On the way to Boston
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I went to Boston on Thursday on a Grayhound bus.
While I was waiting for the bus at Port Authority bus teminal in NYC, I overheard a woman saying "Je ne comprends pas" (I don't know). I was very surprised. But sometimes if people can't speak English so well, they say "I don't know" in a public place. (Sometimes I say "Wakaranai" in class....)

I thought about why she came to the U.S. by herself. So I talked to her in broken French. I said "Vous parlez francais (You speak French)".(What strange and broken French!). She just nodded. I can't speak French, I can just greet. So I couldn't continue to talk to her.Then we got onto the bus.

At a rest stop, she told me in French that she wanted to eat a hamburger. I could understand, so I helped her buy a hamberger.Then I introduced myself and I found out that her name was Adi (I'm not sure about the spelling). She was Senegalise.She seemed kind.

When we got off the bus, she hugged a woman who was waiting there. Actually, she came to Boston to see her daughter. Her daughter thanked me. I felt so happy.

I think that my mother can come to New York by herself because she just has to use an airplane.Adi used one or more airplanes and buses without speaking English.I think that she is strong and she could go to see her daughter because she had a lot of help.