Travel, Food
Travel
When we talk about travel, we can divide people into 3 groups:
- People, who mean that travelling is the same as relaxing
- People, who travel, because they want to learn something new
- People, who travel because they must – the most frequent reason is job or health
People from the first group prefer staying at seaside, lying on the beach. Others are interested in local traditions, history and culture. Many of them like to practice foreign language they have learnt. A lot of people travel abroad, because of their job or health. If the reason is health, people often travel to countryside.
Nowadays we know a lot of means of transport that have never been there before. What type of transport we use depends on money and distance. In the past travelled people by foot. One of the biggest developments of mankind is vehicle. When people knew vehicles, they were able to construct cart. Expect of these mean of transport they used horses for travelling. Nowadays we know trains, buses, bicycles, ships. The best-known ship is Titanic. It was a huge passenger ship which was considered unsinkable. But on its maiden voyage it hit an iceberg and sunk. The dominant form of transport in the 20th century was undoubtedly the car.
When we want to plan our holiday, we should choose the destination, where we want to stay during the holiday. Than we should booked room in a hotel or find some information about campground. We must know how we want to travel. The next step depends on it. If we want to travel by plane, train or bus, we must buy a ticket. On the other hand when we want to travel by car, we should find map of the journey. Or we can go to the travel agency, give them money and they will arrange everything.
Food
It’s really true that food is one of the most frequent topics in people’s conversation all over the world thanks to the importance of meal in human society. Scientists who study diet and eating habits say that we should eat 4-5 times a day in small portions. But it depends on our habits and our daily routine. We usually have three meals per day like breakfast, dinner and supper. The most important and main meal of the day is dinner.
In the morning some people start they day with a cup of coffee or tea. Or they eat cornflakes or bread with ham and butter.
It is good when we eat something small between breakfast and dinner, because dinner is usually served between 11.30 and 14.30. It is the main meal. When people are in work they have only sandwich or instant soup. Others go to fast foods and canteens. Many people living on their own prepare convenience food which is easy to prepare, for example frozen food. A frozen but fully-prepared dinner, which you just heat up and can it is called a TV dinner.
But the right dinner usually consist of hot soup, then second meal, which is very often meat with rise or potatoes, and desert after dinner - cake or ice-cream.
When people come home they usually eat something small. And the supper is about 6-7 o’clock.
Vegetarians are people who don’t eat meat and fish. They eat only food such as vegetables, fruit and eggs. Some of them think that it is healthier. The others are against killing animals for food and their way of life is a form of protest.
Vegans are people who don’t eat anything, which is from animal – meat, fish, eggs, cheese and milk.
But the diet should contain animal and vegetable products. We aren’t living for eating, but we’re eating for living. In
Christmas: we don’t eat during the day – it is a tradition. When the first star is seen on the sky, we start eating: Bone soup with mushrooms, cabbage soup with mushrooms, collop with potatoes or crockets.
Slovak national food: bryndzové halušky (small potato dumplings mixed with sheep cheese) and a plum brandy called Slivovica.
