Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Bahamas By. Yessica Solano

The Bahamas








The Bahamas is located west of the Atlantic Ocean. Its capital is Nassau.The color of the flag is black, yellow and blue.The currency used is the Bahamian dollar.The language used is English.The climate is subtropical, the rainy season from May to October and the warm season is from June to September, although many hurricanes usually occur from July to October. Her dress is casual, but be sure to bring a jacket for the evenings.







The typical dish is conch, a mollusk shaped snail can eat fried, roasted, boiled or in salads.









The tourist sites are the archipelago, Andros Island, Nassau, charlotte harbor, and great bahama freeport.Ceramic crafts, straw, wood, coconut shells and fibers are the most representative of the bahamas memories. for shopping there are several malls like bay street, festival place, Nassau straw market, craft center and great bahama bahama.keep in mind that to go to the bahamas only passport is required.






Aruba by Andrés Ospina

ARUBA


Aruba is an exciting island. It belongs to the netherlands antilles. The island is located on the south caribbean sea. The language in Aruba is papiamento, but the people also speak English, Dutch, and Spanish. Aruba is generally flat. It has a dry climate, and it's arid. In Aruba the religion is Roman Catholic. The island has 178,91 km² and a population of 102.484 to 2010 stimate. Aruba has a variety of cultures and it has also a variety of places to visit like the lighthouse, the natural bridge, the gold mine ruins, and of course the beautiful beach. There the carnival is a principal party to the people.


 In aruba the tipical dish is the seafood. Aruba's flag is blue with two yellow lines and a red star in the superior part.



Aruba's currency is Aruban Florin. The people there use comfortable clothes like t-shirts, shorts, caps, sneakers or sandals, and sunglasses.



Paris by Alejandra Montoya




 Paris is the capital of France, in there  people are French and they speak French. France's currency is the euro and its flag is blue, white, and red, but Paris's flag is only blue and red.

Paris has four seasons: spring, summer, fall, and winter. It's considered the fashion capital of the world, and the clothes that people wear agree to the season. Winter is between  December 21st and March 21st, and people usually wear coats, hats, scarves, gloves, and thick socks.  Summer is between Jun 21st and September 21st. In this season, people wear shorts, T-shirts, tops, sandals, and sometimes caps, but it is always important to take an umbrella and a sweater or a jacket because it can rain anytime in Paris.

The most famous place for shopping is the Avenue  des Champs-Élysées and the Avenue Montaigne, there you can find stores like Dior, Chanel and Givenchy.

Paris's food is varied and delicious. It's common to find different types of cheese and wines. Also, you can find food like Croissants, Crepes, and Ratatouille. In Paris the food is expensive, but you can find places for good food that are not too expensive.

The best part of Paris is the places that you can visit. The most famous place is the Eiffel Tower because it is a symbol of Paris, and from the top you can get a view of the city. Also, you can visit the Louvre museum. It's like a pyramid and it's very famous, too. You can also visit big sights like  the Panthéon, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Arc de Triomphe,  Arche de la Défense, and the Hôtel-Dieu, the oldest hospital in the city.

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

New York by Tatiana Gómez








New York

I want to visit New York. I like a lot of things from this city. New York is in the USA. The people that are born in this city are American. The money that is used is dollars. One of the things that I love is the weather. It has 4 seasons: winter, spring, summer, and fall. My favorite season is spring. It is March, April, and May. I like sunny days and cool weather. I can wear dresses, shorts and tops with sandals.

I want to go shopping in April when I have vacation in Colombia. I love shopping for clothes, blouses, jeans and accessories like bracelets, earings and rings. I can go to 5th avenue and use my English because it is the language they speak.

In New York there are famous places that I can visit, for example Times Square, 34th Street and Brooklyn Bridge.



The American flag has 3 colors red, blue and white. It has 50 stars. One for each state.




The typical dishes are pizza, hamburguer and hot dog.

San Francisco by Emperatriz Merchan Galindo



SAN FRANCISCO


The city is located in the west coast ofthe United States, in the state of California; the population is  American, but there are  also nationanilty: Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Russians, Africans, among many others. You can  enjoy its nice weather between 11 and 18 degrees. The season are soft, so you can wear: jeans, T- shirt or dress, pants,blouse,and at night, you need jacket The  People in the most, speaking English, but there are large Hispanic influence. There are a lot of restaurants by all the city; in Union saquear; seafood is a speciality in San Francisco. Ther are Italian,Easterm, Mexican, and Russian restaurants among many other.If you think about shopping, there are many shops. In the Street Markets, you can find: clothes, gifts, and souvenirs like  Tshirt,  bells, caps and keychains with motifs of the city. .  if you think shopping: there are many shops, in Street Market, you can to find: clothes gifts, souvenirs like T-shirts, cups, bells, caps, keychains motif of the city. Everything you can pay with dollar is the currency of the city; you can also pay by credit card. 

