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My Holiday in Japan I went to Japan for a holiday for five weeks. In early August my family and I flew to Japan. My wife is Japanese so we stayed at her parent’s house. I used to live in Japan so it was a chance for me to catch up with lots of old friends. The weather was fantastic so I went to the beach nearly every day. I went surfing with some friends and camping with some other friends. I also went camping with my family. My two little boys loved it because it was their first time. We ate lots of good food and spent a lot of time relaxing. It was a really good holiday.

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On Friday after work I picked up my friend, Tony, and we drove to Mt Field. When we got there we pitched our tents. After that we walked to the pub and had a delicious dinner and a few drinks. Then we went to bed. That night we didn't sleep much because it was freezing cold. The next morning there was ice all over our tents.

After breakfast we drove to the bottom of the mountain. Then we put on our heavy packs and started walking. We walked for four hours up the mountain. There was lots of snow and it was very hard walking, but the view was fantastic. It was a very beautiful place. That night we stayed in one of the small emergency huts on the mountain. We had a small party in the hut and it was great fun.

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Wednesday 4 March 2009

** Kempton Festival ** Two weeks ago my family and I went to the Kempton Festival.

First we drove about 45 minutes to Kempton. At Kempton there were lots stalls and garage sales. We didn’t buy anything, but we had fun looking at everything.

Next we looked at the animals. There were cows, sheep, pigs and horses. My son, Sam, had a ride on a horse. He loved it.

After that we sat on the grass and had lunch. While we had lunch we watched a Japanese drumming group. The drummers were very good.

Finally we walked back to the car and drove home. It was a great day and we all had fun.

Monday 13 october 2008 SAYING GOODBYE Hi everyone!

I’m afraid it’s time to say goodbye. I’m off to Japan for 6 weeks with my family. I will be back on 24 November, but unfortunately, I won’t be teaching you.

I’ve had a great time teaching you all. You make my job very satisfying and enjoyable. Thank you all for that.

Good luck with your studies and I’ll see you all at the end of the year.

Ian



Monday 1 Spetember 2008 Hi everyone. I have made a video for you to watch today. It is the first time I have done this on my new computer and there are a couple of problems. First, you will notice that the audio and the video do not match. When I am talking about grey hair the video is doing something else. It will still be good listening practice for you.

The other thing is that the video will take a while to download, so you will have to press play and then wait until it has finished. It will start and stop until it is all finished, then you can watch the whole thing without stopping.

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