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DAY 1
6 Our holiday castle

We’re still in Ireland. We arrived in Dublin four days ago. My sister and I liked
it a lot - it was great - we weren’t bored at all! Then yesterday, after lunch,
Dad hired a car and we travelled to the west of Ireland - it didn’t take very
long, just about two and a half hours, butthat was a bit boring. But, after two
hours, Dad turned round to us and said: ‘We’ve got a surprise for you. Tonight
our hotel is a castle! How exciting is that!’ A joke, right? Wrong! We didn’t think
he was serious, but he was!
At the end of the journey, we stopped outside a real castle. A nice lady
welcomed us and started to show us around. What an amazing place! Can you
The castle
believe that we walked up fifty stone steps to get to the living room?
is more
The castle is over 600 years old, but it had everything we needed. There was a than____
bedroom for our parents and we each had a bedroom, too. But I didn’t sleep years old.
very well last night - I was so excited to be in a real castle!
This morning we had breakfast and then we climbed up to the top of the
castle. We were amazed at the beautiful countryside around us. Then it
started to rain and there was a fantastic rainbow - I love rainbows!
The place was so great, we didn’t want to leave. This afternoon we want to go
to Limerick, so we’re packing our bags again! Can it be
as good as a castle? Let’s see. ifF*—

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READING

<£]’> 5.07 Read and listen to Tom's blog and
complete the sentences with a word or a number.
2 Put the events in order 1-7.

| | Tom finds out where they are staying the night.

Q WRITING
| | Tom finds it difficult to sleep.

I | Tom's family leave Dublin.
3 Use your answers in Exercise 2 to write

| | Tom visits the top of the castle.
a summary of the text in no more than
□ Tom looks around the castle.
100 words.
□ Tom sees a rainbow.
Tom really liked Dublin ...
□ The family get ready to go to Limerick.