My journey diary

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MY JOURNEY DIARY BY JASON GRAY

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MY JOURNEY DIARY

BY JASON GRAY

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Dear my diary,I've always taught that keeping a diary is silly and girlish. That's why I 've never taught of myself writing a diary. But this diary will be my journey book and companion. I will take it with me and write my impression on it. I have just graduated from high school and want to take a gap year before starting a university and travel around the world.It's better to start telling about myself first. My name is Jason Gray. I am almost 18 years old:) I am blond and have got beautiful green eyes. I am tall and well-built. I am a handsome boy. Actually girls say so:)

A photo of me. What do you think?Do you think I am handsome?;)

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As for my personality, I am brave generous, calm, cool and honest. I am a hearty eater. I love eating and open for new tastes. Fortunately I am still slim:) Of course I have some bad sides. For example I am not very punctual and a bit shy, especially about girls. I don't have a girl friend now. I had one. Our relation ended two months ago. I think I am ready for a new one.More about me? OK. Let me tell you about my hobbies and interests…

TURKISH TEAM

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Well, the truth is... I have a lot of hobbies. My biggest hobby is playing football and I'm a keen football supporter of West Ham. My favourite player is Andy Carroll. This year their manager is Slaven Bilić, the trainer from Croatia. I'm all into healthy life and I really like running. It just clears my head and it calms me down.  One of my favourite activities is going to all kinds of restaurants and trying out different food with my family. We do it every Sunday and it just keeps us close. We try out different specialities - I'm always the one who eats the most! Eating food from different parts of the world gives me sense of being there and meeting new cultures. I really love travelling and at the moment I'm reading short stories from history of European countries. I'm especially interested in learning something about Turkey, Slovakia, Poland and Croatia. That's where my friends live and you know I'm going to visit them soon. I want to surprise them when they see how much I know about their history.

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Oh, I almost forgot. People say I'm handy with tools and repairing bicycles, so all of my friends call me whenever they have problems with it because they know I can fix it. I have a new hobby too. I am learning how to skateboard and I think I'm pretty good for now. But you really have to be careful - it's easy to fall. :) There's my mother calling... I've got to go. I'll write to you soon... CROTIAN TEAM

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So, it is time for introducing my large family. I am glad to be one of this great and unbelievable community, you can know. Let me introduce their members, as many as possible.  At first I must say, I am an orphan but lucky one in my life. I have been adopted as a baby by the family GRAY. My mum DANA is a lovely, honest woman, very proud of her husband (my dad) and 3 daughters - my sisters Petka, twins Andrea and Betka . We are very close each to other and strong in relationships. .

MY DAD MY LOVELY MUM

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Let me introduce my sweet sisters: Petka is a sensitive, beautiful and crazy, young lady, loving shopping and she is interested in aviation. Andrea and Betka, twins, are very friendly, familiar, sweetheart and both are interested in travelling (that is common for all of us) . I think, Betka is more crazy and loves music, on the other side Andrea loves books and reading. She would like to be a writer in her future. My mum´s brother and his wife Zuzka have a daughter Rebecca (my oldest cousin), a nice girl, successful in sport but sometimes controversial and bigmouthed as she says about herself, in any case happy and lovely.The aunt Zuzka, anytime, is friendly, high positive and in a good mood, little bit bashful but loves making pictures and travelling, too.

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My dad has 2 brothers (single) and a sister Terka (my uncles and aunt ). Terka is a pretty woman, temperament but often underdog, as she says. Her 2 daughters Monika and Kristinka  are my younger cousins. Kristinka is very quiet, shy and bashful but she loves travelling and music. If she is older, we  will travel together, I hope because this is common for both of us. Monika, in contrast to Kristinka, is a born leader, very familiar, friendly and crazy but also a little bit lazy. She wishes to be successful with her maturity. My cousins from dad´s side are really great, we have no boredom together.My dad´s previous wife ANNA, by the way, she speaks excellent Turkish (exwife - they divorced many years ago, but still are in good relation) is my step-mum and from their marriage there are 2 daughters Izabel and Monika (my step-sisters). We meet with the girls from time to time. Imagine, Izabel loves eating (like me) so much and a lot, this time she is preparing to foreign practice to Austria. She is friendly and also has a boyfriend. And Monika is also very friendly, sincere but sometimes moody, pigheaded and pettish. She loves music and running, like me .

