Just another trip.
A few months ago I travelled by plane with a group of people who had a baby.
No, I'm not going to complain about tha baby making a fuss, he was an angel. He got bored sometimes though. For example, while we were waiting to board the plane, he was being a little cranky so I started making funny faces at him and pushed him in his little stroller around the tax-free shops of the airport and in front of other passengers while making car noises. Some of the people sitting close to the boarding gate gave me strange looks while I was doing so. They didn't say a thing but I think some of them were questioning my sanity.
After a while, when the little boy got hungry, I returned to our group and, while he was being fed, I sat down with my phone and nonchalantly picked the bottle of water that was on the seat beside me to take a sip and try to calm my thirst. But when I looked up I realized that I hadn't taken my bottle of water , but someone else's, which looked exactly the same as mine. I quickly apologized to the owner of the bottle and she forgave me with a smile. Also, when I tried to eat a pretzel filled with chocolate that had been melted by the warmth of the bag it was in, my clothes got stained with chocolate where I least expected them to.
Finally, when we boarded the plane, it turned out that my designated seat was separated from my group's, so I had to sit a few rows behind it. My rowmates (is this correct?) were an old couple who boarded after me. They quickly placed their luggage in the upper compartment and took their seats. But then, the lady stood up and reached into the upper compartment again to take out something out of her bag which she thought she would need during the flight. While she was doing so, she was holding the entire line of passengers who were also boarding the plane. Her husband tried to convince his wife to sit down, as she would be able to look into her luggage later on, but she insisted on carrying out her task. Then, the old man turned to me and kindly advised me never to get married.
The flight was quiet and we arrived to our destination safely. I was lucky to find a free row of three seats where I was able to lay down and rest during the trip.
Thankfully, no more accidents happened that day.
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Just another trip.
A few months ago I travelled by plane with a group of people (BETTER: some people / a family / a group of people, amongst them a couple) who had a baby.No, I'm not going to complain about thae baby making a fuss,; he was an angel. He got bored sometimes, though. For example, while we were waiting to board the plane, he was being a little cranky so I started making funny faces at him and pushed him in his little stroller around the tax-free shops of the airport and in front of other passengers while making car noises. Some of the people sitting close to the boarding gate gave me strange looks while I was doing so. They didn't say a thing, but I think some of them were questioning my sanity.
After a while, when the little boy got hungry, I returned to our group and, while he was being fed, I sat down with my phone and nonchalantly picked the bottle of water that was on the seat beside me to take a sip and try to calm my thirst (NOTE: this is correct, but not so common; maybe say "relieve my thirst / quench my thirst"). But when I looked up I realized that I hadn't taken my bottle of water , but someone else's which that looked exactly the same as mine. I quickly apologized to the owner of the bottle and she forgave me with a smile. Also, when I tried to eat a pretzel filled with chocolate that had been melted by the warmth of the bag it was in, my clothes got stained with chocolate where I least expected them to be.
Finally, when we boarded the plane, it turned out that my designated seat was separated from my group's, so I had to sit a few rows behind itthem. My row-mates (is this correct?) were an old couple who boarded after me. They quickly placed their luggage in the upper compartment and took their seats. But then, the lady stood up and reached into the upper compartment again to take out something out of her bag which she thought she would need during the flight. While she was doing so, she was holding up the entire line of passengers who were also boarding the plane. Her husband tried to convince his wife to sit down, as she would be able to look into her luggage later on, but she insisted on carrying out her task. Then, the old man turned to me and kindly advised me never to get married.
The flight was quiet and we arrived to our destination safely. I was lucky to find a free row of three seats where I was able to lay down and rest during the trip.
Thankfully, no more accidents incidents happened that day.
Your English is very good, so it is hard to find things to correct. You would probably receive more editing if you wrote shorter entries (and of course, if your English was not so good, which you should be proud of).
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