Welcome To Guatemala

Whatt Up Yo! let introduce myself , I'm Jose I was born in Guatemala, and I'm proud to have been born there. Guatemala has the four season in the year,has many tourist destination,is a pluri-cultural country,the justice and the goverment I can give my opinion bks I have many year living in the United States of America but you can see the news and take one opinion about It.

This pictures show how beatiful is Guatemala.

the fenway park

when Iwas 30 year old I visited the fenway park for the first time and watched a game redsox newyork yankee at this game redsox won two weaks later I bought tickets to visit the dugout and walked around the park I go behint the board and saw many signatures from different part of the world including my country guatemala of course I signed and for me is a great moments in my life .

Cambridge: Where I grew up

Hello class!
You have been writing about your hometowns, so today I'll tell you about where I live: Cambridge, Massachusetts. Cambridge is just across the Charles River, so it is very close to Boston. My favorite thing about Cambridge is that it has a lot of parks and trees. One of my favorite parks is Danhey Park, where I played soccer as a child.
<---This is a picture of Danehy Park.

I also like Cambridge because it has lots of different restaurants from different parts of the world. My favorite place to eat is a Mexican restaurant called Anna's Taqueria in Porter Square, where you can get tacos, burritos and other Mexican food. Cambridge also has good Ethiopian, Middle Eastern, Asian and Caribbean food.

My favorite thing to do in Cambridge is to walk along the Charles River at night and look at the lights of Boston and the moon. On Sunday, Cambridge closes Memorial Drive, a busy street near the river, so that people can run and ride their bikes along the river.
<---This is a picture of the Charles River at night.

One of the most interesting things about Cambridge is that there are a lot of universities. For example, I live right near Harvard University, one of the oldest universities in the USA! It was started in 1636! If you have ever been to Harvard Square in Cambridge, then you have been to Harvard University. Another university in Cambridge is called Massachusetts Institute of Technology (also called MIT), which is where my parents work.

If you have any questions about Cambridge, please comment on this post and I will answer them!

Thank you for reading,
-Will

My name is Ardjan. I was born in Tirana, capital of Albania. Tirana is the biggest city in Albania. Twenty years ago streets in this city like every city in Albania were empty. Whole day you could see only few cars, but now is extremely different. This building in a pics is main courpus of Politechnic University of Tirana.

My place

Hi, my name is Erika.I don't have favorite place because everything is beautiful. I like to visit Aquarium because it is a beautiful place there many types a fish,snake,penguins and birds it is interesting place to visit,it was fun when I went with my children. I saw two shark and big turtle.

My another place it's Park Street. I like to visit, because my children play in the park it's big, it's have lake and duck and I take tuor in the baot for 15 minutes. I look the duck, birds and flawers. It's have many cain of flawers. It is beautiful place to visit and relax.

I have written about my favorite place.

hi! My name is Indira. I write about my favorite place. I don't have favorite place because I like every place in Boston I visited The Museum of Science when I studied in level 3 is beautiful place. I saw the movie Amazon from Brazil. It talked about natural plant for medicine and landscape is paradise.It is very natural and doesn't have contamination. My other place is in New York. I like New York because in new york there are many malls and different restaurant. My favorite place in New York is Times Square.

My home town

I was born in Lianyuan Hunan in China. It was a big town, also it is a middle sized city now. I hope you didn't get confused. It is a same place. I say that because it is totally changed from when I grew up.






First the river is changed. There were many piers and fields along it. I could see the river's bottom with grasses and many rocks when I followed my mother to go carry the water to drink. Now, many houses and factories stand on both sides of the river. I can't see anything on the bottom, nothing except dirty water. No water to drink, nobody even swimming in it. Good thing we have running water now.

Also the roads are all different now. The narrow dirt roads where people walked have been changed to wide asphalt streets and there are many cars and motorcycles going back and forth on it. I don't think anyone will ever walk on the road without shoes again. The taller and modern houses have been built all over the town. In the summer, some people think that the old short houses were more comfortable to live in. They were built of earth brick and warmed in the winter and cooled in the summer. I can't see anymore fields near the town except some gardens.

