaving France, I continued my journey and went to Italy. I have been in Italy for 2 weeks now. I am planning to visit all the famous cities and areas of Italy, so far it all looks absolutely wonderful! How have you been lately? Are you still working as a teacher? I am very happy to not be teaching for a while and exploring countries and not the least important; myself. So far I have already seen beautiful things in Italy. The first city (town) I went to see was Venice. As you know, Venice is known as one of the most special cities because of its gondolas, warm weather, passionate people and water all around. I was quite prejudiced since I thought that Venice had probably always been romanticized by everyone, but I couldn’t be more wrong. The first moment I layed my eyes on this city, I was convinced. I very much enjoyed everything that this city has to offer.
It was extremely hot. The Italian people were very hospitable and I enjoyed being able to just sit down and put my feet in the water when I wanted to. Meanwhile, I met a guy who was also travelling by himself, so we decided to explore the city together. After visiting Venice, I was wondering what Verona would be like so going there was my next goal. As Verona has the famous balcony that ‘Julliet’ stood on, (Verona is known as the city of ‘Romeo & Julliet’).
Verona also had a great impact on me, what a great city with pretty sights. The next thing I am going to do is take a break for a couple of days. I haven’t even gone to the beach yet, which is a waste, don’t you think? The beach is close to where I am staying so I am planning to go sunbathing and swimming the next few days. After that I will head to Florence, right in the middle of Italy. It seems to be one of thé most beautiful and special places in the world.
I am looking forward to going there, we’ll see, I promiss to send you a postcard from Florence!
Love,
Lonneke
Based on the article ‘the secrets of travel writing’ used in class.
Dear Rosalie,
Again, another postcard from a different country. After leaving France, I continued my journey and went to Italy. I have been in Italy for 2 weeks now. I am planning to visit all the famous cities and areas of Italy, so far it all looks absolutely wonderful! How have you been lately? Are you still working as a teacher? I am very happy to not be teaching for a while and exploring countries and not the least important; myself. So far I have already seen beautiful things in Italy. The first city (town) I went to see was Venice. As you know, Venice is known as one of the most special cities because of its gondolas, warm weather, passionate people and water all around. I was quite prejudiced since I thought that Venice had probably always been romanticized by everyone, but I couldn’t be more wrong. The first moment I layed my eyes on this city, I was convinced. I very much enjoyed everything that this city has to offer.
It was extremely hot. The Italian people were very hospitable and I enjoyed being able to just sit down and put my feet in the water when I wanted to. Meanwhile, I met a guy who was also travelling by himself, so we decided to explore the city together. After visiting Venice, I was wondering what Verona would be like so going there was my next goal. As Verona has the famous balcony that ‘Julliet’ stood on, (Verona is known as the city of ‘Romeo & Julliet’).
Verona also had a great impact on me, what a great city with pretty sights. The next thing I am going to do is take a break for a couple of days. I haven’t even gone to the beach yet, which is a waste, don’t you think? The beach is close to where I am staying so I am planning to go sunbathing and swimming the next few days. After that I will head to Florence, right in the middle of Italy. It seems to be one of thé most beautiful and special places in the world.
I am looking forward to going there, we’ll see, I promiss to send you a postcard from Florence!
Love,
Lonneke
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