UNIDAD 1: ACTIVITY 5 - SPEAKING ASSIGNMENTFOLDER

STUDENTS:

MARIBEL CEBALLOS CARMONA - CÓDIGO 1060650506

GRUOP: 900003_16

OSVALDO VIDES
TUTOR:

NATIONAL OPEN AND DISTANCE UNIVERSITY - UNAD

SCHOOL OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

JULY DE 2018
Activity 1
An English friend of yours is coming to visit your country for the 1st time.
What advice could you give him or her for visiting your City? Describe your
Pereira is a city located in Risaralda, the heart of the coffee triangle of Colombia, its
climate is mild, not too hot or too cold, it is called the city of open doors for the friendliness
of its people.
On his trip to Pereira, you can make wonderful walks and excursions, visit nearby towns,
enjoy its natural beauty, its architecture, its culture, shopping and special gastronomy.
TYPICAL FOOD
As part of the coffee, cuisine revolves around the paisas customs. Like beans with pork,
served with meat, rice, plantains, avocado, egg, sausage, chicharrones and madurito.La
banana corn mush with panela cheese or aguapanelita are typical drinks, corn arepas with
cheese, donuts with custard, the solteritas, wafers with cream milk, strawberry foams and
Guanabana and figs with cheese. The traditional drink of the region is aguardiente.
Since one is willing to venture into the typical food of the region it is also necessary to try
to accompany a drink. Although tradition is the spirit in Pereira, there are also non-
alcoholic choices like the dungeon corn, made with cooked corn, clove and fruit; or
aguapanelita, produced from sugar cane, fruit juices and milk, which can be served hot or
cold.
After a delicious meal you always need a typical dessert and to fulfill this task, Pereira has
delicious temptations like donuts with custard, striking solteritas (cookies flour fried wheat
accompanied by cream with orange essence) or figs caramelized ( figs) accompanied with
different types of cheeses, especially goat.

All this can be enjoyed on the balcony of the Horsemen, The Tunnel and Mama Flor are
just some of the typical restaurants of Pereira where you can let the aromas and love
MYTHS AND LEGENDS
There are several legends such as the fright Street of Miadero: Frightened people were
gathered early to pray the rosary and to pray for the dead; a ghost appeared in Miadero
Street (Calle Real). It was a long shadow beckoning hands and head as if to call and had his
face covered with a white mask in which distinguished, painted black, eye, nose and teeth
shaped skull, which frightened the people walking down this street.
This fear disappeared once discovered ... It was a jealous woman who followed her
husband to know his wanderings.
CULTURAL FESTIVALS
With the harvest festivals, which take place every year in Pereira, in August, the foundation
of the city is commemorated. The program includes a craft fair and sporting events, as well
as a horse show and other orchids. the celebration of the National Festival of Popular Music
highlights 'There Tusa (lovesickness) ... There spite'
TOURIST SITES
It has natural beauties that are just beginning to be exploited for tourism. It offers many
tourist possibilities in agrotourism and ecotourism.
In rural tourism. There are ecotourism and agrotourism programs; two modes are in full
validity. In health tourism, they are also all the riches of the hot springs in Santa Rosa de
Cabal and San Vicente.
 Ecoparque Noah's farm.It is in the Comfamiliar recreational center where you can
interact with animals, wildlife and flora and agricultural life of the region. It
consists of a luxurious spa, swimming pools, water slides and greenery.
 Botanical Gardens Marseille(Town located about 45 minutes from downtown) has
an ecological trail, adorned with flora and fauna of the region where you can see the
life of the coffee family.

