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Most British people take a two-week holiday in July or August, when the schools are closed, but shops, offices and factories do not usually close for the holidays. If people can afford it, they go abroad, to sunny Italy, Spain or Greece.

In the States, the school summer holidays are longer than in Britain (nearly three months in the States, six or seven weeks in Britain). American families often go out of town to the country for the hot summer months. Many stay at work in the cities or visit their families at weekends.

When some people are on holiday, they like just sitting in the sun, but others want a bit more. ‘Special interest’ holidays are very popular today. Do you like riding? Why not see the Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA, on horseback?

What about a winter holiday? There are hundreds of ski resorts in the mountains of the USA, the Rockies, the Sierra Nevada and the Appalachians. You can ski in Britain too.

Perhaps you prefer to be less energetic? Try a painting holiday, or a musical holiday, or even a computer holiday. You get some hours of teaching every day, meet other people who share your special interest, and have time to relax as well in a pleasant country hotel or college campus.