Bem, já que este blog tem o propósito de registrar os meus sonhos e as realizações dos mesmos, resolvi postar aqui um texto que escrevi em 2009 como projeto de conclusão do meu curso de inglês. Logicamente o projeto era sobre San Francisco. A paixão por essa cidade vem de "long time ago". Como disse, o texto foi escrito em 2009 e pesquisei algumas informações na wikipedia. As fotos, pesquisei pelo google. Leiam para conhecer um pouco dessa linda cidade.
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The Golden Gate Bridge has been in my dreams since a long time ago,
mainly cause of the movies that I always used to watch. During this text I will
present many aspects of the city, such as its history, general information about the city and landmarks.
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In spite of the
fact that San Francisco had been claimed by Spanish, its territory had a little
of European influence. In 1776, the Spanish colonized the tip of the peninsula,
setting up a fort at the Golden Gate and a
mission named for Francis of Assisi. This mission led by the Franciscan
missionary Francisco Palóu gave the name of the city.
In the year of 1821 the area became part of Mexico California ,
and consequently San Francisco , turned into an USA
In 1848 with the California Gold Rush, the city grew enough, but an
earthquake on April 18, 1906, devastated everything there. After that San Francisco United
States
Today, San
Francisco is a popular international tourist point, being famous
for its landmarks: the Golden Gate Bridge , Alcatraz
Island , cable cars, Chinatown ,
and modern architecture. San Francisco
This time, I am about to account the landmarks
describing synthetically some places that are good choices to visit in there.
The largest and the most best-known park is the Golden Gate Park Stow Lake
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| Conservatory of Flowers |
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| Stow Lake |
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| Japanese Tea Garden |
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| Chinatown - SF |
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| Alcatraz Island |
Finally, taking a tour in cable cars is, undoubtedly, a nice way to see at least a little bit of this charming city.
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| Cable Car |
Between this and that, I add that if you want to know a different and terrific place, San Francisco will be one of the best choices because it is a pretty and historical city, then you can have fun and at the same time learn about the culture and history of another country.
