1. American's Year
by Maria Komarova

2. Contents: American’s travelling in different parts of the year:
Favorite seaside;
Europe vacation, winter vacation;
Spending time in the USA;
Holidays in the USA
New Year;
Martin Luther King Jr. Day;
Groundhog Day;
Washington's Birthday
Memorial Day;
Labor Day;
Christopher Columbus's Day
Thanksgiving;
Halloween;
Armistice Day;
Christmas;
Kwanzaa;
American’s calendar

3. A rest at the ocean with different trips:
Mexico (Riviera Maya)
Virgin Islands
Dominican Republic (Caribbean)
Jamaica
Bahamas

4. Europe vacation spots, winter vacation:
Paris & London (the Eiffel Tower; the river Seine; Thames boat tour);
Italy: Rome, Venice, Hill Towns in Tuscany;
Center Parcs, Eurocamp;
Quebec Carnival - Winter Festival (Ice Palaces, ice sculptures, snow sculptures, giant slides for sleds);
Whistler-Blackcomb Ski Resort (BC, Canada) (for x- treme skiers);

5. The USA: Hawaii, California, Florida (Orlando);
Orlando, FL: Walt Disney World (attractions, great rides; parades, fireworks, and live stage shows);
Family Adventure in Yellowstone National Park (“multisports” like hiking, rafting, and horse-riding;
New York City with Teens (NBC Studio tour, movie tours, Top of the Rock (birds-eye view from the Rockefeller Center));
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6. Holidays in the USA
1.01 – New Year is the time when families and friends come together at a table covered with many favorite dishes;
The third Monday in January - Martin Luther King Jr. Day - fighter for the rights of African Americans;
Groundhog Day - groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day, signifying that winter will soon end;

7. Flag and bunting mark Washington's Birthday (taken in Toronto, ON).
third Monday of February - Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day)
the last Monday of May - Memorial Day - it commemorates U.S. men and women who died while in the military service;
first Monday in September - Labor Day (1882) - Labor Day is celebrated by most Americans as the symbolic end of summer

8. 12.10(actual/traditional); 2nd Monday in October (in the USA) - Christopher Columbus's Day - arrived in the Americas, which occurred in (Julian calendar) and October 21, 1492 (modern Gregorian calendar), as an official holiday;
2nd Monday in October – Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving Day is associated with giving thanks to God for the harvest and expressing gratitude;

9. Halloween (also spelled Hallowe'en) The Celtic calendar divided into two parts: dark and light. This day dark part replaces light one;
Armistice Day (also known as Remembrance Day) commemorates the armistice which ended the First World War (1918);

10. 25.12 Christmas - the birth of Jesus;
26.12 – Kwanzaa is a weeklong celebration held in the United States honoring universal African heritage and culture.
A woman lights candles on a table decorated with the symbols of Kwanzaa
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11. American’s calendar

12. Resources:
1. turism-218.html; 2. y_vacation_spots_fave.htm; 3.