Translation of plait in German

We decided according to whom we liked most and booked a trip for the next day. We looked for a place for lunch and found a restuarant called Pho 24, where they would serve soups for 24 hours.
Anyway, the entire bus ride lasted four hours and we finally arrived at the city of Halong. We were supposed to take a two day luxury boat tour on a ship called The Lagoon Explorer.
Spain seems do be doing much better since the 1970. It is completely democratic now. At work I have a lot of meetings with International companies and therefore I want to know many languages.