So I would like to describe a place near uh, this. The Black Sea that I enjoyed visiting when I was uh, I think five years old. So I was like in preschool age and I was just going to go to the school and me and my mother went to the. To the sea which is called Azov. And um, we went there just to have fun with our old friends which we got to know while that trip and when I was um. Basically we got to know before but we became closer when we went to, to the sea, to that place, to the beach where we also lived nearby. And it was just a basic beach with um, with sand and it didn’t have so many rocks so it would. It was a pleasure to swim there because some places there were so difficult to go into the water and it was just like a normal. Not fancy. Since it was an Azov. It’s nothing. Uh, wow. It’s not like a blue lagoon or something. It was just sea. It was blue. Uh, but you couldn’t see anything. Well, you couldn’t see the bottom there. And we I think spent the whole day and escapes. We were just playing on the sand building castles with my childhood friend. Uh, her name was Milana. Um, and we got closer with her so we were playing with her all the time. And that place was really nice because I spent a really good time with my child boyfriend and with my mother. So we also ate some corn which is quite where aware for us. M. However a uh, lot of people are working with it like the sellers, they have to sell some corn. And they were walking and I just wanted. I smelled the corn, the freshly boiled koi.
Band 6+: Describe a place with a lot of water (such as a river, a lake or the ocean) that you enjoyed visiting. You should say: • where this place was • what people were doing at this place (Or, what you did there) • why you went there • who you went there with and explain why you liked this place.
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So I would like to describe a place near the Black Sea that I enjoyed visiting when I was about five years old. I was in preschool age and I was just going to go to school, but me and my mother went to the sea, which is called Azov. And we went there just to have fun with our old friends, whom we got to know before, but we became closer when we went to that place, to the beach, where we also lived nearby. And it was just a basic beach with sand, and it didn't have so many rocks, so it was a pleasure to swim there because some places were so difficult to go into the water. And it was just like a normal, not fancy place. Since it was the Azov Sea, it's nothing like a blue lagoon or something. It was just sea. It was blue, but you couldn't see anything. Well, you couldn't see the bottom there. And we spent the whole day, I think, and we were just playing on the sand, building castles with my childhood friend. Her name was Milana. And we got closer with her, so we were playing with her all the time. And that place was really nice because I spent a really good time with my childhood friend and with my mother. So we also ate some corn, which is quite popular for us. However, a lot of people are working with it, like the sellers, they have to sell some corn. And they were walking, and I just smelled the corn, the freshly boiled corn.
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