I would like to share with you one story that happened with me three years ago. By then I worked as a waitress in one of the local restaurants in the city center of Rome. However, I myself lived in the suburban area, which was located too far from that place. And one night there was a protest event of bus drivers. They refused to work. And that meant that I have no possibility to get home by bus. And also taxi drivers weren’t available for me for the reason of my financial situation. and allowed to spend around 200 euros on the reaching home. So I asked my colleagues whether someone can help me with my problem. And the sous chef told me that he lives in the neighboring area. He probably can’t help me. So we started our journey. However, during the halfway of getting back home, police officers stopped us for some reason. I don’t know which reason was there, because I didn’t speak Italian. Then we continued our journey. And then we encountered the second problem. The car had technical issues, therefore it completely broke down. And I felt so anxious and exhausted during the whole process since in the end we were staying in the middle of nowhere and I was at my place. So the whole problem was today.
Band 6+: Describe a car journey you made that took longer than expected. You should say: where you were going who you were with how you felt during the journey and explain why this car journey took longer than expected.
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I would like to share with you a story that happened to me three years ago. At that time, I worked as a waitress in one of the local restaurants in the city center of Rome. However, I lived in the suburban area, which was located too far from that place. One night, there was a protest event by bus drivers. They refused to work, which meant I had no possibility to get home by bus. Also, taxi drivers weren't available for me due to my financial situation, as I could only spend around 200 euros to get home. So, I asked my colleagues if someone could help me with my problem. The sous chef told me that he lived in a neighboring area and could probably help me. So, we started our journey. However, halfway home, police officers stopped us for some reason. I didn't know the reason because I didn't speak Italian. Then we continued our journey, but we encountered a second problem. The car had technical issues and completely broke down. I felt anxious and exhausted during the whole process since, in the end, we were stranded in the middle of nowhere, and I was far from home. So, that was the whole problem I faced that day.
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