The best change is people's opinions. When I studied in grade school, there were seven other neighborhood classmates the same age with me, but I'm the only one that studied in middle school. High school and college were out of the question. A lot of parents thought that planting grain and feeding a pig would make money. It had more benefit than spending money to learn something. Now many families have college students. The parents now support their children to go to school until high school and college if they can. They know how important it is to progress their knowledge.

I love my home town even when somethings changed for the worse. A lot of things are much better than before. It is not only that the place has changed to be more beautiful but also the people change to have children become well schooled.

Bani beautiful places

My name is Leiron Perez. I am from a small town called Bani in Dominican Republic. Bani is a beautiful town 30 minutes south-west from the city. Bani is an outstanding town, very famous because was built with a beauty full architecture, and also one of the most clear town in my country. Bani has the honor of have spectacular, and very different beaches. Each 0ne have two different environments. One is called Salinas, each one have resorts, hotels and a lot of people that went to swim, drink and also enjoy the surroundings. Salinas has big mines of Salt, and also has around the famous mines of Las Dunas, especial kind of sand that has use in construction of houses, church, and many things. The other one is called Los Almendros. This one is the one people use to when to walk, relaxing and take a beautiful look. This beach is located at the end of one the most popular street called Favio Herrera Ave, wich passes through the community of Los Cerres. Bany also is proud to be blessed with two different rivers, and other water things called Rigola.

They have one called rio Nisao, that is at the border of Bani and Nisao. The other one is the most popular in Bany is called Recodo. It's a long river the passes almost all the town. Recodo has different part where the people like to go. For example, the beginning of it and where it have a small falls that everyone who went there loves. Bani even is a small town has the characteristics of be and touristic town. In Bani you can find others beautiful different. We have a specials big pools that looks like a small amusement park. They are very famous in my country they have parks around, nice pavilion with a nice dance floor the you can came to dance, drink or listen the music. People come any time morning, afternoon and night most of those places are opened until midnight.

cucuta beautiful city Colombia

My name is Marleni I talk about my town I grew up in Cucuta this is beautiful place, is a important commercial center,you find big shopping malls where you can invest your money and have a good time. Cucuta is a great place to have fun and spend enjoyable time with family,there you will find friendly people and fun.There are many places where you can find excellent monuments representative of the history of my city. I missed my town for my family, my friends, for food, for all who lived around I. I recommed to you to go to take a vacation there

GUATEMALA, El Pais de la Eterna Primavera

Guatemala City

Tikal









Lago de Atitlan

I was born in Guatemala in the most beautiful month of the year..March or course. Some years ago....many years ago... almost half century ago. My country is relatively small to USA. The land area is 108,430 square kilometers and the population almost 14 million.

The weather is nice almost all year. From November to April is Summer time and from May to October is Winter time. My country is called "The Country of Eternal Spring" (El Pais de la Eterna Primavera). The trees are always full of leaves and the rosebushes are always
blooming.

In Guatemala we have beautiful lakes such as Lago de Atitlan, Lago de Izabal and Lago de Peten Itza; incredible volcanos such as Volcan de Agua, Volcan de Fuego, Volcan de Pacaya, etc. and amazing archaeological sites such as Tikal, Quirigua , Zaculeo, etc. and the unique Antigua Guatemala.

Antigua Guatemala









Guatemala is the most modern country of Central America but not the biggest, nor the most literate. The biggest country in Central America is Nicaragua and the most literate is Costa Rica.

Guatemalan people is courteous, kind, warm and most of them with a good sense of humor. We make a joke even with the worst things that happen to us.

Unfortunately, we are passing through the worst crisis we have ever had. There are lack of jobs, the price of food, clothes, education, health....everything is expensive and the salaries are low, we have gangs and a lousy government.

I know all over the world are beautiful, breathtaking and unforgettable places; places where you feel closer to God and I'm pretty sure that you, just like me, in some place of your country feel that way.

