Past simple vs past continuous 2

The most romantic story I know is the one about how my parents

• met

• were meeting

They ______ from Melbourne to Sydney by train

• travelled

• were travelling

and back then it ______ a long journey.

• was

• was being

so after a little while they _______ talking.

• started

• were starting

They soon ________that they _____ a lot in common.

• found out/had

• found out/were having

• were finding out/had

• were finding out/were having

Both of them ____from Sydney,

• were

• were being

but both of them ______ to be journalists in Melbourne,

• trained

• were training

and both of them ______ to see their families for Christmas.

• went

• were going

The weather was awful - it ______ really badly all the way to Sydney.

• snowed

• was snowing

At one time the train ______ for a long time,

• stopped

• was stopping