My trip to the Alhambra

I am a teacher in a small town in the south of Spain called Ronda. My school is taking part in a Comenius project. A month ago, several teachers from Turkey, Poland and England came to my school to learn about our teaching methods. Before this, some teachers of my school went to their countries for the same reason.

They wanted to visit the Alhambra. My head teacher told me she would like it if a colleage and I went with them and talked to them about the Alhambra.

I am not an expert in history, but I like it a lot. I can talk about many historical topics. The problem is that my English is not so good, so I was a little afraid. However, we did prepare what we were going to say.

When we arrived in Granada, the weather was awful because it was raining. Fortunately, it stopped raining and the weather was better.

At three o'clock, we arrived at the Alhambra. We picked up the tickets and went into the building.
First we visited the Castel, called Alcazaba, and the Palace of Carlos V. They said that it was wonderful, but they had yet to see the best.

At five, we visited the Nazarie Palaces. I will always remember how impressed they were when they saw such a beautiful place. We told them the history of the palace, and when and how the palace was built. In spite of my English, they listened to me the whole time and enjoyed what I told them. At least, I think they did.

I conclusion, I think the trip was a beautiful experience for everybody.

IELTS letter

This is a letter, I have written as a part of my IELTS preparation. I would be grateful to anyone, who will check my grammar. Thank you.

Last Tuesday you flew from New York to Paris. When you arrived home, you discovered that you had left your cabin bag on the plane. Write a letter to airline. In your letter, you should explian:
* where and when you lost your bag
* what your bag looks like
* what its content were

Dear Sir/Madam

Last Tuesday I flew from New York to Paris using service of your company. Unfortunately, after the trip had finished, I left one of my bags in the plane. It was completely my fault; I was in a hurry and it slipped my mind. I left the bag under the seat in front of me.

I discovered my loss only after arriving home, and now I am writing this letter to you in hopes of recovering my things.

It is a small handbag made of brown leather. It has two compartments. In first there was a blue digital camera and charging device for it. The camera's brand is Sony. In the second part, there was a bottle of water and a handkerchief. The pictures stored on this camera are very valuable for me.

Please contact me via email and let me know if your staff has or has not found the bag.

I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Thank you for your time,
Georgiy Ivanov

Food Allergies.

My daughter has allergies. She cannot eat eggs. Many people think that it is easy to avoid eggs in food, but, in fact, it isn't. It should be easy, but there are a lot foods contaminated by eggs. Some foods do not have eggs as an ingredient, but there can be problems when a product is made in a facility that produces other products which contain eggs. People with allergies recognize how the numbers of products that they could eat are reduced because of allergen traces. I am worried because my child will go to school next year, and she is only three. I am going to speak with the teachers about this problem, but I feel anxious because it is very dangerous if she eats/tries something made with eggs. Teachers have to pay a lot of attention because there will be a lot of children eating in the playground.
I also saw a really bad news story on TV this week. A child ate a soja yogurt which has been contaminated with milk. The consequenses were horrible for the kid. These news stories make me feel quite worried.
I hope, one day, my little child will overcome her allergies.