英语口语P2 Describe a trip you went on by public transportation(文字版）

The journey I still remember pretty well is the one I took to Shanghai, where my sister lives with her husband. They were expecting a baby a few days later so I immediately returned home to inform my parents. They were quite excited, and they planned to visit the newborn baby and my sister; with me, so we packed up quickly and decided to go by train. It was almost a 10-hour long journey and we arrived early in the morning the following day.

We went to the local station and luckily got three first-class seats on the train. I am fond of train journeys because I can walk freely in the different compartments of the train, read books pleasantly, enjoy the meal in the train cafeteria, and enjoy the natural beauty of the countryside, unlike the boring long bus journeys. The trip was very pleasant, and it allowed me to finish a book that I had planned to read for a long time. Furthermore, I remember the journey because my parents were with me and they also enjoyed being out of town for once. The waiting to see the new baby also made it exciting. My mother told me some stories of my childhood that she never shared with me before and my father told about his first experience on a train. Those were stories that we laughed about for quite some time, and I really enjoyed spending some quality family time.