Philadelphia Experience

April 30th

First we left New York and drove to Philadelphia. Nine of the exchange students were there for only New York trip so we had to say good bye to them. It was pretty sad… Oh no, we’ve never said good bye but we say “ see you later.” Don’t forget that. Then we went to ReadingTerminal to have lunch. The place was pretty cool because they had so many kinds of awesome foods from many countries!! After that we went to the Constitution Center. We saw a presentation first which was pretty good, and then we went to look around. There was a room which had so many statues of important historical people. One of the coolest things in the center was that we could experience voting of the presidential election.  Then we had a walking tour in Philadelphia. It was raining so hard. Everyone’s shoes were dead and wet and it was freezing cold. I couldn’t even pay much  attention to what the guide was saying sometimes, but I still learned a lot. It was kind of sad because it was the only day that we could see the Philadelphia area... and all that rain! But I really want to go back again when it is sunny cause Philadelphia is amazing! After the tour everyone was not in a good mood because of the raining tour... we are normal teenagers after all! lol But the dinner changed us! The cheese steak was  awesome and the dessert was amazing! The dinner made us happy and made me feeling like this whole day was great!! After dinner we drove to Washington DC! I'm excited for the day tomorrow!

Yukari Nakamura (Japan)