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I have only one grandmother, from my mother´s side, other grands are dead.  One person, very important in my life, is my previous classteacher Mrs. DI, she has learned me few words in Polish language which can help me later, during my travelling. I would also like to mention my last girlfriend SHEILA, she visited Croatia several times and we have planned our travelling there before our separation. What to do, life is like this, maybe I will lucky to travel with a new love. In the end, I must also mention 5 more members of our great family: Max - our dog, 3 parrots - Mimi, Kiki, Pipi and Liza - our old cat. My plans are clear, travelling, travelling and again travelling. WHY???  Many reasons, to visit ad know countrie, their cultures, traditions, languages and to feel atmoshere of life there. And also to visit my friends in these countries:

in Turkey, in Slovakia,  in Poland, in Croatia.   I love eating and open for new tastes, do you remember, I am looking forward to these countrie´s cuisine, to try out different specialities, at all kinds of restaurants.  SLOVAK TEAM

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Yes, I can`t wait to meet my foreign friends but at the same time I`ll miss my old friends here in England and of course my school. So maybe it`s time to write something about them. I`ll start from my high school. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” – my form teacher used to say. Mrs. Collers was the best teacher in the world. She taught me how to be tolerant, open- minded, self- confident and sensible. She knew about my interests and it was she who encouraged me for taking a gap year, a year for travelling.  

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I`m glad I could attend to this high school. My favourite subject was P.E. because I`m good at volleyball and football. But I also liked English  especially literature and English History. After lessons I attended many extra classes, like Spanish lessons, Art lessons and Poetry reading. My class organized very often some charity events, like concerts, matches or races to collect money for our sick friend who needs expensive medicines. In the high school I met my best friends, my ex-girlfriend.

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  My best friend is William, I called him Will. We attended to the same school from early childhood. We are always together. We play football and share the same interests – our true love is playing the guitar. We used to be members of a rock band. It was awesome! Today, he is learning to play the drums, but I guess it`s not my cup of tea. I know he supports me and I`ll be in touch with him during this year. I`ve got more friends but I guess Will is my best friend.  I hope the gap year will influence on my future…

POLISH TEAM

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I think that's enough of me and my life. I think it is time to move. I've decided to start my jorney from Turkey and then I will go to Poland, Slovakia and last but not least to Croatia. Then I will keep on travelling to other countries but ı haven't decided my next jorney after visiting these four countries. The reason why I want to visit these countries first is that I had promised my friends there to visit them one day .We had a very successful eTwinning project last year and we all awarded with European Quality Labels.

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When I told my parents I accepted my idea without hesitation. They encouraged me and said they were ready to pay for my journey. My parents are always very easy going. I am very lucky they adopted me. I have already started readings books about Turkey. The more I read the more I am interested in it. It seems to be a fantastic country. My friends are in Bursa/ Mudanya but Before going there I want to visit İstanbul ,too. It seems to be a fantastic city. I can't miss it so I will spend 2 or 3 days there. I want to surprise all my friends so I will contact only with Turkish teacher Mrs Sengül and make surprise to my friends. I want to buy small gifts for them before going. William can help me. All my friends in Turkey are girls. Buying a present for girls is difficult. Anyway I must take my dog Max for a walk now.  I'll write back soon

TURKISH TEAM

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EXTRA INFORMTION:There are 5 parts in this part of the diary. Each part was written by a different country. Turkish team wrote two parts. Thanks a lot to each team for their contributions.