Paper 2 Activity 1

Navarra: A place to visit.

By: Gustavo A. Hernández C.

I lived many experiences that caused an impact in my life like seeing my first trains and experiencing another type of culture.

A lot of people like to travel around the world. There are a lot of reasons why people travel. One of those is to know new places that they didn’t know before. Second, people like to have fun in the places that they already know. Finally, the people who want to have really good vacations and rest. Some people say that traveling is living. There are many places around the world that are amazing; one of those beautiful places is Navarra. I went there in the winter of 2010. I lived many experiences that caused an impact in my life like seeing my first trains and experiencing another type of culture.

The first thing that impressed me was seeing trains because Guatemala does not have trains. The characteristics of the train that I took were: clean, fast, and safe. The cleaning was amazing because it did not have anything of trash in the train. Another thing that I really liked was the velocity that the trains have because the velocity of the trains is about 100 kilometer per hour. And the most important thing was that the train is a very safe way to travel because there are very few accidents of trains.

The culture in Navarra was fantastic and I learned things that I did not know before. The most important details were the people, the food, and construction. The people were so nice with me; they invited me to walk in the city, and they were very respectful. The food was delicious and I tasted a lot of flavors which were a delight in my tongue for example the Paella. And the construction in Navarra is very different from that to Guatemala; there are not so many houses because only the rich people have one and the majority live in apartments.

I was only 3 days in Navarra but they were really incredible days. The trains for me were the best thing that I saw. And the culture is amazing and you can learn a lot of things for example eating a delicious Paella. My recommendation is that if you have the possibility to travel to Navarra, do it because you will know a beautiful place and you will learn a lot of things of a different culture.