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Hi Amy, It sounds that you all had a ball at the music festival. I specially like the tent where you stayed. I've never been in a tent but I'd like to try. But what I'd really love to try is travelling in a caravane with all the facilities you mentioned. Oh! It was a pity that the weather turned out to be bad. Amy your family is very cute. Hey, you look great in your raincoat. See you, Cris

Hi Amy, your blog about camping took me back to my childhood when we used to camp in my father's farm for a few days during the Iranian New Year's holidays in March. One I remember clearly because it rained so much that we literally soaked into water and we had cut short our camping and return to city. And no, I've never had any camping as an adult. It was always checking into hotels or relatives/friends houses. A good idea, it will be really good to try it for a change...TK, H.

Hi dear Amy Oh , It sounds that you are on a long holiday in your mother land for catching up your British habits aren't you ? Lovely , jobly ! I can see that now That little Louie has turned to a hero . I love his Golden hair ( Touch the wood )! As you said Caravans are n't so common in Asia and If some one wants to by one , he have to pay one arm and leg for it ! But camping is so common and In my province as there are lots of camping areas such as the beaches of Caspian sea , jungles , bushes , lakes , mountains , hot springs and .. . , each week in Friday( our weekly holiday ) and other holidays there are traffic jam in the roads . I 'm sorry that you had to stay just one night in the festival . By the way for giving good news , it 's a while that our weather has been cool and at the moment I 'm really enjoying it although summer travelers from other provinces might don't like it ! And finally here are my today vocabulary diet : To catch up (with friends) : Doing some thing that you haven't don e it for a long time .A fraction of the size : from the context the exhibition was n't so huge as it used to be .Upmarket :in the context , expensive .To trundle :To move heavily . To let someone down : In the context to cause some one feel down .To chuck it down :to rain heavily . Until your next entry , by by And give my regards to your Parents and lovely Granny ! Wishes

Hi Amy! How’re you? It’s really interesting to see that each time pack your bag and hope for a nice holiday, but the weather gets worst! Yes, I’ve already seen caravan park several times before (thanks to those lifestyle channels). And it’s also true that very few Asians( at least South-Asians) have an idea about caravan and camping park . I think caravanning is popular in Europe, North America etc. because of its ‘mild’ weather than Asia’s ‘extreme’! However, It’s very dangerous to camping in these tropical countries especially India. As you know it’s a heaven for poisonous insects, and no need to mention about those reptiles especially the notorious Cobra. Imagine you’re completely asleep in your caravan somewhere in India. A big snake is secretly moving in your caravan by a half-closed window and then sneakily moving in under the blanket and across your feet! Then unconsciously you bumped your leg on it!.……….Disaster!!!! Actually, there were more than 1000 deaths per year from snakebites in West Bengal alone! And about 10000 in whole India(source: WHO). Each year at least 10-15 snakes enter in our house searching for ‘prey’ at this time (monsoon) of the year. Fortunately, most are non-venomous or babies. Once a snake entered in my shoe!!! Though, I think these types of situations are rare especially in those big metropolitan cities! Amy, have you experienced something like that while traveling across India or somewhere else? Down to homework:- 1) to reach somebody who is ahead by going faster or to reach the same level as somebody who was better. 2) a small part of something. 3) designed for or used by people who belong to a high social class or have a lot of money. 4) to move something slowly and noisily, especially something heavy, with wheels. 5) to disappoint someone by failing to do what you agreed to do or were expected to do. 6) to force someone to leave a place. Articles:- 1) the 2) a 3) a 4) the 5) a. Anyway, It’s always a great pleasure to read your amazing blog. Thank you so much for sharing this nice post and beautiful pictures! I love to read your lovely blog! With kind regards, Pritam.

Dear Amy! Such an awful weater,brŕ! Despite that I may see gorgeous Ozzy (aren´t you look very similar to him), Louie and amazingly well dispose Eddie! Amy, my belated greeting on you your lovely granny and the family along with many thanks for doing this meritorious work again!

Dear Amy, it's my first time to write a comment on the teacher's blog. How interesting your camping and caravaning is! I really love to hear about it because I love travelling. I have a 2-year-old baby but I almost do not find any time for travelling like you (and I can not imagine if I have two kids, how can I arrange my time?). Following is my answers to your questions: 1. to catch up (with friends) means to meet the friends by chance and have a talk with them. 2. A fraction of the size means small-sized or a part of a whole size. 3. Upmarket (this word is really difficult for me to guess its meaning): popular. 4. To trundle: to run/move slowly not in a smooth manner. 5. To let someone down: to make someone disappointed. 6. To chuck it down: to rain hard. Phew, I finish my homework. I try my best not to look up the new words in the dictionary, I guess the meanings just by reading and understanding the context including the words. I hope that the answers are right. Thank you very much for your exercises and your help.

Dear Amy regretfully I have never had any experience of camping or caravaning.I have always travelledin a comfortable way.I have tried to guess the meaning of the words without looking up in the dictionary:1)to catch up with....to meet someone by chance;2)A fraction of the size a very small share;3)upmarket more valuable,expensive;4)to trundle to proceed in a heavy.umbalanced way;5)To let someone down to disappoint,to demoralise6)To chuck it down to pour.to rain cats and dogs.bye byre for now maione

Hi Amy, your blog is very interesting and I would like to know more about the history of your Granny`s village like if there are Morris Dancers. See you later!

