0:03 hey everybody welcome to this a2 English
0:05 listening practice video you can use
0:08 this video to train your listening and
0:11 comprehension as I speak you ready
0:15 so today I'm going to talk about travel
0:17 traveling is one of the funnest activities
0:18 activities
0:20 I've always loved traveling when I was
0:23 young my family and I traveled to Hawaii
0:26 many times in case you don't know much
0:29 about Hawaii it's an island in the
0:31 middle of the Pacific Ocean and it's
0:34 also one of the 50 states of the US I've
0:37 been there about six or seven times I
0:40 don't remember how many exactly it's
0:42 definitely one of my favorite places in
0:45 the world Hawaii has plenty of really
0:47 beautiful beaches and the lifestyle
0:50 there is slow and calm but even though
0:53 Hawaii is one of my favourite places to
0:56 travel to in general I prefer the
0:59 countryside the forests or the mountains
1:02 more than the beach so I love taking
1:05 camping trips and road trips I've taken
1:07 a few different road trips through the
1:10 US before and I just recently took a
1:13 road trip through the tuscany region of
1:15 italy it was one of the most incredible
1:18 experiences I've ever had if you ever
1:21 get the chance to go to Italy I highly
1:23 recommend you to rent a car and drive
1:26 through Tuscany trust me you won't be
1:29 disappointed speaking of Europe I also
1:31 took a backpacking trip through Portugal
1:34 in Spain a few years ago it was my first
1:37 time backpacking and it wasn't easy we
1:40 spent a lot of time walking and taking
1:42 buses and trains and the whole time we
1:46 had these big backpacks on her backs we
1:47 stayed in some pretty low quality
1:50 hostels and thus we had some bad
1:52 experiences the worst thing that
1:55 happened to me was that I was bitten by
1:58 bedbugs when I was in Madrid I don't
1:59 know if you've ever been bitten by
2:02 bedbugs before but it's not a fun
2:04 experience and for me it was worse
2:08 because I have really sensitive skin so
2:10 I didn't just have little red spots on
2:13 my skin I had big swole
2:17 sores all over my arms so if you plan on
2:19 staying in hostels when you travel you
2:21 should definitely read the online
2:24 reviews first sometimes it's better to
2:26 pay a little more money to stay in a
2:29 better place some people only like
2:32 staying in hotels and other people
2:35 really like air B&B ease and lately I've
2:37 been staying at air B&B ease no matter
2:40 where I travel it's definitely better
2:43 than staying in hostels in my opinion
2:45 another aspect of travel that's really
2:48 important is the flight this is probably
2:51 the worst part about traveling actually
2:54 it is the worst part definitely I've
2:56 been pretty lucky because I haven't had
2:59 any really bad flights but I have had
3:02 experiences with long delays and
3:04 canceled flights which can really ruin
3:07 your trip there were two times when I
3:09 had to spend the night at the airport
3:12 which was terrible I hope you guys don't
3:15 ever have that experience so overall
3:17 there are good and bad things about
3:20 traveling but I think we can all agree
3:22 that it's nice to travel once in a while
3:25 okay that's all for today leave a
3:27 comment and tell me your favorite place
3:30 that you've traveled to I'll see you
