Answer — Exercise 3

a)

1. However, our hotel isn't special at all. We've got a tiny, dirty room and the beds are awful. I had a very restless night.
2. You can hear the seagulls and smell the sea air even in the prison.
3. In the 1960s it was home to the hippy movement, but nowadays it's home to a lot of internet companies like Twitter.
4. The first thing I noticed was how beautiful and cosmopolitan it is here.

b)

Hannah didn't follow:

• tip 2 (using all her senses)
• tip 3 (basic facts)
• tip 4 (using interesting adjectives)

• nice → wonderful
• old → historic
• best → most romantic
• pretty → beautiful
• nice → spectacular
• busy → crowded / touristy

c)

1. ... the Bridge of Sighs, which was designed by Antonio Contino.
2. ... nice old city that was founded around 1,500 years ago.
3. ... Piazza San Marco. Venetians call it 'the Piazza'.
4. ... to get around Venice is to walk because no cars, buses or trains are allowed in.