Barcelona THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THIS! I'm happy to say that I'm going to Barcelona, Spain in September. I have been there 7 years ago and it's time to visit this wonderful summer city again, to see great Gaudi's buildings, to eat paella and to drink sangria. I hope the weather will be fine and will let me to enjoy the Sun and the Mediterranean sea. In addition to Barcelona I want to visit Tarragona and Sitges in Catalonia and Cadaques and Perpignan in France. I'm going to fly to Barcelona by plane. It takes 4 hours to reach there from Saint-Petersburg and it's a some kind of inconvenience for me because I don't really like to fly more than 3 hours. But Barcelona deserves me to suffer a little. I know that pleasure of visiting it will be much more than my inconvenience in flight. I'm taking with me my best summer dresses, several newly bought shoes, my swimsuits and my amazing hat wich I've bought in Greece last year. Also I'm taking a couple of books to read on the beach. It won't be anything serious, just easy reading for relax. Oh, I almost forget about English! Of course, my tablet with apps for studying English is going with me. But first of all I'm taking with me my good mood and my wish to visit many interesting places and to meet with many interesting people in Spain. Despite I don't like long flights, I generally like to travel by plane. I like my way from home to the airport by taxi, I like to drink coffee before boarding and to see so many people traveling to so many different destinations. I have a little tradition before every flight. I drink a cup of coffee in the same cafe at the same table with a view to a runway and post a pre-flight photo to Instagram. On board I prefer to read books or to listen music. The first place I'm going to visit in Barcelona is Bokeria market. I'm dreaming about some freshcoocked seafood and a glass of rose wine there. Another my dream about food is a croissant with almond cream in a cafe in the Casa Vicens. And of course I'm going to go to the sea every evening and will watch for the Sun goes down. Oh, I just can't wait to do all this nice things.

Thank you for checking this :) I live in the North of Italy, not far from Milan. My husband is a farmer. He is an owner of an old little farm manufacturing cheese. The founder of the farm was my husband's great-grandfather. He began his business in the early 1920s and dedicated all his life to making cheese. He left his farm in legacy to his son, my husband's grandfather. Thus the cheese farm became the main business of the whole family. My husband likes his farm very much, he grew up on it and knows everything here. His dream is to expand his business and buy a small vineyard. He is a very good educated man, knowing a lot of different things. His native language is Italian, he speaks English very well and tries to study Russian. Our two children speak Italian (with theirs father), Russian (with me and my mother) and English (when we all together). We live in a very nice two-storey house with wonderful sights on the nearest lake and hills. I usually start my day without an alarm clock. The Sun starts to shine in my room at about 7 a.m. and wakes me up. My yoga teacher arrives at 7.30 and we have a yoga class till 9.00. Then I have a breakfast with my family and after it I take the children to school by my car. I help to my husband with his business and carry out all accounting. I busy with my work almost all day. When I have free time I usually go to a SPA or a beauty salon, meet with my friends, go shopping or just relax with a book. My favorite part of a day is evening. All my family comes together for a dinner. We discuss about events of the day and about our plans for the future. Then we have a rest in the living room watching films or series, listening to music or playing games. We laugh a lot and always have a very good time together. I hope you enjoy your life, your work and your family as much as I do.

Thank you for checking it I don't like writing... The most difficult task for me at school was to write an essay. I really hated it! Luckily my mom always likes to write. She writes wonderful poems and articles and I'm very proud of her talent. So, it was she who helped me with my essays at home. But when I had to write essey at school, it was really a disaster. It was long time ago. Since I graduated from the school, I've never written any text longer than a half of sheet. Of course, I write emails and memos at work, but it's my best. And now I'm taking a part in an English self study marathon and my task of this week is writing. I'm a little bit shocked. Writing in my native language is a big problem for me and now I have to write no less than three essays in English. I feel myself now as when I was at school. Not really. Worse. My mum doesn't know English at all and can't help me. So I have to do it by myself. OK. Let's get it started.

My first letter Hi! My name is Natalia. I live in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. It's my first letter here and I hope it will be read😊 I had been studying English for many years but it was a long time ago. I hadn't done anything to improve my English for the last 10 years. And now I've find a job which is connected with foreign counterparties and I need English to connect with them. So I've decided to spend my Summer studying English and my aim is to call my memory and remember everything that I used to know in English. Then I would like to find some new English speaking friends and make English language a part of my life. Thank you for reading this and I will be grateful if you show me my mistakes 😊