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Are there any errors in this paragraph about my vacation?

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El mes pasado fui a Florida con mi mamá y mi mejor amiga. Llegamos a Florida en un avión. El primer día fuimos a Disney World. El segundo día fuimos a la playa. Yo no nadé en el océano porque no me gustan los animales del océano pero busqué unas conchas. Unos días éramos al parque de atracciones, Universal Studios. Mi parte favorita de las vacaciones era el marisco.

Mainly I want to focus on the proper use of the preterite versus imperfect.

Thank you so much!

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updated Nov 13, 2014
posted by SavannahHada

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"Unos días éramos al parque de atracciones, Universal Studios." Savannah, I´m not sure what you mean in this sentence.

"Mi parte favorita de las vacaciones fueron los mariscos." I would say this unless you had something to do with only one marisco.

The rest is very good.

updated Nov 13, 2014
posted by 005faa61
In Spain we talk about the marisco in singular: "Vamos a comer marisco" not mean only one. As when we say "comer carne, pescado o verdura" all is in singular form. - txustaboy, Nov 13, 2014
In Mexico you hear it in the plural. You see restaurants all over with "Mariscos" on their signs. - Daniela2041, Nov 13, 2014
When savannah used éramos, she probably meant the imperfect íbamos which as you pointed out is also incorrect. - Daniela2041, Nov 13, 2014
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My suggestion:

Algunos días (or un día) fuimos al parque de atracciones, Universal Studios. Mi parte favorita de las vacaciones fué el marisco

updated Nov 13, 2014
posted by txustaboy