Hilary Bradt: co-founder of a travel guide company When I was fifteen, I went to stay ____ my penfriend in north Germany. It was my first trip ____ and the first ____ my parents, and I hated every minute ____ it. The worst moment was probably the time ____ I was alone in the house and somebody rang the doorbell. They rang it ____ and again - but l ignored it. Then I saw the visitor walking ____ the house looking ____ the windows. Frightened, I hid ____ the dining-room table. That afternoon, Christina's mother came home ____ work and said, 'I needed to pick up some papers from the house today and I didn't have my key. I rang the bell. But you didn't hear me. Oh, I was in my room, I expect, I said. 'Sorry! My face went red, ____ she knew l was lying. I'm certain she saw me under the table. Kevin Rushby: writer At sixteen, I ____ down to Cornwall in the ____ of England with a friend. We spent the holiday walking along the ____ path with a tent and a backpack, staying at ____ on the way. The ____ was fantastic and the sea was beautiful. We had almost no ____ and lived on ____ and tea. One of the first things I learned was this: a fire and ____ tea can make the world seem perfect. The second thing: spending more money does not mean having more fun. What really ____ was talking to people. I had to do lots of chatting, ____, discussing and questioning. Strangers ____ be very helpful and interesting, I discovered. They could also be dangerous, boring and stupid. It was ____ to judge them and decide - and that skill has been useful to me many times ____. I wrote it all down, but I've lost the notebook now, ____. Terry Alderton: comedian My friends and I ____ nineteen and on holiday in the coolest place in the world: Ibiza. On the first day, I ____ on the beach - with no suncream. My friends knew I ____, but they ____ because they thought it ____ funny. When I ____, I felt a little sore. Then I ____ my sunglasses and my friends all ____ the floor, laughing. had two clear white rings around my eyes! That night, we all ____ dancing and of course, I ____ wearing the same sunglasses because of my sunburn. I ____ myself, so I left before my friends. For some reason, I ____ wait for a bus back to our hotel, so I ____ seven kilometers along busy roads. When I finally ____, my friends were already there, sitting around the pool. I____ how they got there so quickly.

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