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LONDON. By Irene Alcalá London is the capital of Great Britain.It has 7 million people. London is a big and interesting city. You can visit many interesting places in London. The River Thames goes across the city. There are some bridges over the river. For example, The Millennium Bridge which, comes from Saint Paul´s Cathedral to the Tate Modern Gallery. The most famous bridge is the London Bridge, it has 2 towers and it can open to allow the pass of the ships. Near the London bridge is the tower of London. The tower of London was a jail. In London there are many interesting museums: Natural History Museum, Science Museum, The National Gallery, The British Museum. In the Natural History Museum there are a lot things which belongs to British Museum Collection. The most famous museum in London is the British Museum. This museum is interesting because it has got big collection of antiques things from Egipt, Greece or Rome.

There are many interesting monuments and buildings like: The Big Ben, The London Eye ,The Houses of Parliament, WestMinster Abbey, Globe Theatre, Bukingham Palace... There are more than 80 parks in London: Hyde Park, Saint James Park, Regenst Park. Another interesting place is Covent Garden,in the past it was a fruit and flower market. Now we can buy clothes and antiques things. Also, you can see circus and theater performances, on the street. It is a very nice place. There are a lot of restaurants where you can eat food from all over the world: French, Indian, Turkish, Japanese...

I think London is interesting and amazing city. I went to London this year on the Easter.

The London Eye was what I liked the most, because it is exciting to see the city from the air. I didn´t like the traffic.The weather was very nice with sunny and warm days.

Toronto (Laura Ă lvarez MĂŠndez) Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario, in southern Canada. The population of Toronto is 2,500,000 approximately, and is the largest city in Canada and the fifth of North America.

Toronto Is the most multicultural city in the world, there are over 150 ethnic groups and is the Canadian city most visited. Thanks to its many ethnic groups, there are many different types of restaurants and neighborhoods, like Portugal Villa, Chinatown, Little Budapest, Little Italy, Little Poland, Greektown, Little India, Koreatown and Bathurst Street. The CN Tower is the most important attraction in this city. There are a lot of shopping centres in Toronto, such as Eaton Centre, the most famous in Toronto, and big shops, especially in Bloor and Bay Streets and Orfus Road. There are some Talent Schools and universities in Toronto, like the University of Toronto, which is the largest in Canada. There are some museums, like the Museum of Ontario, which is the biggest in Canada. There are a lot of beaches and popular parks like High Park, Sunnybrook Park, Rouge Park and Christie Pits. Other touristic places are the Ontario lakes.

I think Toronto is a very nice place, and I would like to go there ever.

(By Andrea Álvarez) Edinburgh is Scotland’s capital and second largest city. Scotland is in Britain, which belongs to Europe. Its size is 262 square kilometers. It’s located on the east coast of Scotland on the banks of the fjord the river Forth. It has a population of approximately 477,660 inhabitants. The climate is temperate oceanic. There is a time difference of one hour.

Edinburgh is beautiful city full of narrow cobbled alleys, dark corners that were the scene of the most terrible stories, beautiful buildings and gardens, many museums with free admission and above all, very nice people. The city is divided into the old town and the new town, both declared World Heritage by Unesco in 1995. The old town retains its medieval structure perfectly, for example, the Cathedral of St. Giles. And the new town is famous for its urban structure. Both areas are separated by de park Princess Street Garden. When you go to Edinburgh, you must visit: The old town and the new town, the Parliament of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle, the Palace of Holyrosdhouse , National Library of Scotland, the Royal museum, and the Writer’s Museum and Maker’s Coort (thanks of these museum is the first city declared a World Heritage Site by the Unesco for the literature).

It is a very interesting city that reminds me of northern European cities. I would like to visit and learn about their customs, typical products and when I grow up, I would like to go to the festival Hogmanay, which is the largest New Year´s party in Europe .

Brighton

(By Luz G贸mez)

Brighton is a beautiful city in the south of England.

Brighton became growthin 1961 and 160.000 people go to live in Brighton.Now Brighton have 480.000people.In 1873 brighton had 7 kilometers.pople go to brighton and it growht.Now brighton has more of 58 kilometers.Moulsecoomb,Bevendean,Coldean and Whitehawk were from Brighton.Brighton was a tourist center for a lot of years.The train was a big change with the tourist.The train opened in 1841.London was from 1 hour to train and this was important to the city.Brighton has now 8 million tourist in the year.And it has two univeritys and a medical school.I think Brighton is a city with a lot of luck andthe city will be growht.