My country El Salvador has beautiful beaches

I am from El Salvador, in my country we have a lot beautiful beaches and many places to enjoy .The first beautiful place I remember is a beach the name Spanish is call (El puerto de la libertad). There are a a lot restaurants to eat all kind of seafood. There is a long wharf where the people go to fishing and some time like to go jump to the water like playing. There are also some people to sell all kind of decorations like a necklaces,bracelets,rings and decorations to put on the wall. They are made with a beautiful stones and seashell that have been brought to the shore by the waves. They have to sell a raw seafood too. Near to this beach are others beaches like El majahual, El Sunzal, Conchalio, La paz and El Obispo. On weekends there are celebration on the beach for everyone. There are like five discotheque near the beach where people go to enjoy.
I was born in (Sanvicente).This city has a beautiful amusement park where the people like to enjoy to swim and play in the water. This is really beautiful.

This picture is the amusement park in my city the name is (Amapulapa).The first picture is the wharf of the beach the name is (El puerto de la libertad.

Puerto Rico y sus areas turisticas

In my country Puerto Rico there is excellent"fire station museum" in Ponce. This museum was founded in 1889. The tourist found old fire cars in perfect conditions and the fire man teach something the this station a the tourist. This station is open all days seven days a week if you went to Puerto Rico visit Ponce. Other thing is a San Cristobal 's wall. I don't not how many years have this but is very,very old. Every years much tourist visit this place where found many things, for example jails,bombs,some antiques arms and the history the this place. This place has one place the name la Garita del Diablo. I don't know what this name but when you enter here nothing happen. When you enter this place, you see the ocean and take the picture. The place where people went to dance is "piñones" in Loiza,Puerto Rico. In this place have many store when you dance all night, and drink your favority drink. People from many countries go to this place. In the past some people died for other people,because other person shot for old problems they had in common. Now is different have more police in this area. My favorite place is a "thermal bathrooms" in Coamo one pool have a regular water and the other have a hot water this water not casue burn in the body this effect is relaxing is excellent, I recommend this.

Congratulations on your blogs and welcome level 5!

I cannot believe how amazing this blog looks, and you have only been working on it for 2 weeks. I wasn't sure how it would work, but you have all done a really excellent job working on this so far. I look forward to future blogs.

Also, I wanted to welcome Kathleen's class (level 5) to the blog. Some students have responded and commented on your blogs. Next week, my conversation class will be blogging as well. Please feel free to connect and write to each other.

Welcome to Vermont!

I grew up in a small town called Essex Junction, Vermont. Vermont is the state bewtween New York and New Hampshire. Vermont gets its name from the French "Ver (vert)= green and mont (montagne)= mountain; therefore, Vermont is known as the Green Mountain State.

I was born in Burlington, Vermont. Burlington is the biggest city near my house, but compared to Boston, it is a very tiny city. Essex Junction is a small town about 3 miles northeast of Burlington. My parents, grandparents and my mother's brother's family have lived in this town since the early 1970s. When I was born, my parents started building their own house, so I spent the first 6 months living with my parents at my grandparents' house.

There isn't a lot to see in my town. It is a very relaxing and slow paced place. There is no traffic, but almost everyone has a car. You cannot rely on public transportation. If you go there, you would see many people walking, biking and playing outside. There are two shopping plazas in the middle of town, and there is a giant park across from the middle school. The park has a public swimming pool where I used to take swimming lessons. I went to elementary, middle and highschool in Essex Junction. The schools are very good. IBM is the major company in Essex Junction, and this has helped the growth and economy of the town.

My country is wonderful

It is Estados Unidos Mexicanos. There are 32 states. In the south are Guatemala and Belize and in north is United Estates.

I was born in Mexico City in 1974. The biggest city in the world, Mexico City is bordered to the north, east and west by the State of Mexico and Morelos to the south. I worked in this place in 1999

This building is one corporation minerals and first floor is little mall. This place is very expensive. Polanco and Colonia Cuhautemoc is the same as the South end in Boston. In this area is very intersting because the museum of anthrophology and big park Bosque de Chapultepec and Embassy of the world

beautiful guatemala

This picture is from the new antigua guatemala.

