jueves, 22 de mayo de 2008

IN THE RESTAURANT

Ana: hello
Luis: hello, what would you like to eat?
Ana: I would like for an appetizer a soup please, and for a main dish I like meat ¿can I have this with potatoes?
Luis: yes
Ana: ok, but a small portion please, ¿What salads do you have?
Luis: yes
Ana: only one.
Ana: and……I would like to drink a glass of orange juice.
Luis: and……..
Ana: Nothing more, thanks
Luis: It is to take away.
Ana: yes please.
Luis: Is everything included?
Ana: yes
Luis: the bill is of US$ 15.
Ana: ok thank you


domingo, 18 de mayo de 2008

Typical food in Bogota

In Bogota there are many typical plates for example "Ajiaco", "fritanga", "tiny mazamorra", and "tamale". The "Ajiaco" is a soup prepare with chicken, pope of different regions, ear and “guasca” it is served with capers, cremates of milk and rice. Also the “fritanga” is a plate prepare with different meats: head, pig, sausage, pope, arepa and other, this plate is very famous. The “Tiny Mazamorra” has head soup, onion, and pea, beans, carrot, and potato, flour of corn, garlic, salt, pepper and cumin and rice.

To finish with the typical plates the “Tamale with chocolate” is a mass of corn with meat, chicken, pig, chickpea, onion, garlic and salt inside some banana leaves and it is cooked to the vapor accompanied by hot chocolate.

Now in Bogota there are also a lot of typical desserts, the most popular its the "Cuajada con melado" that is a dessert of milk with panela; rice with milk, dessert of born, “breva con arequipe”, sweet with syrup with fruit, “cocadas” and “masquesas”.

The typical plates and the desserts describes after that have the Bogota city are very delicious and important that represents the culture that people have.


Bogota city

In Bogota I can go to many places because is a big city, I can go to the shopping center with my family, friends or my boyfriend. I also can practice sports. Bogota has a lot of interesting places: museums, parks, cinemas, shopping centers, clubs, for example the “Zona Rosa” is very popular because I can go with friends in the night to the clubs and dancing, drink beers and I can know many people.

Bogota has a problem: the traffic because there are many cars but at the moment I can use other means of transport: “Transmilenio” or “ciclo ruta” are important because I can mobilize easily and arrive to the work, university or other place very quick.

On weekends I can go to restaurant with my family, run with my dog in the city, and in the club I can play tennis, swimming and go to the gym. To finish Bogota is a beautiful city, where I can have good times and can live very well.

Routine of my father

My father gets up at 8:00 am and at 8:20 am he has breakfast. Then at 8:30 am he takes a shower and before than he puts the clothes and at 8:45 am he goes to work, he starts work at 9:45 am and finish working at 6:30 pm but he has lunch in his home. My father sometimes practices sports in the afternoon. In the night he arrives home an he has a dinner with his wife and with his daughter at 7:00 pm, then he puts up the pijama an he goes to the computer to work. He falls asleep at 10:00 pm

Routine of my mother

My mother gets up at 8:00 am and she takes a shower at 8:10 am and puts up the clothes, then she has a breakfast with my father, at 9:00 am she takes the bus for going to the work, at 12:00 pm she has lunch with her friends or sometimes at home she prepares the lunch, more or less at 4:00 pm she goes home an have a coffee with her friends. Then at 7:00 pm she takes the dinner with her husband and with her daughter. Before that she starts watching T.V and she brushes her teeth and puts up the pijama. At 9:30 pm she goes to her bed and falls asleep.

My Routine

I wake up at 5:30 am, and then I take a shower at 5:40 am and I brush my teeth. Before I take the shower I put up the clothes. At 6:00 am I have breakfast, at 6:30 am I take the bus for going to the university. I start class at 8:00 am, then at 12:30 pm I have lunch at the university cafeteria an I finish class at 3:00 pm, before that I go to take the bus for going to my home and when I arrive to my home at 4:15 pm I start doing my homework’s. Then I take a break at 5:30 pm and I sleep for a short time, at 7:00 pm I take the dinner with my parents and I start watching T.V and talk by telephone. Finally at 10: 00 pm I fall asleep.