BATH (By Raul Milos) Elaborate Roman baths, dedicated to the goddess Minerva and fed by Great Britain's only hot mineral springs. There are various cultural and historical sites dating from that era. Reseach into the Roman remains, which started in 1878, continues today.

The city centresaround the 15th-century abbey and the well-preserved Roman-bath complex. Besides buildings of great architectural interest, Bath also boasts outstanding parks and gardens and its total appearance has frequently won country-wide competitions.

Its architecture and history were the reason the UNESCO commission gave it the accolade of World Heritage City in 1988. The summer Music Festival is one of the foremost events in the English cultural calendar. Nowadays Bath is famous as a spa and a centre of tourism.

Contacts with Bath date back to 1951, when it was visited by a delegation of German youth workers.

In the same year a youth group from Brunswick went to Bath and shortly afterwards the visit was reciprocated. In the following years this exchange programme was extended and intensified.

Twinning was not officially signed and sealed for 20 years. Even so, remarkably, exchanges between youngsters and adults were flourishing, with thousands of participants every year.

Concurrently with the signing of the twinning document on 27 April 1971, the Anglo-German Society in Brunswick was founded. It arranges many and various activities and has frequently hosted theatreand music groups from England.

In 1991 Bath and Brunswick celebrated the 40th friendship and 20th twinning anniversary with cultural weeks in both cities. The 25th anniversary in 1996 was marked with Anglo-German friendship days.

SAN FRANCISCO (By Sara LombardĂ­a) San Francisco is a big city and it is in the west of California in USA, and it is near the Pacific Ocean.

In San Francisco there are 7 million people. It is the fourth city with more population in California and the twelveth in USA. San Francisco is a big and beautiful city. There is a big and red bridge called Golden Gate in San Francisco and there are many museums too. San Francisco is an ideal city for the tourists. It is famous for the Golden Gate Bridge, the tramways and the famous pyramid Transamerican Building.

I think that San Francisco is a very beautiful city, because I love big cities and I like the Golden Gate very much. It is a noisy city, but I like it.

DUBLIN

(By Diego L贸pez)

Dublin is the capital of Ireland. It`s in the province of Leinster, near the east coast of island, at the mouth of the river Filley. The city measures 115 square kilometres and it has about 500,000 inhabitants. They speak Irish and English and they are dubliners. The weather in Dublin has mild temperatures and abundant rains. It`s characterized by a very unstable climate.

Dublin is a city with many places related to literature. Very important writers were born in Dublin, for example, James Joyce, George Bernard Shaw and Oscar Wilde. There are also important buildings to visit: the Trinity College and the Dublin Castle. It`s interesting to take a walk in its street and gardens, for example, O`Connell street or St Stephens Green. It has also a vibrant nightlife because there are many pubs and clubs.

I think Dublin is a very quiet city with many parks and gardens to relax but there aren`t many monuments to visit. I prefer cities with more monuments and museums like Roma or Paris

SEATTLE (by Lucía Peña) Seattle is in Washington, América. Seattle is in northwest of United States. The city is between the Washington´s Lake and Puget Sound bay, netx to Pacific Oceánic. It is located 155 kilometres south of the border. Seattle is a very big city and it has 3.263.497 people. The first people arrived in Seattle in the middle of the nineteen centunary. Seattle is famous for grunge music.

Some interesting places in Seattle are: the Lake of Washington, a lake located in Seattle and Kenmore.

Waterfall Garden Park is near which Occidental Park. Space Needle, which is a tower in Seattle which was build in 1962 in the centre of city. Seattle´s Zoo, which is very big and has got the longest tendons of the world. Arboretum Park, which is a park located in lake of Washington with more than 40.000 trees. Aurora bridge, which is a place when a man attempted suicide, and is a long bridge and Fremont Troll, which is a piece of public art in Seattle.

I think that Seattle is a very good and interesting city because it has many interesting and beautiful places. The city muit be entertaining. Seattle has more lakes and places to visit and they are beautiful.

I would like to speand 2 week tour in Seattle.

OXFORD (Miguel PĂŠrez Alonso) Oxford is a British university town in the county of Oxfordshire, in England and in this city is the Oxford University Press. It population are 145.000 people and the area is 45,59 square kilometers.

The Oxford University Press is know with the city of the needles, it ‘s origins is in the middle Ages and in the whole have 39 colleges, with the Christ College where was rolling scenes of Harry Potter. It have a botanic garden by with you can walk too. It cathedral Christ Church is the most small church of England. This city is crossing for the River Tamesis and in the campus you can walk on the Bridge of the Sighs, a copy of a bridge of Venecia in 1914.