I was born in guatemala in 1960 and grew in the city I lived in the same place for 10 years. Later I moved out of the city to one town, Antigua, guatemala. This is the most wonderful town because it survived two earthquakes: 1923 and 1976. In this town the climate is similar to Massachusetts. This is one of the first town in Guatemala. Around the town are 3 volcanos. That's why it's prone to earthquakes, in this town Holy Week is celebrated every year. Good Friday is celebrated specially. Two hours from the town is the one special lake Atitlan because the water is very clear and this town live only natives and is visited by many tourists from around the world. I recommend to you to take a vacation there. It is very nice.

This picture is after the first earthquake.

San Jose de Los Llanos

hi! I am taking advantage of this moment of the class to write a little biography of my town where I did grow up. My town is a small city, it is east in the province of San Pedro of Macoris in the island of the Dominica Republic. In the center my town there is a beatiful park. There are many flowers in the park, big trees,and many benches. There is in the center of park a arch. There is a band all sunday. They play music and many people come in to enjoy it. The people in my town are very friendly. In my town the people live off of farming, emploment of the goverment,market, and clothing stores. My town does not have big buildings. My town is a 365 kms of distance from the capital of my country. It is Santo Domingo. My infancy was of a normal girl between school and games. Always I was around my loving parents and my siblings. When I was 19 years old i was married. I have 4 children . All lived in my town until we did come to United States from the Dominican Republic in 2004

Beautiful beach

My name is Indira talk about my town .I grew up in Bani is town very small is beautiful because In bani have beautiful beaches my favorite beach is palenque other beach is Salina. Salina has mine salt . my town is near the Salina. The dune is beautiful. The dune is very sandy and does not have trees near. Many people visit every day Salina beach in south the Dominican republic. The people are friendly and good neighbor. The restaurants have delicious food. My favorite food is fried fish because it is delicious. In My town people sit in the street every day because inside the house is warm outside is coool . The transportation are motorcycles and car too. The children play in the street every afternoon.I enjoyed every thing in my town.In Bani there are many colmadone, or market. Here they sell every product for cooking and beer.

Monjas Guatemala

The park of Monjas

Hi, everybody. I talk a little bit about my town Monjas where I grew up.Monjas is small is beautiful. My town is beautiful because have landscape and lake. The weather in my town it's warm. There are many farms because the people work in farming. The food it's fresh because everything grow up in my town, the food it's very delicious and nutritive,the fruit and vegetable there are fresh.The people are very friendly. There are many restaurants. The typical food is tamales pork or chicken is adelicious. For breakfast typical beans ,eggs crem and tortilla. The tortilla it is typical the Guatemala. The tortilla it is make the corn.The transportation is regular, most people use the taxi and bus.

Monjas it is located in the south,three hours of distance from Guatemala capital.The name it is Antigua Guatemala.


If you will go,you will feel it is comfortable because the air it is clean,there it many trees my town don't have factory.

My country beautiful place

This is in Lima Peru. I was born in Lima, the capital. The place where I grew up. The weather is wonderful, and a little hot. When I was a child we always went to the beach with my family, and ate many species fish, which were very healthy for us. The people are friendly. We can play for every where with friends in our parent's company, in the park, street, whatever. It was a very well for us. Every weekend we went to visit all family and made many kind food and dancing all night. Many years ago we went to visit the most wonderful place in the world MACHUPICCHU. It's was a amazing place. It's located in the region Urubamba. When we went into the place we could feel the mystical and sacred sensation around the place when you walk and walk for many path for all around the place. We saw many landscape. The llamas are domestic you can touch and take picture with them, those animal are very nice, so enjoy everywhere you go. My country has many places to enjoy, other place is the lines of Nazca are a lines geoglypsh showing many figures of animal. It's located in the Nazca desert Pampas on Jumana Peru. This geoglyphs are forms animal how spiders, monkey, llama, bird is very amazing see that, and are very big you can see over the sky. In this place the earth is special. Now is patrimonio cultural (UNESCO)

Bani, The Dominican Republic.

