Informal letter

Pompeu Fabra
Empuriabrava
8th April 2011

Dear Kieron,
Thanks for your letter. It was great to hear from you! Sorry I haven't been in touch for so long but I'm very busy studying for all the exams. But it would be great If you come on Easter holidays!

I can't definitely recommend Empuriabrava. In winter it's a little bit bored, but from April there are tourists. I understand their reasons for coming here. Empuriabrava is a great place for holidays.

The weather from April is really good! Now I'm wearing shorts! In the Summer at noon sometimes it's too hot to stay outside, but If it's too warm you can swim in the sea! There are also a lot of pools. The beach is big, but it's also good to go to others which are not so crowded.
Empuriabrava is less than two hours away from Barcelona. But around here there are also great villages. Castelló d'Empúries is the old village center and there is a Cathedral and some old houses. Roses is very similar, but the beach is bigger and longer.

A place I really like is Sant Martí d'Empúries. It's an old village built next to the sea. It's very nice to be there because there aren't too many tourists. Near the beach there are also rocks.
Here you can also do a lot of activities: kite surfing, windsurfing, rowing, scuba diving, horseriding, sailing, cycling, swimming, sky diving... Empuriabrava is very popular for sky diving. There's a little airport and you can do sky diving or learn how to fly a plane. I have been in one of these planes it's really exciting to be only with the pilot and one or two more people in this little plane.

And finally, the people are typically Spanish. You know: everyone is relaxed and the characteristic way of thinking: If it doesn't work today, it will work tomorrow. You see, it's really great here and I'm looking forward to seeing you. Please write soon.

By for now,


Lydia