Band 6: Descripe a city you have visted (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I went there about ten years ago, so it was quite a while ago. What I liked about it was, first of all, it just seemed like, I don't know, it's really hard to describe, but it was just kind of like, not so crowded. The locals were super friendly, the food was great, and it just seemed like such a nice, relaxing city. Everyone on the streets looked cheerful, for example. It wasn't like one of these huge cities with a fast-paced life and everyone frantically getting to where they need to go. It wasn't like that at all. Everyone was just chilled out. The whole city had a real kind of laid-back atmosphere. And the other amazing thing about it that I shouldn't forget to mention was the scenery. It was just spectacular. Before I went there, I never imagined it would be such a beautiful place. It's not one of those old, boring cities. Well, after thinking for a little bit just now, the city I'd like to talk about, which left a strong impression on me, was X. I'm not sure if you've been there, but it's somewhere in Y, I think in the northeastern part of the province. So, yeah, that's the city I visited. It was the last city I visited, and it was a very fascinating and friendly city. I advise you to go there.

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I went there about ten years ago or something. So it was, it was quite a while ago. And what I liked about it was the fact that the first of all, uh, it just seemed like, um. I don’t know, it, it’s really hard to describe, but it was just kind of like, not so crowded and, you know, the lockers were super friendly, the food was great there. It just seemed like such a nice, relaxing city. I mean, everyone with streets looked cheerful, for example. Uh, and, you know, it wasn’t like one of these huge cities with like a fast based life and everyone frantically getting to where they need to go. It wasn’t like that at all. Everyone was just chilld out. The whole city had a real kind of, ah, you kind of flid back atmosphere. And the other, and the other amazing about it that I shouldn’t forget to mention was this scenery. You know, it was just, you know, it was just as spect particularular. And before I went there, I never imagined it would be such a beautiful place. I mean, it’s not one, um, uh, of those, uh, old, boring cities, so. Well, after thinking for a little bit just now, that city I’like, talk about, which left a strongresssion on me was x. I’m not sure if you have been there, but somewhere in why, I think in the kind of northeastern, uh, no, sorry, the northestern part of, uh, the province. So, yeah, that’s the city that, um, I visit. Last city I have visited. And it was very fascinating city and very and friendly city. I advise you to go there.

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