I went on East coast trip from April 9 to 15. It enjoyed many fabulous days. I went to Boston and Washington D. C. All of the places was charming, but I will write about my favorite 3 places in Washington D. C.
First, I was impressed with Lincoln Memorial. It was built for Abraham Lincoln. He was a president during the Civil War. He was very popular with many people. When I went to Lincoln Memorial, and I was surprised at huge height of his statue. It was 19 feet ( that more than 8 meters.) It is also the same height as the Tomas Jefferson statue. I felt that I am small person and Lincoln is a grand person. Then, I found a stone inscription which said, " I have a dream." on the steps of the memorial. It was a place where are a famous speech by Martin Luther King was given. I listened to his old speech during my American
Studies class. His voice was powerful. I am proud of his life, so this memorial made me feel sacred.
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| Fabulous Smithsonian Museum |
Secondly, I enjoyed
Smithsonian Museum. It was my favorite place in Washington D. C. It is the biggest museum all of the world. The museum is not one building. There are also 9 buildings there, and there is also a building in New York, so we can't go other place easily. First of all, I went to the Air and Space museum. There were lots of rockets and 2 moon rocks. I really wanted to see the moon rock, but I couldn't find it because I needed to buy some souvenir and go to another museum. I bought an interesting souvenir at Air and Space museum. It was some space food. I never seen it before I went there, I looked forward to seeing it. The space food was dried ice cream. Can you imagine it? The ice cream never melted even if I go to hot place! Of course I bought it for my brother. I want to have a nibble of the dried ice cream, so I am looking forward to eating it with my brother now when I go back to Japan. After that, I went to the National History museum. There were many fake animals there, but they looked very powerful. I liked the Ocean Hall exhibit. I like marine life. I think it is more mysterious than terrestrial animals. I'm especially very interested in the deep- sea fish, so I saw a lot of them there. I also went to a Dinosaur exhibit. The movie, "Night at the Museum 2" was filmed there, so I took pleasure in my time there. When I saw a dinosaur, I was surprised at its size. All the bones are connected into one piece, but they made me horrible. Thirdly, I went to National Galley of Art. There were lot of paintings by
Da Vinci, Monet, Rembrandt and O'
Keeffe. These picture were wonderful! There were also pictures of human. It looked like real people who live in the picture. I was fascinated by it, but I had to leave there because we had a busy schedule. As you can see, Smithsonian couldn't be better, so I was happy.
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| Beautiful White House |
Finally, I saw a graceful
White House. President Obama and his family live there, but they use only the second floor. I was surprised about this. Furthermore, this house has the third floor and three basements. Many people has do not have basement in Japan. I can't understand why many American people has basement in their house. It does not have sunlight, so it is dark and cold. Also, I saw adorable garden at the house. Its grass was lively green, and there was red, blue and pink flower. I liked this garden, but I don't want to live at this house. When I saw it, I couldn't go near the house. It was surrounded by big a fence, so there are no neighbors and some friend's house near their house. It looks lonely and uncomfortable, but White House is nice house which represents leader of America. I was glad to see it.
I had a luxurious time on the East Coast Trip. I'll think I never forgot this experience.
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