Uand your friends went on a two - day walking tour to a beautiful lake not far from your city/village last weekend

Iwould like to  tell you about my two-day walking tour to a beautiful lake that is not far from our town. the weather was fine and  my friends and i decided to spend the weekend in tents on the shore of the lake. so, we went to the lake in the afternoon on friday. the  lake is not far from our town, so, we came there quickly. what beautiful nature is  there! we decided to put up  the tents and to cook dinner at once. then we bathed, swam, played volleyball and had our dinner. late at night we sat near our camp fire, played the guitar, sang songs and told funny stories. we slept in our tents. the next day we had our breakfast and bathed in the lake. later some boys and girls stayed on the shore of the lake and all the rest  went to walk in the  forest.  it was very interesting there! we found some mushrooms and took a lot of photos. we returned to the camp and had dinner. we spent time in the forest  and on the shore wonderfully! then we went home. my friends and i were full of unforgetable impressions!

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moscow

russia

25.05.2011

dear david,

how are you? sorry, i couldn't write earlier, as i had a lot to do.

well, i think that russian teenagers are just like every other teenagers. we just do the normal stuff, like watching a movie or meet our friends and go to some sort of restaurant or to mc donalds and eat there. we are also a really social country, we like to talk a lot, so a simple walk in the park is not bad either. 

oh, i didn't know you can skate! do you have some other hobbies i don't know about? what about reading? i like to sing. how about you? do you like music and singing?

well i have to end now, as i still got a lot to do. hope to hear from you soon.

yours,

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