Travelling
Train
- stand up during the journey
- strech muscles
- can eat
- take bicycle
- not terribly expensive
- countryside
- punctual
- cheap fares
- sit facing/back to the engine
- non-smoking compartments
- ticket office
- inter city train
Coach
- never on time
- traffic problems
- get stuck in traffic jams
- crowded
- sweat-> smells unpleasant
- lot of luggage
Flying
- long distance
- quickest, safest
- nervou fliers -> tiring, exhausting
- ears mop ( duriing take-off and landing
- air sickness -> sick bag
- plane hits an air-pocket -> begins rocking
- terrorist attackts, bomb
- problems: deep-vein thrombosis, not much legroom, swelling of the calves, blood clots
- advantages: looking through the windows, blue sea, aisle seat-> can standup
- low-cost airlines: provide the cheapest way, few euros, not serve anything, earlier -> cheaper
Holiday
- (snag )cant afford to
- get away from hustle and bustle
- best way of relaxation and recreation
- calm, balanced, undistubed
- devote all time with family
- learn about people and cultures
- leaning about customs
- speaking foreign languages
- crime: pickpockets, values into safe, lock the hotel door
- museums: learn about history, free (pensioners, students), well-prepared guides
- popular resorts: Adriatic in Croatia, Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Span, Greece, Alps -> skiing, Safari, rockclimbing
- activ: get to experienced
- passiv
- take photos/ videos
- hit the beaches
- tired to see to many things
- try not to look like a tourist
Types
Individual
- dont have to be adaptable
- have time to look everything
- cannot have a bad guide
- backpack
Package tour
- far less preparation
- everything arranged
- travel agency
- heavy rucksack
- guide will help
- arranged food
Prepare
- making in advance
- enough foreign currency
- travel agency
- book a flight, hotel room
- single, twin, double room
- service
- recepcion -> check in/out
- insurance
- exchanging some money
- download maps
- refresh navigation
- check: weather, pack
Visa
- enough passport in general
- without restriction
- some countrie -> USA
- afraid of a lot of people flooding their country
- quite expensive
- prove with documents
Camping
- pitch up tents
- backpacks
- huge plastic bags
- Offer: hot showers, flush toilts, drinking water, cooking areas, guarded parking places
- romantic to sleep in a sleeping bag
- absolute freedom
- have none of the headaches of advance hotel booking
- situated beside clear streams: green valleys, between high mountains, lake, pond, river, seaside
- water sports: sailing, surfing, Jet Ski
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Ship
- entering the harbour
- seesick
- enjoy the sight of the calm
- surrounding hills and villages
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