El bohio

Hello! everybody. I want to talk ittle about my town Bani where I grew


Bani is small town , it is located in the south, forty five minutes of distance from Santo Domingo the capital, It is on the coast, Its beaches are saltier than others in the island because there are mines of salt, there are rivers too. Its climate is tropical. There are many hills around.


The streets are narrow, the transportation is regular. There, most people use the motorcycle for transportation because it is small. there are cafeterias, restaurants and stores.


There are many people from Haiti and China too. They work and have businesses there. People are very friendly,Bani is clean and beautiful, Its population of 169,865.

It has a beautiful park in front of the Cathedral Nuestra Señora De Reglas. People wander around the area every day. People wake up early and go to work. Bani has a coffee factory, the name of the coffee is Santo Dgo. coffee and tomato souce factory too,It is called La Famosa.
I invite you to go there, you will feel comfortable like at home.

US Puerto Rico

I grew up in Arecibo Puerto Rico. I like there because it is very hot there. I like food everything there . Puerto Rico is very beautiful. Arecibo Puerto Rico is a big town. Puerto Rico is like here too. There are McDonalds, Dunkin Donuts and buffet. It has many Spanish and American restaurants, the same as here . When I go there visiting sometime my family make party the other family go it a party the family reunion together. At my sister house when my son and my daughter go visiting Puerto Rico don't like to much because in Puerto Rico have many mosquitoes bite her and him because when people are new mosquitoes bite too much.

When my children speak my family don't understand my children. Now my son is married. My son have one child is a boy he's seven years old. My daughter is single. She have three children two boys and one girl. There names are Diondray,Jasleen,and Christian. Diondray asked me why me don't buy a big car because his mother have a big car.I told him I don't buy a big car because I don't have money for buy a big car.

About my town

Hi, everyone. Today I'm speaking about my small town where I grew up in

Bani is a small town in the south The Dominican Republic. It has beautiful mountains and beaches. The name of one of the beaches is Salina over there, the people working. in the mines take out the salt. Also there are many restaurants. My nice town is very clean and its people are very hospitable and frendly.

has a popuation of 169,865. It has many immigrants from Haiti and China

Many people have their own motorcycle. some people, as their job, give people rides for money like taxi driver.In my neighborhood almost are family. The people are very happy.We like to party and enjoy ourselves. Bani is very hot. The main fruit of Bani is mango. there are many fruits.The main food is rice, beens and chicken. Most people drink black coffee. The people are very religiosa, asisten every Sunday to the church. Its main sport is baseball , it has many profesional player. Bani is town very special for its people, food, beaches, mountain. You have a invited to meet and enjoy the things specials the my town.

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A Blog About You

Congratulations to everyone who successfully wrote their first blog last class. They look great! You should take a look at them some time.

Today I would like you to blog about you. It is up to you to decide what you want to share with our class. It would be interesting to know about things you enjoy doing and what you don't enjoy doing. Think of this blog as a way for me and your classmates to learn something new about you and maybe find things we have in common with each other.

Next week I am going to show you how to post your own blogs so that you can write questions and answers or lead a topic for discussion. For now, I want you to get used to blogging.

Nice work this week!

Erin : )

Assignment 1: Computer Experience

Good morning everyone,

Today I would like you to blog about your computer experience and knowledge. What can you do with computers? What skills do you have? Do you consider yourself a beginner, intermediate or advanced computer user? What do you use computers for? What kinds of websites or program do you know how to use? What can you teach others about computers and/or the Internet? What would you like to be able to do? What is one question you have about using computers?

Write well!

Erin : )

Welcome to our class blog!

Hello everyone.

This is my first blog ever. Do you know what a blog is?
A blog is short for weblog. A blog is an Internet journal that you can keep forever, if you want to. You can ask and answer questions, write about experiences, share information and ideas, and of course, practice your English in an online community.

I hope you enjoy exploring blogging with me this cycle!

Erin : )