Fill in the gaps with the verbs in brackets in the correct verb tense or form. Use 'would' or 'used to' in TWO gaps only.
A long time ago, my first wife and I (decide) to go on a trip to London for a few days. Before the trip, we were very excited because we (never/be) to London before. We (want) to visit Miguel, a close friend who (move) to Britain for work and who (work) in London for a couple of months. He was very homesick because he still (not have) any friends in England, and Laura and I (want) to pay him a visit to cheer him up a bit. However, Miguel (tell) us we had to stay in a hotel, because he (rent) a room in a shared flat and we couldn’t stay in his home.
Back then, when my ex-wife and I travelled anywhere, we (book) hotel rooms well in advance, and we (check) hotel reviews on TripAdvisor every time, but this time we (be) very busy the weeks before the trip so a few days before the trip, we (decide) that we would look for a hotel once in London. Unfortunately, hotel rooms in London are quite popular in August, and several hours after our arrival in the big capital we still (not find) a room in any affordable place.
Eventually we (find) a hotel which, surprisingly, was well located and not very expensive. But we soon (discover) why there were available rooms in that so well-located hotel. To start with, the room number was a scribble written on a sheet of paper that someone (hang) on the door with sellotape, and once you were in, the room was dirty and horribly smelly. It looked as if nobody (clean) it for ages. In the bathroom there was no mirror, the toilet was clogged and there were lots of hairs in the basin. It was so disgusting that we (decide) to pay for a much more expensive room in a much less well-located hotel and we (end up) as depressed as our good friend Miguel.