Many years ago, in summer of 1974, my husband and I travelled to Sweden. We went to visit some friends who lived there. Actually, one part of these friends were acquaintance because we only met once. It was the year before, when the Pinochet’s coup d’état took place in Chile. We met a curious couple formed by a Swedish blind woman and a Swedish catholic priest who had visited our country in order to make campaign for people who fought against Pinochet. These people were really friendly and open minded, so they offered us their home in Sweden.
The day which we arrived in their city, named Lund, it was very late, near midnight, and therefore we didn’t dare to go to their house. It was very cold and dark and we decided to sleep in a kind of garden near to the rail station. Luckily we had a warm sleeping bag and we didn’t feel cold.
During the night we heard many young people singing and shouting because, in Sweden, on Friday night is free drink and people were used to drink like a fish and became completely drunk. Despite the noise we slept like a log but suddenly I noticed something besides me. As I didn’t see anything I touched around and I could perceive a hedgehog with sharp spikes covering its back. I was really terrified and in this moment it began to rain, therefore we woke up and ran through the garden. In that moment, we just couldn’t believe our eyes! We weren’t in a garden, we were in a cemetery! For a long time my heart was in a crazy speed.
We went outside the cemetery and we walked to the bus station where we got the first bus in the morning to our friends’ home. When we arrived we explained to our friend our adventure and they even nearly laughed head off.
Looking back on it, it was one of the funniest things that’s ever happened to me!
The day which we arrived in their city, named Lund, it was very late, near midnight, and therefore we didn’t dare to go to their house. It was very cold and dark and we decided to sleep in a kind of garden near to the rail station. Luckily we had a warm sleeping bag and we didn’t feel cold.
During the night we heard many young people singing and shouting because, in Sweden, on Friday night is free drink and people were used to drink like a fish and became completely drunk. Despite the noise we slept like a log but suddenly I noticed something besides me. As I didn’t see anything I touched around and I could perceive a hedgehog with sharp spikes covering its back. I was really terrified and in this moment it began to rain, therefore we woke up and ran through the garden. In that moment, we just couldn’t believe our eyes! We weren’t in a garden, we were in a cemetery! For a long time my heart was in a crazy speed.
We went outside the cemetery and we walked to the bus station where we got the first bus in the morning to our friends’ home. When we arrived we explained to our friend our adventure and they even nearly laughed head off.
Looking back on it, it was one of the funniest things that’s ever happened to me!
4 comments:
What amazing story! And I like very much how you had written the story! How much have you learnt! There are many collocations you have used! Very well done. Congratulations Loles
jajajaj, what a fantastic story. well done, you have used a lot of phrases verbs so I congratulate you so follow this path
Can you notice the difference between your first and last posts. I remember how much I had to correct then.
Don't forget to go on... Learning English is a never-ending story...
All the best!
(Sorry I deleted the previous message, a little typing mistake slipped in the middle of the text!)
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