Well, I would like to talk about the first time when I was in Europe, when my first duration was studying in Czech Republic, where it happened like in the last year, when I applied to an exchange student program and when I won, I was able to participate in the program and start my new life for one semester, I guess. So first of all, I didn’t have any expectation at all because I was moving to another country, studying in another country was something I could dream for me, so I didn’t know how to react to it. Definitely, I had expectations, I had really good expectations about my travel, my following travel, but I didn’t know how good it would be. And the first time, when I was sitting in the bus, when I came to Europe, it was Hungary, and then Czech Republic. I stopped in the capital of Hungary, started with different people, and the first time it wasn’t something strange or weird, it was just like ordinary conversation, and I think It was just fine, I was in my country, but when I came to Czech Republic, I realized that my life has changed. Everything, every small detail was a bit different and everything was really good. People were really nice. The place was really beautiful. And I realized that I’m living in a TV series, so I’m living in a movie from a childhood. So I was really happy at that moment. And the whole time, the whole migration in Czech Republic was something like a dream for me, because I remember how I come down to the days when I’m going back to my country, because I realized that it would soon end on my days in Czech Republic, and I would probably go back to my country again.
Band 6+: Describe a place you have visited that exceeded your expectations. You should say: - Where it is - When you went there - What you expected before visiting And explain why the reality was much better than your expectations.
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Well, I would like to talk about the first time I was in Europe, when my first destination was studying in the Czech Republic. It happened last year when I applied to an exchange student program, and when I won, I was able to participate in the program and start my new life for one semester, I guess. So first of all, I didn't have any expectations at all because moving to another country and studying there was something I could only dream of, so I didn't know how to react. Definitely, I had expectations, I had really good expectations about my travel, my upcoming travel, but I didn't know how good it would be. And the first time, when I was sitting on the bus, when I came to Europe, it was Hungary, and then the Czech Republic. I stopped in the capital of Hungary, started talking with different people, and the first time it wasn't something strange or weird, it was just like an ordinary conversation, and I think it was just fine, I was in my country, but when I came to the Czech Republic, I realized that my life had changed. Everything, every small detail was a bit different and everything was really good. People were really nice. The place was really beautiful. And I realized that I was living in a TV series, so I was living in a movie from my childhood. So I was really happy at that moment. And the whole time, the whole migration in the Czech Republic was something like a dream for me, because I remember how I counted down the days when I was going back to my country, because I realized that it would soon end, my days in the Czech Republic, and I would probably go back to my country again.
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