2 We both belong to a rock band. Paddy is the drummer.
Listen! He's playing the drums now. We're doing really
well these days - we're getting quite popular.
I come from Ireland and my wife's English - I think
Paddy's very proud to have some Irish blood in him!
5 I'm really proud of Patrick. He comes home to
visit us quite often. In fact, he's staying here at
the moment because it's the Christmas holidays.​

My winter vacation passed wonderfully. This year heavy snow covered the ground, so there was no time to get bored. Together with friends we drove in a sleigh, made snowmen, played snowballs and just had fun. In the evening I watched TV, talked on the phone with friends and occasionally played on the computer.

The second week my family took me to a winter resort. I don’t ski very well, so it was hard in the beginning to learn how to ski down mountain slopes. But the next day, I learned to keep balance and fell to the ground only a few times. At a ski resort we spent 4 days. During this period I managed to make friends and girlfriends, with whom now I keep in touch and correspond through the internet. We hope to see one another again at the same place next year.

By the end of winter break my spirits fell. Suddenly it came in on me that I had not done some homework. But still there were a couple of days left, and I had time to do the tasks before the beginning of classes. How quickly vacations end! And how long a school year lasts!

The Park of forged figures is one of the most striking sights of Donetsk. Every year in the Park, master blacksmiths leave their creations for the joy of the Donetsk people. From the first 10 figures of the Park, the number of exhibits of this unique open-air Museum of blacksmithing has long exceeded one and a half hundred. Today, this Park is one of the most striking sights of Donetsk, the only Park of forged skultures in the whole of Europe, which is equally admired by both Ukrainians and foreign guests.