WRITING: DESCRIBING PLACES
The following places, described by our students, are completely different but they have something in common: they are not easily found on maps. The reason is that they cannot just be seen in an ordinary way. Do not expect sightseeing. Enjoy them using your imagination and your ears!
Are you planning a fantastic holiday? What about The Middle Earth? Read our traveller’s opinion and decide by yourself. Thanks, Irene.
The Middle-Earth is a continent which can be also called “Endor”. It’s famous because of The Lord of the Rings (Tolkien’s book). Endor is in Arda, the ancient Earth as we know it nowadays, and there live too many races as hobbits, elves, ents, men, etc. But there you can also meet trolls or orcs. They live in Mordor, which is a region located in the southeast of Endor. The rest of the continent is subdivided in two parts, and each one of these is surrounded by two mountain chains. These mountain chains are the White Mountains, Grey Mountains, Blue Mountains and Red Mountains. I would definitely recommend a visit to the Shire, the place where hobbits live and which is in the centre of the Middle-Earth. It’s a peaceful and relaxing region, but it’s also exciting and funny because of the little men that live there. But, in my opinion, you shouldn’t visit Mordor. It’s a cold region full of strange and perverse creatures. In addition, it rains a lot, so your hair could get really wet!
Do you recognize this place? I guess you don’t but, does it sound familiar to you? How many songs have you heard while reading? Thanks, Borja.
My house, in the middle of the street, right in the north of Alabama, my sweet home. It’s the place where everybody loves somebody, surrounded by a green river, with muddy waters always sounding like music (although it smells like a teen spirit). There is no doubt that it’s special. To get there you must drive all the way along Abbey Road, then take the highway to hell and, finally, walk through the stairway to arrive to Heaven. It has an ancient look, inspired by a hotel in the busy state of California. Each stone on the facade looks to be rolling. Being there makes you feel like a sultan of swing, lying on an island in the sun. And that makes me wonder: “should I stay or should I go?”