Go To Madrid? You Must Be Joking!

0 It was a lovely Spanish summer day when Angeles and I

00 decided to go to Madrid. We packed in our bags

01 and took a taxi to the station where we have just managed to

02 catch the eleven o’clock train. We settled down in our seats

03 and took out our books to get read them, but we soon

04 both began to feel a little sleepy and fell asleep.

05 A few of hours later a guard on the train woke us up.

06 We had to get off because the line was being blocked

07 because of floods. The guard said that a bus would take us

08 the rest of the whole way. I gave the bags to Angeles who

09 struggled to the bus, which soon set it off. Unfortunately, the bus broke

10 right down after only an hour and we had to wait for a mechanic

11 for more than the two hours. Finally, we were able to continue our

12 journey and we arrived in Madrid later than we had been expected,

13 but all the rain had stopped and the sun was shining. Tired, but

14 optimistic, we went straight into a bar and had a strong coffee

15 and a double brandy each.