Show Notes
In today's episode you will listen to a dialogue about our favorite trip. Find the transcript below. Ε: Τι κάνεις Δανάη μου; Τι νέα;/ How are you Danai? What’s up? D: Όλα καλά κορίτσι μου! Εσύ τί λέει; / Everything is good girl! What about you? E: Και εγώ τα ίδια! Άκουσα ότι πήγες ταξίδι!/ Same here. I heard you went on a trip. D: Ναι ναι πήγαμε ένα ταξιδάκι, η αλήθεια είναι, με τον άντρα μου./ Yes yes we went on a little trip, the truth is, with my husband. E: Έχετε πάει πολλά ταξίδια τελευταία. Ποιο είναι τελικά το αγαπημένο σου ταξίδι;/ You’ve been to many trips lately. Which one is your favorite trip? D: Hmmm! Το ταξίδι μας στην Αριζόνα μου άρεσε για τις πεζοπορίες που κάναμε αλλα το αγαπημένο μου ταξίδι ήταν το Μεξικό επειδή είχε τη θάλασσα και ξέρεις πόσο πολύ αγαπώ τη θάλασσα!/ hmm I liked our trip to Arizona because of the hiking we went but my favorite trip was in Mexico because of the ocean, you know how much I love the sea. E: Αχ τι τέλεια! Πότε πήγατε εκεί; / Wow Amazing! When did you go there? D: Αρχές Φεβρουαρίου/ Beginning of February E: Μια χαρά! Και γιατί σου άρεσε τόσο πολύ; / Very good! And why did you like it so much? D: Γιατί 4 μέρες, κυριολεκτικα ήμουν στην παραλία, έκανα βουτιές στη θάλασσα, είδαμε φάλαινες, σαλάχια και φώκιες. Because for 4 days, I was literally at the beach — I was swimming in the sea, and we saw whales, stingrays, and seals. E: Πω πω με έκανες και ζήλεψα. Δεν έχω δει ποτέ φάλαινες./ Wow I just got jealous. I've never seen whales. D: χα χα είμαι σίγουρη ότι όσοι μας ακούνε ζηλεύουν τώρα και θα ήθελαν να βρίσκονται εκεί./ haha I am sure that whoever is listening right now will be jealous and wish they were there. E: Είμαι σίγουρη και εγώ. / I am sure about it as well D:Τέλος πάντων! Εσένα πιο είναι το αγαπημένο σου ταξίδι; / Anyways, what about you? Which is your favorite trip? E: Αχχ τι μου θύμισες τώρα. Το αγαπημένο μου ταξίδι ήταν όταν πήγα στην Αυστραλία. / Ah, you reminded me of good memories now. My favorite trip was when I went to Australia. D: Αυστραλία ε; Πω πωωωω / Australia? WOW E: Ναι ναι άσε πολύ μακριά, πήγα μάλιστα και δύο φορές. Την πρώτη φορά ήμουν στο πανεπιστήμιο και πήγα εκεί για τα Χριστούγεννα. Εκείνη την περίοδο έχουν καλοκαίρι στην Αυστραλία και ήταν απ' τα πιο μοναδικά Χριστούγεννα. / Yes yes, very far away and even went twice. The first time I was at the University and I went for Christmas. During that time it’s summer in Australia and I had the best Christmas. D: χαχα τέλειο ακούγεται. Και τη δεύτερη φορά πότε πήγες;/ It sounds amazing. And when was the second time? E: Δεύτερη φορά πήγα πριν 3-4 χρόνια, ένα καλοκαίρι αποφάσισα να κάνω τον γύρο του κόσμου με το αεροπλάνο χιχιχι. Πήρα το αεροπλάνο από Νέα Υόρκη στην Καλιφόρνια, έμεινα εκεί λίγες μέρες και μετά πέταξα για Μελβούρνη. Δεν είχα πει στους συγγενείς μου ότι θα πάω και τους έκανα μεγάλη έκπληξη. Έμεινα εκεί δύο εβδομάδες και μετά πέταξα Μελβούρνη - Θεσσαλονίκη. Έκατσα νομίζω ένα μήνα στην Ελλάδα και γύρισα Νέα Υόρκη πάλι στο τέλος του καλοκαιριού. / The second time was 3-4 years ago, one summer I decided to travel around the world by airplane, hehe. I took the airplane from New York to Cali, I stayed there for a few days and then I flew to Melbourne. I hadn’t told my family there that I was going and I surprised them. I stayed for two weeks and then I flew Melbourne - Thessaloniki. I think I stayed there for a month and I came back to New York at the end of summer. D: Πω πω εντάξει, κυριολεκτικά μιλάμε τον γύρο του κόσμου όχι αστεία! ΧΑΧΑ / Wow, okay — literally we’re talking about going around the world, no joke! E: Ναι άσε, αξέχαστο ταξίδι! Λοιπόν θα τα πούμε την άλλη φορά! / yes it was unforgettable. So we will talk next time. D: Ναι ναι! Έχεις να μου πεις κ άλλα! Θα τα πούμε στο επόμενο επεισόδιο. Φιλάκια! / Sure! You have more to tell me!Talk to you in the next episode. Kisses
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