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Sonja Reports on her East Coast Tour May 10, 2006 |
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Hi, In
the last two weeks I traveled at the east coast. Here is my report. Well
today I flew to Baltimore where I met all the other exchange students that
are doing the trip. The most are German (12 out of 47). I am sure that it
will be a great trip, but I am really tired because yesterday there my
host mum invited my first host family for a surprise birthday party and I
went to bed really late and stood up really early. My
Birthday, 06-11-2006 Today
we left the hotel at 8:15 . We traveled to Washington D. C. And went to
the Arlington National Cemetery. It is a very big big cemetery that is
still working with about 23 funerals per day. We visits Kennedy's leftover
and the eternal flame and the grafveof the unknown soldiers where we saw a
change of guard. Visiting
Washington # 2 06-12-06 We
visited many different places today. We stood as always really early up
and then we went into town. First we visited the Smithsonian Visitor's
Center. Afterwards we had a tour in the Library of Congress. The buildings
are really big and wonderful. We visited the Supreme Court and learned
that there is a gym/basketball area over the court room. Then we had a
special tour of the Capitol. The day ended with a visit in a museum of our
choice. Visiting
Washington #3 06-13-2006 Washington
D. C. is really the capitol of the U.S.A. And there are so many important
buildings that it is not even possible to visit them all. Today we spend
the morning in the National Holocaust Memorial Museum. The museum is
really well done and touches many people personal. We also visited the
Pentagon and went to the place of the airplane crash. The building is the
second biggest office building in the world, but the day was not over. We
had a tour in the Kennedy Center of concerts and performing arts. Visiting
Washington # 4 06-14-2006 Today
was our last day in Washington D. C. . We went into town very early to get
tickets for the Washington Monument. There is only a certain amount of
tickets everyday that is given out in the morning. Our tickets were for
the early afternoon and so we went to the White House Visitor's Center
because we could not get into the White House, but of course we had enough
time to take pictures in front of the fence. Then we went on the Washington
Monument. It was really nice, but the weather was not the best so we could
not see so far, but we saw the most of the places we visited. Hershey
Chocolate Factory 06-15-06 We
left York early in the morning and went to Hershey Chocolate Factory and
more important the Hershey Theme Park. We spend the day there. It was not
very special, because you cannot compare it to Disney World, but it was a
really fun day and it was good to day something else then just visiting
and touring buildings and museums. Afterwards we went to our next hotel. Atlantic
City, New Jersey, 06-16-06 Today
we took another day off and went to Atlantic City in New Jersey. There we
enjoyed same hours of sun, water, sand and fun. The water was really
called, but we had huge waves, that we don't have in Florida. After about
half a hour in the water we just lay at the beach for some time and then
we walk up and down the boardwalk in city with all the souvenir shops. Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, 06-17-06 My
host family is really great!! Today we slept in until 11 a.m. and then we
went to South Street in Philadelphia together with my hostmum, a friend,
my hostsister and her friend. South Street is a shopping street with a lot
of typical shops all owned by foreigners with a lot of individual things. Philadelphia,
New York, 06-18-06 Today
we left Philadelphia and New York and went by bus to NYC. First we went to
the Central Park and worked around. Then we went to the Broadway performance
of the Beauty and the Beast that was really amazing. Afterwards we had
some freetime in New York City where we went to the Times Square. It took
us about two hours to get out of the city and two the hotel. New
York City, 06-19-2006 Today
we went very early to NYC and got a tour in the NBC studios. Then we made
a cruise to the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and look at the so famous
NYC skyline, tomorrow we will go on the islands and visit them closer. After
lunch we went to the United Nations Building. It was very interesting to
see people from all over the world working together. NYC is a town with so
many cultures and languages that everywhere where we are going we meet somebody
form a different country. New
York City, 06-20-2006 Today
was our last day in New York City and this is really sad, because not only
that we have to leave our tour is nearly over, too Today was an ''easy''
day. We went with the ferry to Liberty Island where we walked around and
then we went on the Stature of Liberty as high as possible. After lunch
the ferry brought us to Ellis Island. To this island the most immigrants
came who wanted to immigrate into the new America (today it is a museum).
Because NYC is a city of music, theater and art we went to the musical
called ''Hairspray''. The musical was really great and the singers where unbelievably
good. Boston,
06-21-2006 Today
we left very early with the bus to Boston. It was good that we left so
early because it took us 7 hours to get to Boston and so we did not had so
much time before we went to a performance of the Blue Man Group. The
performance was really grade and we sad right in front of the stage. Boston,
06-22-2006 Today
was our last day on the tour. Nearly the whole day today was freetime. We
got tickets for trolleys that we could use to get around in Boston. I and
some friends decided to make a harbor tour and then to go out of town to
Harvard. It was a lot of fun!!! Now
I am back in Marathon, before I fly home on July 8th. |
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