 Nevados National Park.eastern department of Risaralda is located, it offers a

unique landscape of the Nevados del Ruiz, Tolima and Santa Isabel and Otún
lagoon, birthplace of Rio Otún through the city of Pereira.
 Lake Otún. Birth Otún River, which crosses the Risaralda capital, spectacular
scenery, is attractive frailejón forest, the Mosquito Lagoon.
 Executive tourism.Features convention centers located both in the city and at camp
sites.
 Lucy Tejada Cultural Center.The Cultural Center, located on the site of the
central gallery, where the Cultural Institute of Pereira is located, the brass band, the
Issuer "Remigio Antonio Cañarte" Municipal Library, Exhibition Hall and the
headquarters of the Academy History from Pereira, music workshops, theater and
dance and shops related to cultural theme. It was inaugurated on August 30, 2005.
 Bolivar plaza.It is located opposite the Cathedral of Poverty (currently under
restoration, and almost finished), it is famous for its Naked Bolivar monument by
sculptor Rodrigo Arenas. The entire area is the main center of commercial and
financial activities of the city. Also called "Square handles Colombia".
 Civic Plaza Ciudad Victoria.Main meeting point for citizens of Ciudad Victoria. It
is where the main events and festivals in the city are made.
  César Gaviria Trujillo Viaduct.It is one of the most important symbols of the city
along with the sculpture of Naked Bolivar, one of the largest cable supported
bridges in South America. The bridge was named after the former President of
Colombia César Gaviria, born in Pereira. The viaduct connects Pereira with
Dosquebradas is important for vehicular traffic between the cities of Armenia,
Pereira and Manizales, besides being awarded the National Prize for Architecture.
KINDS
Pereira city has its "Matecaña" International Airport, with Connection National and
international.
Network access to the city is by the departments of Caldas, Quindio and Valle, with large
Interdepartmental motorway (Autopista del Café, Highway Pereira - Cerritos - Cartago -
Zarzal - La Paila) by communicating with any part of the country.

In 2006 the mass transit system "Megabus" which primarily serves the municipalities of
Pereira and Dosquebradas opened, although it plans to extend the system to the
municipalities of La Virginia, Cartago and Santa Rosa de Cabal.
Pereira is a city with countless beautiful coffee landscapes, its people are unique, friendly,
it is a city that facilitates travel between the tourist towns of the Coffee, making this the
largest meeting point for both domestic and foreign tourists.
Welcome to the loving, late night and brunette
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PLAN 2: VACATIONS
You are planning your holiday, select one of the amazing vacations plans and
convince your tutor to go there with you.
"Greece ... culture, sea, islands, light and lots of blue"

Greece, A country with a history that is ours. A country where the traveler is welcomed as
an old friend who has returned and as if he had never left. His flag represents the intense
and transparent blue waters. Greece and Greek islands, Each a world with its landscapes
and personality that make us feel like Gods of Olympus. Greece, means a haven for the
traveler who wants to experience the essence of Western civilization. Greece is holiday,
Culture, art, customs, sea, coast intermingled with an unforgettable landscape of endless
crystal blue waters that remain in the memory of those who approach know. With its unique
architecture, mythology, its incredible waters and friendly hospitality. Each island a dream,
or rather a wish come true.

Athens, The capital of Greece, the Athens and his Parthenon, Neighborhoods Plaka Y
Monastiraki. Definitely worth knowing the Syntagma Square, he Zeus and walk around the
Agora of Athens, Do not miss the Acropolis museum and if possible the Archeological
Museum and the Roman agora, Athens It is the gateway to Greece and contains a multitude
of places to enjoy our vacation. They are waiting for us Caryatids, he Temple of Poseidon
at Sounion, he Arch of Hadrian, the Flashlight Lisícrates, among others.

1. FOR KITCHEN mouth watering

Tasty, balanced and varied. So Greek cuisine, which, in spite of the topics that have been
exported, is much feta cheese and more than tzatziki.
A quality product that mostly comes from sustainable exploitations of the country's land.
Furthermore, in the Hellenic country it seems that fast food has not come to permeate the
whole and, wherever you go, it's easy to find taverns home cooking with traditional dishes
served with the love of a γιαγιά, based on local raw material and seasonal cuisine.
Bread, of course, never missing on the table, and what bread...! "This should be the loaves
ate forty years ago," think while finish you doubt whether the basket before it reaches the
starter and water it with exquisite wines from hundreds of years of history.
For desserts, here they are as long as in Spain, there are to choose from: tsipouro, masticha,
ouzo or any of the typical liquors of the area where you are, without forgetting the love
lavished Greek coffee. Especially they love the frappé, cold and whipped variety of this
drink, who delight to consume even less than two degrees, sitting in large groups of friends
at tables facing the street.
After the meal, we serve a dessert if you have not asked: soon you will understand that not
only cook with love a yaya: also love you 'fatten' as they would them...

2. FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY disarmingly

With that image of grandmothers we come to another basic point of the Greek personality
hospitality. Absolutely everyone will care for your well-being, from the supermarket
cashier until you find the lady down the street looking at a map with blunt face.
Also, the Greeks, communicative and affable, love their country and therefore people love
to go to visit him, so they will not lose the opportunity to find out about everything they can
think about their land. If, in addition, you learn two or three words in your language, you'll
end to conquer.

