# Nuevo Prisma A1, Unit 12: Planning a holiday

**Language:** Spanish  
**CEFR Level:** A2  

> Join Fernando and Esther as they plan a week by the sea in November, one short conversation at a time, pairing with the themes of unit 12 of Nuevo Prisma A1. Each lesson trains your ear until you can follow every word and answer back.

**Setting:** A travel agency in the centre of Zaragoza on a Monday morning in October. Fernando Gil, who retired in the spring, comes in to book a week by the sea in November for himself and his wife. Esther has worked at the agency for twenty years. They use usted with each other throughout, as an agent and an older customer do, and she calls him señor Gil.

## Lessons

### 1. Saying what kind of trip you want

Fernando comes into the agency and tells Esther he and his wife want a week by the sea in November.

### 2. Saying where you went last time

Esther asks Fernando where they went last year, and he tells her about the rain in Galicia.

### 3. Talking about the weather you had

Fernando tells Esther about a summer trip to Mallorca that was far too hot.

### 4. Describing a place

Esther suggests Fuerteventura and describes it, and Fernando finds something his wife will love.

### 5. Asking about the weather there

Fernando asks what the weather is like on the island in November, and Esther tells him.

### 6. Telling a travel story

Fernando tells Esther what went wrong with their flight last year, and she promises to find a better one.

### 7. Booking the trip

Esther suggests dates, Fernando agrees, and she says she will call him with a price.