Mi opinion is worth going to visit because is a whole historic and artistic of great importance, it university is the most old of England but there is an another art different from the university.

I love Oxford.

WELCOME TO CAMBRIDGE

BY

Marco Ramos Álvarez

The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridge shire, England and European city. It lies in East Anglia about 50 miles (80 km) north of London. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001, the city's population was 108,863 (including 22,153 students).

It’s a beautiful city with a very old university .There are a fantastic old buildings in the centre, and there’s a very big park called Midsummer Common .There’s also a big university library, and a museum called The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge is well known as the home of the University of Cambridge. The university includes the renowned Cavendish Laboratory, King's College Chapel, and the Cambridge University Library. The Cambridge skyline is dominated by the last two buildings, along with the chimney of Addenbrooke's Hospital in the far south of the city and St John's College Chapel tower in the north. Cambridge's main attraction is its great university old.

It's a small city with large population, the majority of its population are students, it is very touristy and famous for its ancient university, rich in culture and history, it's architecture is old and be mesmerized great buildings of the city have gone top professionals and celebrities.

ORLANDO ABOUT

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CITY

Orlando is a city in Florida. The population of Orlando is 220.186 habitants. The city is known for its hotels, in especial the Nick hotel, property of Nickelodeon. The city also has the Walt Disney World Resort. The basketball team ofOrlando is Orlando Magic.

CLIMATE AND ROADS OF ORLANDO Orlando has a subtropical climate. It never snows. Its record temperature is 38ºC, the day 3 of July, 1.998. The principal road is the Interestatal 4, to cross the Florida’s Turnpike.

ECONOMY AND TOURIST OF ORLANDO

The economy of Orlando is related to the tourist industry. The airport of Orlando is very active. The tourist of Orlandois works 10 millions of dollars. The tourist in 2004 were 48 millons of people.

For me Orlando is a good city. My favourite place of Orlando is the Walt Disney World Resort, it’s very good. The climate of Orlando also it’s very good, because the temperature areneither too high nor too low.

NEW YORK (by Jonathan Sรกnchez) New York is one of the most populated cities in the United States of America, and the second urban area of the continent.

With more than 8.4 million New Yorkers in an area of 830 square kilometers.

New York has many neighborhoods and buildings known around the world. For example,the Statue of Liberty, located on the homonymous island and Ellis Island. Wall Street has been a major global financial center since World War II and is home to the New York Stock Exchange. The city has also helped many of the world's tallest buildings, among which are the Empire State Building and the twin towers of World Trade Center, which weredemolished in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

In my opinion, New York is a beautiful city with many surprising and interesting places andbeautiful as well. It would be a good place to live and enjoy your vacation.

Killarney of Ireland (By JoaquĂ­n Soto) Killarney are in Ireland. In Killarney there are the Cathedral of Santa Maria and the Killarney Ross Castle. There is a tourist city.

In Killarney there are bus stations, train stations and airports.

There is a Killarney National Park. It was the first national park established in Ireland. In the park there are deers.

In killarney there are three lakes:The Lakes of Killarney.

Las Vegas

LucĂ­a Iglesias Santos

Las Vegas is the largest city is Nevada in the United Sates of America.It is famous for its shopping centers,casinos and restaurants.Its population varies a lot because sometimes there are the same number of tourist to residents in the metopolitan area.In the city of Las Vegas alcoholic drinks are allowed as well as gambling.This is known as in Sin City.

A specially tourist area is called in Las Vegas Strip,to reach this area from the metropolitan area you can go by underground,two free trams and even the casinos themselves have small buses to carry tourist called shuttles to the casinos affiliates.

The city of Las Vegas has become famous for the recording of several television film and series.Also,there are many American couples thet go there to celebrate their weddings because of the amazing and luxurious streets.

Las Vegas is a very special city because the streets and buildings are full of bright lights,and the people go there to spend a lot of money and enjoy are the most luxurious city in the world.I think that I would like to go there but just to have a look at it because I haven`t got as much money.

Vancouver (By Rodrigo CaĂąamero) Vancouver is a city on the Pacific coast of Canada, located in the south-western province of British Columbia, between the Strait of Georgia and the Coastal Mountains.

The city was named after Captain George Vancouver, an English explorer.

It’s a part of the metropolitan area of Greater Vancouver Regional District. With a population of 2,180,737 inhabitants. It is the largest metropolitan area of Western Canada and the third in the country after Toronto and Montreal. Vancouver itself has 587,891 people of many different ethnic origins: the mother tongue of more than half of its residents is not English. The city is growing rapidly and is expected to reach metropolitan population of 2.6 million by 2020. The adjective used to refer to residents of Vancouver is vancuverita Vancouver is considered one of the three cities with better quality of life in the world. In 2006, it ranked 56th among the cities where living is more expensive, being surpassed only by Toronto in Canada,this list included 144 major cities worldwide.