3. by its extraordinary landscapes

Greece is a country of only ten million inhabitants, occupying around 132,000 square
kilometers (to give us an idea, Spain occupies about 505,000).
However, its position on the map ago that has many different landscapes capable of
providing the traveler with options of all kinds.
To begin with, they are their proverbial beaches, known for the purity of its elements and
bathed by the calm waters of the Aegean, Ionian and Mediterranean.
Some people fall in love with 227 islands inhabited she is possessing and his flirtatious life
with those white villages
Who also is committed to enjoy the almost untouched nature of their mountain forests and
rural villages, which is easy to do almost anywhere inside, because 75% of the country is
covered by solid.
Of course, there are ski resorts for those looking for snow, long rivers and enormous
lakes for those who prefer water sports, and strange rock formations horizons for lovers of
unique prints.
You only have to choose what you want and Greece will table its many wonderful options
for a perfect holiday.

4. IMAGINATION BY ITS GREAT

In Greece, everything has a story. And also exceptional. If you go to Pelion, they will tell
you the Argonauts, led by Jason those heroes who sailed in search of the Golden Fleece,
arrived at its beaches, watched from the top of the mountain by the gods.
If you make it to the cave to Melissa or, you know named by a nymph in love demigod Pan,
and drowned himself because of unrequited love.
Hellenic country, it is impossible to find a corner of land without a passionate legend
behind, which undoubtedly gives it an irresistible the trip imaginative nuance. Especially, if
you go with boys or girls!

5. as the cradle of Western civilization

Everyone knows that the most famous Acropolis in Athens is the world, but what if we stop
to think what this means? We are talking about a city that was built in the V century BC,
and drew the path of our history, our thinking, our culture and even our art.
Hellenistic era changed everything, and planted the foundations of the society in which we
live today, so it is necessary to walk along its walls and columns reflecting on the miracle
that supposed to still remain standing, with a chill in the skin and a knot of emotion in her
throat.
Greece hoards hundreds of ancient monuments, has many interesting examples of other
historical periods and exhibited in museums all that we pass over in textbooks but now,
with the experience that gives maturity, we are fascinated and moved equally. And just for
the thrill of astonishment, and worth the trip.
6. CULTURAL MIX FOR YOUR INTERESTING
Europe, Asia and Africa They have left their mark on this country strategically located
between three continents, so their culture and traditions are varied and unique for the
foreign visitor. It is easy to enjoy its delicate craftsmanship, its beautiful folk costumes, its
distinctive architecture, its striking customs...
As already mentioned, the Greeks are very proud of their country and not to look too
closely to meet these elements, which appear without one's look. For example, in the music
from the speakers of any restaurant, which will probably be traditional, or so tradition-
based. While, yes, it's not easy to hear any melody because of the noise formed when more
than two Greek together!
It is also curious to appreciate their religious devotion, which causes the Sunday Masses
remain full, unlike what happens in Spain. And amazes his eagerness to skip the laws and
continue smoking in any establishment and their spirits get to dance as have the
opportunity...

7. THE LIFE OF YOUR VIBRANT BIG CITIES

Whatever time it is, you will always find ambientazo in cities like Athens and Thessaloniki.
There a surprisingly creative youth is changing the rules of the country to push stroke and
entrepreneurship throng. They do not give up, either receiving refugees, to organize
themselves into self-managed communities or to fill new stores were uninhabited
neighborhoods.

TO TRAVEL TO GREECE IS NEEDED:

 Electronic or current passport machine readable and whose maturity exceeds three
months after the end of the stay.
 Round trip ticket not exceeding 90 days.
 In case of staying in a private residence of family or friends in the countries you
visit, you need to possess the form or document original invitation. The format and
conditions vary by country. Please consult the website of the Embassy of the
country you are visiting or approach the relevant consulate.
 Should your stay at a hotel, provide proof of reservation where you will stay.
 enough for their stay during the trip, which is estimated between 50 and 100 euros a
day depending on the country you visit and if your stay is in hotel or private
residence economic resources.
 International health insurance.
 Having the vaccination card updated
 Vaccinated against yellow fever

“Greece, is a magical place, full of beautiful landscapes, history and art, a place that we
must visit at some point in life”.
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