May 2nd, 2013
We were very excited to see the capital of United States of
America for the first time. On the way to see all of historical landmarks, Tici
told us what we were going to see today. We’ve learned and heard about them in
our history class. This time we were actually able to see and feel how awesome
they are.
At first, we went to the Lincoln memorial, honoring the
President who let the slaves free. We saw the statue in movies and on the penny,
but It was more magnificent than we imagined. We were so frustrated that
pictures we took were not as great as what we saw through our eyes. There was
also a big lake between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln memorial. Don’t
the lake and the Lincoln memorial sound harmonious?
After that, we walked through the wall which was filled with
all of names who attended Vietnam War. It was really impressive that little
kids put some flowers and flags in front of their name. We also went to the
Korean War memorial. Since we are South Korean, this memorial was especially
more special than anything. We feel thankful for everything they have done for
our country. Then we went to the Thomas Jefferson monument which has really pretty
with a big lake in front of it. We could take our group pictures in front of
that lake and I think it turned out really good! J
One of the favorite things we did before lunch was the
memorial of the president Roosevelt. There was a quote, “Freedom of speech,
Freedom of worship, Freedom from want, Freedom from fear.” That made us so
impressed.
We couldn’t wait for lunch, because Tici told that we would
go to the mall. On the way there, we took a rest before our wonderful lunch
time. We had some chicken for lunch, and
it was amazing. We had such a hard time to deciding what we wanted to eat.
After we had lunch, we went to some stores for shopping. We wished that we had
more time for shopping, but we were also excited for our next plan!
I would say, the best moment for today was visiting George
Washington’s Mount Vernon which includes estate, museum and gardens. We had a
great time in there and learned a lot about how George Washington had lived his
life. We watched a video for 20 minutes to learn who he is, how he was, and
what he did! After that, we had free time to look around that huge Mount
Vernon. Even if it was huge for us to see everywhere, we had such a great time!
Today has been such a long day but we learned a lot from
today. Guess what? We are already ready to go to hot tub. :D bye guys and see
you tomorrow!
Written by Ellen(Hee yeon) Bae, Gloria(Ji su) Cha from South
Korea
No comments:
Post a Comment