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airport - aeropuerto
all in all - en general
baggage checks – facturación de equipaje
because - porque
believe me - créeme
botanical gardens - jardines botánicos
but it was delayed – pero fue retrasado
catch another flight on to Los Angeles – coger otro vuelo siguiendo hasta Los Angeles
controls - control de aduanas, pasaportes, etc.
eating sandwiches – comiendo bocadillos
everything was fantastic – todo fue fantástico
first of all – para empezar
first, second, then, after that
flying to Los Angeles was a little difficult – volar a Los Angeles fue un poco difícil
going here and there – viajando de aquí para allá
Griffith Park Observatory
have lunch - comer
however – sin embargo
I had reserved a rental car there – había reservado un coche de alquiler
I highly recommend Los Angeles – recomiendo Los Angeles mucho
I was afraid it would be gone before we got it – me temía que ya no estaría antes de cogerlo
if you haven't been to Madrid, come here first – si no has estado en Madrid, ven aquí primero
in August
in the LA metro area – en el areá metropolitana de Los Angeles
instead of arriving at 3 in the afternoon, it was 11 o'clock at night – en vez de llegar a las 3 de la tarde, eran las 11 de la noche
it was a great trip – fue un viaje excelente
it was a lovely time – lo pasamos muy bien
it was a terrible time – lo pasamos fatal
it was back in the beginning of August – fue a principios de agosto
it's a lot of fun too – es muy divertido también
it's pretty cold – hace bastante frío
just - simplemente
looking at all the shops – mirando todas las tiendas
my favorite place of all – mi sitio favorito de todos
my wife and I and her daughter
not quite sure – no del todo seguro
of course – por supuesto
once we got there – una vez que llegamos allí
other things we did
relax –relajar the Santa Monica pier – el muelle de Santa Monica
springtime - primavera
that was just two days before we flew out – eso fue solamente dos días antes de salir en vuelo
the desert is pretty hot – el desierto es bastante caluroso
there was a terrorist scare – hubo una amenaza terrorista
there were long lines – había colas largas
there were so many places to see there – había tantos sitios para ver allí
they had one car left - solo quedaba un coche
trying to avoid the traffic jams - intentando evitar los atascos
Universal Studios
Venice Beach
walk along the pier – pasear por el muelle
we became freeway people – nos convertimos en gente de autopista we eventually got to the hotel that we had reserved – finalmente llegamos al hotel que habíamos reservado
we finally did get our flight on Virgin airlines – finalmente cogimos nuestro vuelo en las líneas aéreas Virgin
we flew directly through to Los Angeles – volamos directamente a Los Angeles
we got it – lo cogimos
we got the car and we got lost – cogimos el coche y nos perdimos
we got there – llegamos allí
we had a flight delay of 8 hours – tuvimos un retraso de 8 horas en el vuelo
we had to fly to Heathrowe – tuvimos que volar a Heathrowe
we went out into the desert – salimos al desierto
we went to the beach – fuimos a la playa
we were almost living in Heathrowe – casí vivíamos en Heathrowe
we were driving all over the place – estuvimos conduciendo por todas partes
we were there for a couple of weeks – estuvimos allí dos semanas
we were there for a good couple of weeks - estuvimos allí dos semanas enteras
well, we visited the Huntington library – bueno, visitamos la biblioteca de Huntington
what did we do when we were there? - ¿Qué hicimos cuando estuvimos allí?
what do you do when you're in Los Angeles? - ¿Qué haces cuando estas en Los Angeles?
when we arrived at Heathrowe - cuando llegamos a Heathrowe
when we returned, why, we had no trouble with the connecting flights – cuando regresamos, pues, no tuvimos problemas con los vuelos de enlace
where we seemed to keep returning to all the time – a donde parecía que regresabamos siempre
where we were going – donde ibamos
you go to Disneyland – vas a Disneyland
you may recall – puedes recordar
you see the sights – ves los lugares de interés
Steven's last vacation:
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Victoria - Vacation in Asturias 1.59. May 9, 2008. orig txt
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