The Winter Olympics of 2010 were held in Vancouver and in the nearby town of Whistler.

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SIDNEY (By Guillermo Izquierdo) Sidney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital. Sydney is located on Australia's. The population of Sidney is the 4,6 million people. The city was founded in 1788.Sidney is famous for his auditorium. Sidney is very beautiful. Sidney was ranked 7 for economic innovation

The Sydney Opera House is situated on Bennelong Point in Sydney harbour .

The auditorium was built in 1968.The original Sidney Lanier Bridge was opened June 22, 1956

Cork Cork is an European city and it is the second most important city of Ireland.

There are 119.143 people in Cork, its surface is 7.459 Km2.

One the most interesting places in Cork is the South Mall from the XIX century and Allied Irish Bank is interesting too.

There is a tower; the Country Hall is the most high of Ireland but the biggest is the Psichiatric Hospital; the most famous is the Tower of the church the Sandon.

The clock of the church is very famous, its name is "the Lying" of the Four Faces.

Another splendid building is the Town Hall.

There are two cathedrals in Cork: St Marv´s Cathedral and the St Fimbarre Cathedral.

The Park Fitzgerald and the English market are interesting places.

There are two castles: the Blamev and the Blackrock Castle Observatory.

The beaches in Cork are fantastics.

My opinion: Cork is an fantastic and interesting place in the coast of Ireland and i want to visit the next summer.

WASHINGTON (by Jaime Ruiz) Hello my city is Washington D.C it is big and noisy. Washington is a city in EEUU. In this city are: the Casablanca (is a big and white house), Wash Monument (is a big tower), monument to a Lincoln (this is a monument with shape by Lincoln), Washington Square park (it’s a popularly park in Washington), memory national to second war world-wide (is a monument to a the killers to second war world-wide), park Anacostia (is a big park), park East Potomac (is a beautiful park), Corcoran gallery of art (is a big gallery), Lafollette park (is a big park), St. Matthew’s cathedral (is a big cathedral), DuPont circle (is a beautiful hotel), the Phillips collection (is a beautiful tower) and Topaz hotel (is ha big hotel)

PLYMOUTH (by Eduardo Tiralongo) Plymouth is a city in the country of Devan, southwest England. It has a population of over 250,000 in – habitans. It lies between the River Plym and Tamar River.

Plymouth has a football team, the in surf science and technology of surfing. And It is a part of one of the more big and spectacular natural harbors in the world.

I think this city is very good and nice, but It is a boring city. What I like mout is the sea and the beach.

San Diego San Diego is a city in California (USA).The city is famous for its mild climate and beaches.

San Diego is also a major tourist destination .Its main attractions are: “Balboa Park” in which there are dozens of museums. “Gaslamp Quarter” a Victorian area in the center of the city,is the entertainment area of the city.”Mission Bay Park” is the park where there are beaches,and other attractions.”Mission Beach Roller Coaster at Belmot Park” fair and historic rollercoaster,is on the edge of Mission Bay.”Petco Park” is the stadium of “San Diego Padres”, the professional baseball team.”Qualcomm Stadium” is the stadium of the “San Diego Chargers”,the American football team .And many more attractions.

San Diego has got trains,buses…Also this city has got some transport systems very developed in the United States.But many people use their own transport.San Diego has got freeways that communicate with the rest of the country.

My opinion is that I love this city,there are attractions, parks, beaches... It also makes good weather. I like to visit San Diego.

Boston (by Beatriz MartĂ­nez) Boston is one of Amerca's oldest cities, with a rich economic and social history.617,000 lives in Boston.

There are many universities in the city.

The summers are usually warm and damp, and the winters are cold, with wind and snow.

The musical popular groups of the city are Boston and Aerosmith.

The Boston Ballet is the most important classical company of dance of the city.

Harvard University is the oldest of the nation.

My opinion about Boston....

I think this city is very multycultural and big.

It's interesting and funny.

MELBOURNE Melbourne is the capital of Australia It has approximately 4´5 millions of inhabitants It’s in the course lower of the river Yarra and the coast of Port Phillip at north and west.

It well know as the capital of the sprot and culture of Australia .

Celebration the Olimpic Games here in 1956 and the Commowealt Games in 2006.

I think Melbourne is very beautiful. I want to live in Melbourne or I can’t go to live there .I would like to visit this beautiful city.