Hello Amy, I've never camped before, but the idea fascinates me. I'd love to try it some day. But I'm that kind of person who hardly ever does different things, unfortunately. It's a trace of my personality that I wish I could change. there are so many things I'd like to do but I'm not brave enough to do them. Anyway once in a while I manage to break that rule and do something different. I think I'll put camping on my list. You seem to live a very colourful life and the best thing is that your family likes it too. What nice family you have if I may say. Well Amy, thanks for the nice blog and see you soon. Good bye for now. Mauricio.

Dear Amy, How nice to see that the baby I saw inside your belly last year (from the photos you published) is already crawling! Doesn´t time fly? Mine who are now 22,19 and 14 seemed to be toddlers just yesterday! Well, I was away for some time cause I was too busy, but I´m really happy to be back and even happier to know that you are the teacher! Do you remember me? Well, don´t worry to admit that you don´t. I really don´t blame you for not remembering!I know what it´s like to have a thousands of virtual students!But anyway,I´m also sure we have plenty of catching up to do after those missing months, don´t we? Pity that the rain spoiled your days off!Life is funny!There you have too much water pouring down,whereas here, it´s been since last Abril it chucked it down all day!We are, in fact, desperate for some rain! As for tents and caravans,the former is quite common down here, however, the later is never seen trudling up and down our roads!Caravans remind me of an English friend who lives in Cuiabá. He says his new plan( he is full of new ideas) is to buy a caravan in England for him to escape from the too hot days in Brazil, which happen to be from September on.He says it´s a good investiment!We also have these camping festivals here in Brazil, but it is mainly for adolescents. They are rave festivals and DJs from different part of the world come to give their performance. My nephew is a regular goer! Once, when I was much younger, I went camping with my boyfriend (who is now my hubby). We were living in Rio and wen to Espirito Santo for the camping adventure which turned out to be a great fiasco!!! It took us hours to put up the tent!!!Caravans are more my type, no need to put them up and they seem more comfy! Love, Monica PS. It´s really nice to be back, I missed you all.

Hello Amy. I also like camping but the last time I've gone to an island and there was only us there. The sound of the wind touching our tent scared me a lot and I couldn't sleep. I prefer campsites because there are more people there. I'd love to camp in a caravan. Your tent seems to be very confortable.

Hi Amy its feel good goes for camping. I never been to camping as we don’t have this trend here that families go for this. But we have got people here who live permanently in such type of camps; most of them are those who migrated from Afghanistan to Pakistan. I have got the chance to be there in camps for a while. I was happy and every thing and there life style was looking good to me and fascinating me. But when I came back and had a deep thought on their living I felt and realize that just for a while or fun may be camping is fascinating and adventurous but when one have to live for ever there its too hard and they face lots of problems, but there is one thing that it camping bring us close to the nature and this give real happiness so I think that there should be such type of activity occasionally. Well Amy, have a nice time and pray for us to have this sort of entertainment. Bye till next time

Hello Amy, I camped with friends in the "Bayrischen Wald" when I was sixteen, a long long time ago, and in the first night we got the weather like yours. The "Bayerwald" is a long chain of hills, covered with large trees, in the meantime a Nationalpark, on the border to Czechoslowaky. The weather is stronger. Unfortunately I got very ill because our tent wasn't quiet rainabsorbing, so I have never camp anymore. In Germany you can see a lot of caravans on the motorways. Sometimes it looks if they are travelling in a convoy, esspecially Netherlands. I think the words mean: To meet some frinds; a part from a whole thing; to be more expensive, to drive slowly; doesn't behave in the way you expected.

Hi Amy, I am happy to know that good number of people from India and Nepal put a stall and display their textile and jewelry products in your places. It must be a good response for their products. Did you buy any jewel from their stall? I have seen the tent in some remote places. For the example when the students of National Cadet Corps or National Service Scheme camping they will put their tent in their camping spot. But defently not like your caravans. It is really an amazing one. As you said it is a small house on wheel. Try to get it soon. Surely the children will be exiting to occupy these kinds of wonderful caravans. Hope you will enjoy the next summer even though the weather may be atrocious.

Hello! I just want to ask a question. When I read your blog, I understand you perfectly, but when it comes to reading a newspaper, I understand little or nothing. Do you choose your words?

Hello Amy! I read your blog regularly and find it very interesting. I can understand you perfectly without using a vocabulary. But when it comes to reading a newspaper or a magazine or even a fiction I use vocabulary a lot. Do you choose the words? If so, how much do you simplify what you write? Thank you. Good bye.

Hi All, I like to take the opportunity to share my little experience about caravanned night. In November 2007 I had to stay one night in a caravan in a gas field. In this connection I need to brief you about my job. My company name is GETCO which has thirteen divisions and I’m working in the Oil & Gas division. As a Senior Executive in the Business Development department I’m assigned to build new business relations with international oil & gas companies. Because of the job nature I visit all the gas fields in Bangladesh very frequently. In the several cases I guide the foreign experts to reach the gas fields to introduce with the authority and to facilitate their accommodation and other things. In November 2007 I was guiding four mud engineers to Habiganj Gas Field about 300 km from the capital. It was 6.30 in the evening we reached there. However, after reaching there I found that there is an opportunity to visit the drilling rig as well as to see the drilling works. The engineers and geologist were very much known to me and they offered me to pass the night with them. It was really a thrilling experience to see the drilling from the derricks (one of the top places in a drilling rig). At 11.30 in the night I came back to the rest house and had the dinner. After the dinner they offered me that I can stay in the rest house or in the caravan in the drilling site. I took the chance and slept in the caravan. But the caravan was nothing but a box with four wheels and quite different from that one of Amy’s. The caravan was decorated with two folding beds, one table and a chair. Enough light was there and the ac was so powerful for the little area and I had to use two blankets to escape the cold.