The flag of San Francisco, is formed by a white rectangle gilt edges , in the center has a phoenix , one tape , where it is read . “GOLD IN PEACE- IRON IN WAR " and the word : SAN FRANCISCO.
To know the city, is fun if you take a tram tower with a guide, that tells you about each place, up for its steep streets, and cross the Golden Gate Bridge; go by ferry to Alcatraz  prison, the most famous in the world. Then walk by the Golden Gate park.          



Cancun by Lorena Blanco C.

Cancun

A city with internationals tourist rate development, located on the northeast coast of Quintana Roo state in the east of México. In a few years. It has a considerable transformation, from being a fishing island surrounded by virgin forest and no known beaches; nowadays with Acapulco is the center of tourist place more accepted in the world. Mexican nationality. The flag has 3 colors red, white, and green in the middle has a shield.


Cancun is located on the east coast of the continent, for this reason has influence of hot currents, mainly the current of Gulf of México that gives summer weather.
Clothing should be very comfortable shorts, sun clothes, bikini, sunglasses, and it’s very important the sun protector. Shopping like crafts, jewelry, nice perfumes, shirts with originals and funny stamps, places to go like the Caribbean sea, the beatiful white sand beaches, the Ruins Mayas around them, Nichupte lake, all of them are in aquatic activities like diving, swimming with dolphins, parasailing, Boating, Submarine Tours, Tours through the mangroves and jungle others activities are the Ruins “el Rey” and play golf, has many tourist attractions as park Xcaret, the Kabah Ecological Park, the Museum of Maya, Cozumel Island, Coco Bongo, Xel Ha, and Isla Women



Typical food like Panuchos and Sambutes, cochinita pibil, lime soup, Ceviche, and Fish Tacos. Official language Spanish. Finally, coin Mexican pesos.








Monday, December 9, 2013

Las Vegas by Hernán Darío Londoño



Las Vegas City by Hernán Darío Londoño


Las Vegas city is in the United States of America of Nevada. It is situated within Clark County in an arid basin on the desert floor. The currency is American dollar. The nationality is American. The native idiom is english lenguaje. Vegans are called the people was burn there. 


The flag is blue. It has a diagonal gray stripe on a square, a circle with a picture of the city, and the name "city of Las Vegas Nevada" on the edge.




This city is an internationally recognized for the famous casinos hotels. There the people can spend to win or lose from 1 dollar to millions dollars in casino games. In las Vegas the prostitution is legal. The people call them the “Sin City”. The name Sin City is for various forms of adult entertainment. It is also called city of second opportunities. Las Vegas today is one of the top tourist destinations in the world.


                                                                                  
Las Vegas receives 37 millions of tourists each year, also is one of the top three destinations in the United States for conventions, business, and meetings. There you can found many forms of entertainment. In Las Vegas you can do a million things how shopping, musical entertainment, theather, and circus shows 24 hours per day. Behind the city near there, is the other beautiful tourist place “the red rock canyon”. 







In Las Vegas you can marry or divorce faster than other cities of United States. It is other thing for attract many people to there.The people there use a comfortable and sporty clothes, but he weather in this city enjoys abundant sunshine. It has an average of about 300 sunny days per year.
 



The climate is a subtropical, and hot desert climate. In summer months of June through September are very hot and mostly dry with a July daily average temperature of 33.6 °C. Las Vegas winters are of short duratiion in the season December. The coolest month is averaging 8.7 °C,  but snow is rare in Las Vegas.







 Las Vegas is home to some of the best chefs in the world. They offers a variety of dishes in all kinds of restaurants. Las Vegas is popular also for it´s food which one of the most diverse and delicious. The menu options are including the famous buffets served in various hotels. The menu include a salad bar, fruit, cold meats, hot vegetable dishes and a variety of desserts. 
There are some dishes that have become culinary icons of the city as "Vegas Strip Dog". The  Restaurant Pink's at Planet Hollywood Resort, which has two sausages in the same bred, accompanied by mustard, onions, cheese, guacamole, and jalapeno peppers.



In Las Vegas you can found a large number of souvenirs to give away. Glasses, t-shirts, jackets, buttons, keychains, cards and games, and all figures relating to casinos games. They have the name Las Vegas. It is also popular figures and posters with photos of the famous king Elvis Presley.