Traveling
Why do people like traveling? I think, because people need some place to relax some place, where they can spend their holidays. People from cold countries need more sunshine, people from tropical countries are longing for snow and skiing, that's why people travel abroad or simply travel. My opinion is that Liberec has got a strategic position, because we are near the mountains, so we can go skiing in winter, we have got a lovely scenery nearby, maybe we're longing for sea and more sunshine.
We have two main groups of holidays, winter and summer. In winter we can go skiing, in the mountains. Summer is ideal for hiking, cycling or spending time at the seaside. There are different means of transport, like bus, train, car and airplane. I think that traveling by airplane is very comfortable and fast. In plane there are three classes: first class, business class, economy class. First class is the best class, you can there drink Champaign and seats are very comfortable. This is the class for rich people. Business class is for businessmen, who travel often by plane and need something more than normal passengers. Economy class is for normal people. You can travel also by bus, but you haven't got enough room for your legs. Driving somewhere by car, has got a big advantage. You are very flexible, you can go wherever you want and you haven't got to wait for other people.
My first big experience was my first flight to China, when I was only 3 years old. The flight takes about 7 hours. I was living in China for 4 years. We lived in the Czech embassy in Beijing. I like flying, because every time I flaw to China or back, I become an airplane made of LEGO, now I have got a lot of them. But it isn't easy to get into the plane. You must go through many security checks. At first you must check in and board the baggage at check-in desk, because you can take only a small hand luggage into the cabin. Notice, you must have got a ticket to do it. When you are checked in you go to passport control, police officers check your passport. Now you are in the duty-free zone, with duty-free shops. You can buy here alcohol, cigars, perfumes and other things without taxes. These shops are very cheap, but pubs are very expensive. So it's better to consume here your own meal and drinks. During your eating, drinking or shopping you must watch the check-out table, where are written all departures. When the signal for boarding is shining you have got still plenty of time to go to the gate, because all people mean that the plane will leave without them, that's not true. When you are once checked in, the plane will wait until you come and board the plane, you will hear in the announcement: “Mr. Minarik, please board the plane number: 100021”. This is the right time to go thought the gate. Enjoy the flight.
It is also very important what you take with, what you pack into your luggage. Main things are passports, money and your teddy bear. The less important things like clothes, tooth brush, guide book, sun glasses and other necessities. We have here two different kinds of spending holiday, backpacking or all package holidays. When you go backpacking, you must simply pack only a few things, because you have got only a bag. Backpacking is for young people, who are longing for adventure and freedom. You must be very careful, when you go backpacking, because you get mugged or kidnapped. Another difference is in type of accommodation, backpackers sleep in cheap motels, camps or simply under the sky. All package holiday is for whole families and you just relax there, no surviving or adventure. They can order half board, which means breakfast and dinner or full board (breakfast, lunch, dinner) or all inclusive, this is the most expensive variant, but you can eat and drink what you want and everything is included in the price of holiday.
I think, that I haven't got any extra good or extra bad holidays. I work every August and I have no time left for fun. In July I have time, but I must visit my grandparents. The best holidays are when I am with my friends doing some crazy things. Bad holidays are when it is raining, you can't go outside and you are somewhere alone without your friends.