Do you enjoy travelling? Specify individual means of transport
For my everyday life it is very necessary to travel by many means of transport. I go by train to school every morning and almost in the afternoon, when I get home. Sometimes my father gives me a lift because he works in Ostrava as well. So the car is important for us too. Then I use trams, buses and trolleybuses every day. It is called Urban Mass Transportation. I have season ticket for this urban mass transportation including train. I pay for this about 400, - CZK per month.
Means of transport:
People and goods can be transported by land, by air or by water
Cars and motorbikes: They are good for short and middle distances. Both of them are expensive, you have to pay for petrol which costs a lot of money. The space for luggage in the trunk of the car is large enough. The best thing about cars is that you can get almost anywhere at any time. But you need your driving license, if you aren’t only a passenger. To get driver’s licence you must know how to drive and know the traffic rules well. We could have a traffic jam or traffic jam in both sides called grid lock – very typical for Manhattan.
Buses and trains are the most frequent public means of transport. The network of bus and train stops covers most inhabited places. Public transport is cheaper, but also less comfortable. The bus and train stops in major cities are called stations.
In big cities there could be the underground (subway in NY, tube in London, metro in Prague). The underground goes every five minutes of average. But it is only in big cities. It is used very frequently in New York.
The taxi (cabs) in big cities can just be called by phone or stopped right in the street. They could have various colours (yellow cabs in NY, black cabs in London). It is used very frequently in New York.
Water-transport: You can use boat, steamboat, ship or a steamship. But more practical is ferry, when you have a lot of luggage or a car. But it could be dangerous, just remember the Titanic. And you can become sea-sick because of dangling.
Air-transport: Planes and helicopters are the fastest way of travelling for long distances. It is more comfortable and safe.
But your luggage has to be checked in at the check-in desk and it has limited weight, you have to show your passport and it is rather more expensive.
Purpose of travelling, advantages and disadvantages of travelling
Travelling is very popular in the 20th century. Advantages of travelling include commuting various distances to school, work, visiting our relatives or friends, business journeys, going shopping, meeting new people, friends and visiting new places.
On the other hand travelling has some disadvantages. It may be dangerous, we can meet bad people, we can get lost, be injured or our money may be stolen. Travelling could be very expensive. Travelling produces air pollution, if we don’t walk.
We can arrange various trips: Cultural trips to well-know historic places (Egypt, Rome, Athens), seeing nice architecture in large European cities. Recreation stays in various mountains or seaside areas (in the Alps, around the Mediterranean).
Setting out on a journey, arrangements necessary for going abroad
When we go abroad we should know the foreign languages, at least basic phrases, and good knowledge of English because it is a worldwide language. Then you have valid identity card if you travel to Schengen Area. If not, you have to have valid passport or sometimes a visa. We should take ensure our health insurance. We must change money in a bank or at an exchange office. In some countries we must have a vaccination.
For travelling we can use many kinds of luggage according to the kind of trip. We use knapsack for a longer sports journey, we can fix a tent and sleeping bag to it. We use a rucksack when going for a walk or to school. We use a suitcase as well.
Taking an advantage of services provided by travelling agencies etc
We use services of travel agencies because they ensure everything about our journey. We have to choose our destination. We could travel everywhere nowadays, even to space. It cost only few hundreds millions CZK. Travel agencies offer us many services including transport, accommodation, diet and so on. They could ensure our health or other insurance. They offer us trips, tour guides and various variety shows in the evening. Two main types of the tour are: first minute, especially at the beginning of the season, and last minute, ordered quite close to the departure with huge discount. But the offer of these is very limited. There is a new term super last minute which means that the customer buys the tour and books it few hours before the boarding time. So it is an extreme form of the last minute tour, suitable especially for adaptable and flexible travellers. In the Czech Republic there are tourist offices which could combine these services or travel agencies that can’t. They only buy and sell tours. The accommodation can be divided into these categories: Hotel (one, two, three, four, five, six or seven-star), apartment, motel, cottage, camp, mansion, tent, and so on.
Meeting foreign visitors, visiting foreign countries, going through passport control and customs, inspection customs
If you travel by air, you should go through the passport control: firstly you arrive at the airport. Then you get a trolley. You go to the check-in desk and check in your luggage. You get a boarding card. You go through the passport control. You go to the departure lounge and you can go to the duty-free shop. You must be careful and look at the departure board to see if your flight is boarding yet. It tells you which gate to go to. Finally you go there and board your plane.
Many foreign tourists travel to our country, especially Germans, Dutch, and Slovaks - mainly because of beautiful nature in the mountains, by the lakes and rivers, and because of cultural and historic monuments, castles and churches. They often visit Prague, but they may be surprised at rising prices.
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