How was your weekend?
I hope it was better than mine.
When I was in Barcelona last week, I didn’t buy any souvenirs, but I did bring back a cold.
So lots of coughing and sneezing for me.
Walking Tours
Have you ever taken a walking tour?
Next time you’re in a new city on vacation, Google “free walking tour.”
It’s a great way to hear interesting stories about the city from a local.
And maybe you’ll meet some other friendly travelers to speak English with!
On my walking tour of Barcelona last week, our guide was a young Ph.D. student.
His English was good.
And it was getting better.
Here’s how he learned new words at work…
He was telling a story about why it took so long to build a church.
“The Spanish don’t like to spend money,” he said. “They are…“
But he couldn’t find the word he needed.
So he asked the group: “What’s the word when you don’t like to spend money?”
“Stingy,” said the tourist from the UK.
“Stingy,” echoed the tour guide. “I always learn new words when I do a tour.”
So many interesting ideas in this email wich would be the first that I answer?
First of all I am a little worried about the climate changing ; day by day I noticed the weather became to warm for this period of the year and because of that the virus can work easily . You said something about an unfinished curch in Barcelona, certainly is Gaudy’s Sagrada Family, yes ,that’s a big monument for sure, but I was a little confused when I have visited it because of the big number of mixed architecture styles, something unique I supose but difficult to finish…
So Spanish are stinging and because of that they don’t spend money to finish their famous church…!
I think i’m stingy too because I spend to little time for learning English.
The same😅
I am too.
Thank you for advice, “free walking tour” I have never tried, it would be really good time to join local guide, his speaking and nice stories.
“Stingy” – new Power Word for me and a picture in front of my eyes with Barselona’s famous unfinished church…😊.
I wish you health, drink a lot of tea, nasal spray improve your breathing. It is important to treat the symptoms.
I loved the friday’s joke about butterflies. Very funny. Actually I love feeling butterflies… but not more than that.
Unlike you, I didn’t catch a cold because it was so rainy here, this weekend that I stayed home, warm and comfortable, reading an english book and doing my english homework.
If somebody is stingy but doesn’t assume it, he can claim he is just saving money !!
Hello, Tina!
Thanks Mr. Vig but I am so lazy in learning English. I’m excited but at the same moment I’m lazy
yes. I am too.
hi.this lesson was very good.thanks.
Thank you for the tip about Free Tour walking! I found out that it also exists in my city (Bratislava) in several languages I will choose English, of course. I know our monuments in Slovak language after all :).
I’m very stingy. Sometimes, this causes serious problems for me. I would like to change🙈🥹