Complete the text with the past simple or past perfect form of the verbs in brackets.

I(1) hadn't left my small Scottish village before I (2)... (arrive) in Germany last week.
I(3)... (read) a lot of travel books
and my grandmother (4)...
(tell) us a lot of things about the country before she
died, but the place isn't exactly as I had imagined it. It's better! I (5) (not realize) that it was so green and I (6) (not expect) the people to be
so friendly. Everyone helps me when I try to speak German and they all want to practise
speaking English with me too.
|(7)... (not like) languages when
I was at school but since I (8)(come) here I want to learn more. Travelling is great fun!​

Hello,aria! what is your temperature in new york?   at us it is cold here in samara, the coldest temperature is thirty degrees below zero.  in such cold weather,we most often have many children do not attend school  and what you have the cold weather? in the winter,  i and my friends are often  make a snowman every weekend. soon the new year  ,so  will be a lot of fun,gifts and christmas tree..are you  waiting for this holiday?   i  can tell you the good news. i  will come to visit you on holiday,so  i think we'll have  a good  time

In our life we have weekends and holidays. of course, it’s more pleasant to speak about holidays than about  workdays. but these workdays  make up  an  essential  part of life. at 7.30 the alarm-clock wakes me up and my working day begins.  actually  i’m not fond of getting up early, but i’m already used to it. i do my bed and go to the bathroom. there i brush my teeth and take a shower. at 8 o’clock i’m ready to have breakfast. usually i have no time to cook my breakfast, so i just have a cup of tea and maybe  a bowl of cereal.i leave home at 8.20. my school is not far from house and it usually takes me 5 minutes to get there. my classes begin at 8.30 a.m. and finish at 3 p.m. at 11.20 i usually go to our school canteen and buy something to eat. when my classes are finished i return home. then i cook my dinner or warm it up. after hard work at school i feel like having a rest. after dinner i usually  go out  with my friends or  go in for sports. besides i have additional private lessons of drawing. twice a week i go to the school of the arts in order  to pursue  my dream to become a painter. then i do my homework for the next school day. it takes me about 3 hours. if i have 2 or 3 hours before going to sleep i watch tv, listen to the music, chat with some friends or help my mother to cook supper. when the supper is ready we gather in the dining room, eat and share the day news. after supper i sometimes play  chess  with my father and at about 11 o’clock i have a bath and go to bed.