A WEEKEND IN VIGO

A WEEKEND IN VIGO SCRIPT

1-We are going to do our presentation about Vigo.

2-Vigo is in Galicia, in Pontevedra, in the north part of Spain, is a very good place to visit, but before the travel you have to think which days will be sunny, because Vigo is a rainy place.

3-We go to vigo in Alsa buses that cost 52 € the round trip.

4-The hotel that we choose is Eurostars Mar de Vigo, 113 € including the breakfast.

5-Well…Vigo is a  city formed in the best majority by beaches and sea but in vigo there are too many islands in which you can see the best natural places. Also you can visit museums if you want a cultural visit. Vigo is divided in two main parts, the modern zone and the old zone with a lot of markets and sculptures.

6-The Friday, at 5 PM we get the bus in the bus station.

7-4  hours later we arrive in Vigo and then we have the dinner in a restaurant next to the hotel that is called Casa rositas and it costs around 28 €.

8-Then we sleep at the hotel and have the breakfast in the morning.

9-Next to the hotel it’s located the Samil Beach, that is the biggest beach in Vigo. You can swim and sunbathe. If you don’t like the sand you can walk in a near promenade which have a lot of shops and snack bars.

10-At two o’clock we go to the oysters street, in this street there are many luxurious restaurants. Also the fishermen show their best products and a delicious shellfish.

11-After the lunch we go to the sea museum to see the history of the fishermen and all the sea creatures. You can see de old methods of fishing and the biggest animals in the zone. Here you can buy tickets to visit the Cies Islands.

12-At 5 PM we go to the Cies Island by ferry, that cost 10€ two persons. The travel is half an hour. The Cies Islands are a real paradise near home. These islands are like the Caribean ones. The water is very transparent and the sand is white and thin.

13-At 9 PM we have the dinner in a restaurant called Las Rías Bajas for 32 € and then we go to the hotel.

14-We have the breakfast in the hotel like the first day.

15-The Sunday we are going to visit different places, if we want to visit those places we have to pass by taxi  through the Rande bridge, a very big bridge.

16-At 12 AM we are in the Castro Fortress, that are the ruins of an old fortress. The fortress is very beautiful and the views are also very good.

17-In the Castro Fortress there is a field with a lot of flowers and grass in which you can eat the delicious sandwiches that we have prepared in the morning.

18-Near to the fortress there is a very big zoo, the Vigo zoo. Here you can see the wildest animals for only 15 €.

19-At 4 PM there is a very big street which is called the Mercado da Pedra. Here you can buy the cheapest things in Vigo and also eat in the snack bars.

20-The trip is finished. We get the bus and we return to Salamanca.

21-At 10 PM we are in our homes, very tired. We have only spent 238 € in the weekend.

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 GEOGRAPHY GLOSSARY!!!!!!!!
   
    UNIT EIGHT

• Mechanization: The use of machinery in the production process.

• Mining: The process of extracting minerals from the ground.

• Mineral: a naturally occurring solid chemical substance such as bauxite. Most minerals need to be transformed to enable them to be used for manufacturing products.

• Fossil fuels: fuel that is formed by the decomposition of buried organic material, and exposure to heat and pressure, producing substances such as coal, oil and gas. 

• Industry: any economic activity that produces a service or transforms raw material into consumer goods. 

• Irrigated farming: is the artificial application of water to the land or soil. 

• Energy: power that comes from the utilization of physical or chemical resources to provide light and heat or to work machines. 

• Biomass: organic material used as a fuel that releases energy when burned.

• Management: the people that run a company and ensure that goods and services of a high enough quality are produced and sold at competitive prices. 

• Workforce: the employees required to produce goods and services. 

• Wind turbine: a device that converts kinetic energy from the wind into mechanical energy to drive machinery or generate electricity. 

• Solar panel: is a set of solar photovoltaic modules electrically connected and mounted on a supporting structure. 

• Renewable energy: is generally defined as energy that comes from resources which are naturally replenished on a human time-scale such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves and geothermal heat. 

• Non-renewable energy: is a resource that does not renew itself at a sufficient rate for sustainable economic extraction in meaningful human time-frames. 

• Traditional energy: refers to the energy sources that are most commonly used.

• Alternative energy: is any energy source that is an alternative to fossil fuel. These alternatives are intended to address concerns about such fossil fuels. 

• Dam: is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. 

• Guild: is an association of artisans or merchants who control the practice of their craft in a particular town. 

• Heavy industry: does not have a single fixed meaning as compared to light industry. It can mean production of products which are either heavy in weight or in the processes leading to their production. 

• Light industry: is usually less capital intensive than heavy industry, and is more consumer-oriented than business-oriented (most light industry products are produced for end users rather than as intermediates for use by other industries). 

• Cutting-edge industries: industries that employ advanced technology.

• Craftspersons: a person who makes products using basic tools and manual labour.