Passage 1 For three weeks this summer I decided to leave the hustle and bustle of London to experience a completely new adventure in Costa Rica. For the first two weeks I lived with a local family in the capital, San José, whilst volunteering as an English teacher for adults. I spent my last week on the Pacific coast in a town called Quepos, a short bus journey from the beach where I surfed every day. Whilst I was in Costa Rica, I saw many beautiful places and did some amazing things. In one weekend I did a zip-lining tour through a jungle and visited a volcano and several stunning waterfalls. During my final week I visited Manuel Antonio National Park several times and saw sloths, iguanas and plenty of monkeys (who love to steal people’s belongings). Even though I have countless memories from the trip, there are a few which I will never be able to forget. I like to call these memories moments of true happiness. I define these as moments when my mind completely lets go of all worries and problems and replaces them with a feeling of complete happiness. The first time this happened in Costa Rica was when I went zip-lining. The final zip-wire was called the ‘superman wire’. On this wire, you wear a full-body harness and you travel horizontally, instead of in a sitting-up position. For a couple of minutes I felt like I was flying and I could see the beautiful jungle beneath me. It happened again during one of my surf lessons. I had fallen off many times, but finally I managed to catch a wave with no help from the instructors. It felt incredible! The final time it happened was at the end of an afternoon of hiking. It was a really hot day and I had been walking all the different hiking trails in the National Park. After a while I stopped at one of the beaches, buried my bag so the monkeys couldn’t steal it and ran into the water to cool off. It was the best feeling! Passage 2 Earlier this year I visited Europe with two of my friends from university. We stopped in four cities: Amsterdam, Berlin, Prague and Cologne. I absolutely loved all of the cities, but Berlin was probably my favourite of them all. I am very interested in history, in particular the world wars and so there were so many exciting things for me to see in Berlin. My favourite place there was probably the East Side Gallery where part of the wall that is still standing has been decorated with artwork. My favourite section of the wall was the very famous painting of the two politicians kissing. After my friends and I walked along the wall and saw all of the artwork, we stopped at a street stall to sample the very famous German ‘currywurst’, which is basically sausages covered with curry sauce and ketchup. Normally I don’t like sausages but I had to try them whilst I was in Germany and they were so tasty! As well as the gallery, you can also visit a section of the wall that has been made into a museum. This was very interesting as there were plaques that told stories of people who tri ... ...
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