My village... Ciudad Rodrigo

Hello everybody!

This time I want to talk about my village or my small town (you can help me about this classification). [I suggest saying "my home town" - this is the most common way to talk about where you are from, even if it's a large city or small village].

I was born in 1977 in Salamanca. 80 Eighty kilometers from Salamanca there is a small town (or village). [Here I would suggest small town...it looks bigger than a village in your picture] It is to the in the W west of Salamanca, near Portugal. Its name is Ciudad Rodrigo.

Ciudad Rodrigo has a population of 16000 inhabitants. It was founded in Roman ages. It has a lot of constructions architecture that was which were built by the Romans. One of them is the Roman Bridge, over the Agueda river. Another is the Wall that "walks" around the Old City. The symbol of Ciudad Rodrigo is a strange Roman ruin called construction named "Tres Columnas". Nowadays we don´t know the original purpose very well the meaning of Tres Columnas. There are a lot of theories that try to explain this, but nobody knows for certain. we don't have the correct answer of this question.

In Ciudad Rodrigo there is a famous castle. It was built probably in the Middle Ages. Today it is possible to get into enter it because now it is an elegant hotel. There is a cathedral too which was built next to the Wall. There are a lot of palaces and historic buildings. I think Ciudad Rodrigo is a little piece of history.

I also want to talk too about Ciudad Rodrigo´s Carnaval. It is the main celebration of this village. It is in February and you can run ahead in front of a bull along Ciudad Rodrigo´s streets. It is a very funny party but it can be dangerous if you don´t take care. There are a lot of people dancing in the streets that follow typical musical bands named "charangas".

Finally I can tell you that the typical food of Ciudad Rodrigo are eggs with "farinato". It is very difficult for me explain what it is. I think is better that you come to Ciudad Rodrigo and eat it!

See you soon... and thanks!!

Very good.  Most of my changes are very minor - just more common ways to say certain things.  I also changed "80" to "Eighty", because in written English it is considered good style to write out the number as a word when used at the beginning of a sentence.