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Titolo: My topic

What do you think of my topic? I have to take the Trinity exam, grade seven
and this is the first written proof of what I'll have to say.
Please, tell me ANYTHING!!!
Thanks
Aristotele Eagle
Topic - Grade Seven
I'd like to talk about a travel I made in Germany and Austria about one year
ago.
It was the prize of a competition organized by my town that two friends of
mine and I won. The trip lasted five days and we travelled by coach. During
these days we visited five cities and some Nazi concentration camps, too.
We left from Milan and we went to Munich, in Germany, and after that to
Salzburg, Linz and Innsbruck in Austria.
The city I liked best was Salzburg, where Mozart was born, in fact we walked
in front of his very house.
In Salzburg but, as a matter of fact, in the whole Austria, you can find
and, of course buy, some typical sweets called MOZARTKUGELN, "Palle di
Mozart" in Italian. They are, according to me, really good but quite
expensive. They're made with black and white chocolate and marzipan. There
are a lot of traditional, curious and pretty shops that sell almost just
them. I bought a lot for my family, my relatives, my school-mates. but also
for me because I'm greedy for chocolate.
I enjoyed Linz, too, especially its square with the "Column of Plague"; and
also Innsbruck where they make a very famous and lovely cake: the Sacker.
Visiting concentration camps wasn't funny at all but very useful: we learnt
many things that we didn't know, hadn't learnt at school and didn't image.
We went to Dachau, Ebensee, Gusen and Mauthausen.
On the coach with us there were also some ex-prisoners that told us their
experiences.
Nevertheless the travel was not sad and we also had fun, especially at the
hotels in the evenings.

 
Buona fortuna! "Knock 'em dead!" as we say here.
-- 
I am Joey's Cat
Un-not my address, too, if you wanna reply.

 Also on the coach with us...
"... there were some..." or "were some...?
Bye, FB
-- 
Non devi uccidere la zecca ma solo impedirle di respirare.
(da it.discussioni.animali.cani)

 "... there were some..." or "were some...?
Both are fine; a bit better without "there..." as he's said "on the 
coach"
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 a travel I made in Germany and Austria about one year ago.
... domanda agli esperti: non suona un po' innaturale?
Forse "last year"...?
--
Gnomo
...any way the wind blows...

, Gnomo wrote...
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"last year" e' piu' preciso; forse non si sappia il dato esatto. 
Vanne ambedue: "About a year ago" o "About one year ago" (un po' piu' 
preciso, ma non troppo.)
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 Nevertheless the travel was not sad and we also had fun, especially at the
Nevertheless, the journey ...
viaggiare = to travel
il viaggio = the journey
-- 
Xakero

 il viaggio = the journey
Ah, quindi travel non puň essere un sostantivo??? Non lo č??? Io credevo di
sě...
AE

 sì...
Si`, ma con un senso diverso.
Dallo Zanichelli:
Travel (noun)
   (il) viaggiare; (i) viaggi; (gli) spostamenti: Travel was slow in
ancient times, nei tempi antichi i viaggi erano lenti (o si viaggiava
lentamente); Strikes have disrupted travel, gli scioperi hanno reso
difficoltosi gli spostamenti
2 (al pl.) viaggi * travel agency, agenzia di viaggi # travel-sick,
che soffre di mal d'auto, di mal d'aereo, ecc. # travel-sickness, mal
d'auto, d'aereo, ecc.
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(T)EFL online communities
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Anche si usa piu' frequentement nel plurale:
In my travels I've never come across a restaurant I liked.
(In all my trips/journeys/voyages....)
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