Lucia's blog

                       Royal botanic garden  The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney is a large and historic botanical garden located in the heart of Sydney, Australia. It was established in 1816 and is one of the oldest botanic gardens in the Southern Hemisphere. If you wanna dedicated a bench for a period of ten years starts at £5,000.  A good option its becaming a member because you could enjoy unlimited visits to Kew Gardens and Wakehurst, along with other benefits such as discounts in Kew's shops and exclusive member events , you will also recieve two gardens magazines evary year. There are a lot of diffrent types of flowers and plants but the one that caught my attention the most is the Titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum), also known as the "corpse flower because its really dissimilar to the rest of the plants I've ever seen . Its impressive size and rare blooming events make it a fascinating specime...

                                                                        Hot rocks This spectacular place in which a lot of people go for walk over there and have some drinks its operate exclusively on weekends, specifically every Saturday and Sunday. If you wanna go there you can either go by car , walking or if its far away you can go via public transportation, the nearest bus stops are located along Alfred Street. For buses traveling through the CBD along Elizabeth Street, you can disembark at Bridge Street and head north to The Rocks.  There are many shops in this place but the one i like the most is handcrafted jewelry stall. The artisans offer unique, locally designed pieces that reflect both creativity and quality. I really like jewlery and i think that it could also be a pretty gift or de...

                                                                Darling harbour Darling harbour its a lovely coastal place near Sydney's downtown,  in which you can do plenty of interesting activities, such as ; going to their aquarium , Visiting Chinese Garden or their wonderful carousel . Even thought I love nature and chinese garden its a place with lots of different types of plants and fauna, I would prefer going in one of their water taxis.  I think that It's a perfect and unsual way of exploring the place and also having a good and different experience. In my opion it's the most exciting activity and the one in which you can visit the best the arroundings.  https://www.darlingharbour.com/see-do-stay

                                                          Questions What can you see? I can see two old people in a park playing chess which the board and the pieces are quite big. Also at the background of the image I see a woman with a baby stroller with some kids. What are these people doing? The two old people  thtat are playing chess might be friends and they do these plans since they were young , the rest of the people in the picture i think that is a family , which enjoys watching pleople playing and wait till their time to play arrives . How often do you think these people play at the park?  I think this people play chess at the park once a week , at weekends , as a tradition. I also believe that it could be a kind of competition between them to see how is better and to the one that lose give him a present . What kind of ...

                                                                  TARONGA ZOO I perssonally love going to zoos because i really like seeing animals and unique species . It's something that really reminds me when i was litlle and my family and i used to go to the zoo as an important day . If your visiting Sidney and as me you like those places you should definitely vist this zoo. So answering the last question i would for sure reccommend you going. Some tips if your planning going is buying the tickets online where you will save money. If your visiting it as a group of 8 teenagers buying them it will make you save 8 pounds per each ticket. A really uique and amazing experience you should do is spending a night at the zoo. I really find it interesting and cool . Sleep at the same place where a lot of animals live! , isn't...

 In my opinion this listening was easy to understand so i think that my mark should have been better , althought I'm happy with it . Its was 19 out of 21.  I found it really interesnting and different to the rest of the other listening I've done.