Past tenses - revision

Past Simple, Past Perfect Simple, , Past Perfect Continuous

1.
Many years ago, while I was travelling…(travel) through Europe by train, I had.(have) the chance to visit most of the major European capitals and admire the fantastic scenery. One day, as the train was passing.(pass) through the French countryside it suddenly stopped.(stop) at a small picturesque village because of engine problems. While we were waiting. (wait) for the train to be repaired, we got off (get off) to do some sightseeing for a couple of hours. I went (go) to a cosy restaurant where I enjoyed. (enjoy)some wonderful local cuisine and tasted (taste) some exquisite French wine. In the end, I didn’t mind. (not/mind) the delay at all.

2. The first time I visited (visit) Silver Beach I was on holiday with my family. A friend of ours had told (tell) us that it was the best beach in the area. When we arrived. (arrive) we saw hundreds of people lying on the beach, enjoying the sunshine. We were (be) a bit disappointed as we didn’t realize/hadn’t realized (not/realize) that it was going to be so crowded. We had been searching (search) for fifteen minutes before we actually found. (find) a spot to sit down. We put our things down and relaxed (relax). We were sitting (sit) in the sun for about an hour when we suddenly realized that we were getting sunburnt, so we decided. (decide) to go for a swim. The water was so refreshing that we were swimming/ swam (swim) for over an hour. After that, we went (go) to the bar for a snack. Much to our surprise, when we got back to our spot, all of our things were soaked. While we were (be) at the bar the tide came(come) in. Our friend had forgotten (forget) to tell us not to sit too close to the water.