So last holiday my friends and I plan to go to Barcelona which is a coastal city in my country and we were we were deciding to have our holiday there so we were going by a car normally it’s a 12 hours drive but it took us more than 20 hours and the reason why it took very long is because due to the current situation in my country and the ongoing war there were a lot of check points and we have to stop many times we have been stopped frequent times by the soldiers and we have been checked very many times although it was very tiring and it was long journey we have we had enjoyed it a lot because we were chatting and singing and talking about our plans there and what we are doing when we get there and actually it was very long time since we last met so it was just some time to catch up with each other and what’s going on in each other life so it was a really drawing
Band 7+: 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 longer than expected
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So last holiday, my friends and I planned to go to Barcelona, which is a coastal city in my country, and we decided to have our holiday there. We were going by car; normally, it's a 12-hour drive, but it took us more than 20 hours. The reason it took so long was due to the current situation in my country and the ongoing war. There were a lot of checkpoints, and we had to stop many times. We were stopped frequently by the soldiers and checked many times. Although it was very tiring and a long journey, we enjoyed it a lot because we were chatting, singing, and talking about our plans for when we got there. It had actually been a long time since we last met, so it was a good opportunity to catch up with each other and share what was going on in our lives. Overall, it was a really memorable journey.
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