Vanlis, travel is going from one place to the other by car, train etc., e.g. I am going to travel to Chile tomorrow. Travel is also the overall act of taking or making a trip or journey. Trip is indicative of traveling for relatively short distances. E.g. it’s a short trip from Baltimore to Philadelphia. “I will never travel by train to the Bronx again” when describing the relatively short trip from New York City to the Bronx. Journey is indicative of traveling for long distances or periods of time e.g. a week’s journey by train from New York to Los Angeles. I have known people to use trip and journey interchangeably for example: “that was an exhausting trip” when referring to a long or arduous journey. In the United States I find it common for people to say for e.g. I am / you are/ we are taking a trip to the Caribbean or I am / you are/ we are traveling to the Caribbean. NO ONE typically says I am /you are/ we are Journeying to the Caribbean or anywhere else for that matter when discussing their travel plans. When you return from any travel activity it’s more likely that someone would ask: How was your trip? Regardless of whether you toured the world or went from Santiago to Valparaiso. Quite frankly, I would only expect journey to be used in more formal settings or in writings. So here are some example sentences: -I will travel to America next year. -I am also taking a trip to Madrid in the Summer -While in Madrid, I will make the journey from Madrid to Barcelona, Rome, Paris, London, and Copenhagen then back to Santiago. -My Parents went on a long journey, they toured Europe and Africa for an entire month! -My travel plans include a trip to Miami.

First notebook entry: Introducing myself

Soy Andrew. Estoy aprendiendo español porque me gustaría vivir y trabajar en un país donde se hable espanol. Mi lengua nativa es el inglés. Yo naci en el caribe, pero ahora vivo en los estados unidos (Texas). Trabajo como un ingeniero de campo y me gusta leer, volar, y los aviones.