Band 7: Describe a crowded place you've been to You should say: when you went there where the place is (or, was) who you went therewith (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Last year, in July, on the occasion of Calgary's Tempest, I went to Calgary's Tempest, which is a common name not only for a festival celebrated with great fervor and enthusiasm every year in Calgary. Calgary's Tempest is a festival that lasts for about seven days and is held in downtown Calgary, which is a central location in the city and is known as the heart of the city. It was quite a planned occasion for us, and I went there with my whole family. This place is extraordinary, exposing us not only to the culinary delights of Calgary, where we had many food items that are authentic to the city, but also to a large crowd. The crowd was so huge that I recall an incident when I had to go to the washroom, and my uncle had to go there too. We faced a long queue in front of the washroom. The good thing was that even though there were so many people, the washrooms were still pristine, and we had no problem using them. I would say that the management had well maintained the whole event to systematically run the environment. We also saw fireworks and enjoyed many rides, which cost a couple of tickets. Overall, I would say that the experience was phenomenal and quite memorable. I went there with my whole family, including my brother, sister, uncle, and all of them. It was a very enjoyable moment, and I was really cheerful going through all those rides and enjoying the food, which were two of the most striking features of this excursion. The place was nice with all the rides, and it helped relieve a lot of stress from my mind, which was induced by my workaholic routine and continuous studying at the university. So yes, it is a memorable place, and it has made me nostalgic already.

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Last year, somewhere in July, on the occasion of Calgary’s Tempest, I went to Calgary’s Tempest which is a common name not only for a festival which is celebrated with whole fervor as well as enthusiasm every year in Calgary. The Calgary’s Tempest is a fest which lasts for about 7 days and it is held in somewhere in the Calgary downtown which is a pretty central location of the city and is formerly known as the heart of the city. So it was quite a planned occasion for us and I went there with my whole family and this place is extraordinary exposing us not only to the culinary exposures of the Calgary like we have to have many of the food items which are authentic to the city of Calgary but also there was a lot of crowd over there. The crowd was so huge that I recall an incident over there when I had to go to washroom and my uncle had to go over there too and we had a huge queue in front of the washroom. The good thing was that even though there were so many people the washrooms were still pristine and we had no problem in going over there. So I would say that the management had well maintained the whole thing in order to systematically run the whole environment. We also saw fireworks over there along with many rides which costed a couple of tickets. So overall I would say that the experience was phenomenal and quite memorable. I went there with my whole family like my brother, sister, uncle and all of them and it was a quite enjoyable moment and I was really cheerful of going through all those rides as well as food which were two of the most striking features of this excursion. And the place was pretty nice with all over the rides and it rejuvenated a lot of stress from my mind which was induced due to the work-holic routine and studying continuously in the university. So yes it is a quite memorable place and it has gotten me nostalgic already.

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