Personal Narrative: My Trip To Washington D. C.
This summer, I had the opportunity to go to Washington D.C. and New York with the music, speech, and drama kids. In order to go, you had to be in at least four activities related to band or speech. I was involved in band, the play, large group speech, and individual speech. After a long and dreadful sophomore year, I finally made it. I had a fun summer and the twilight of it was the trip, and it was quite satisfying. We got up early and left on a bus from George to Sioux Falls in the early morning. I was a little nervous because I have never flown on a plane before. Right before I got on the plane, someone told me to chew gum or my ears will pop, but I did not have any gum. So luckily, my cousin Ashley gave me some mint gum. I do not like
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The first famous thing we saw was the Pentagon 9/11 Memorial, it made me feel surreal, similar to I was here and it did not feel real. Afterwards, we went to a restaurant in D.C.’s mall. It had a lot of hype but the food was okay, but not the best. To end the night, we went to our hotel to sleep. My roommates were Dhalten and Ethan. It was an eventful day. On day two, we woke up and ate breakfast at the hotel. The breakfast was not that good but that was okay because we saw a lot of events that day. That day, we spent most of the day at Mount Vernon. We saw what the people did right when they got to America and it was interesting. Later that day, we stopped by the White House. It was a good experience, seeing where the leader of our country lives. That was a fun full day of Washington D.C. On day three, it was my birthday, so the night before, I got to sleep on my own bed. When we got to breakfast, I got a song sung to me. After the morning, we visited Arlington National Cemetery to see where John F. Kennedy was buried and also to see the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers. Our last stop at D.C. was the Capitol and it wasneat. Afterwards, we took off for New York. I fell asleep right away and woke up just in time to see the skyline and it was beautiful. When we got to the hotel, we went to bed right away because we had a big day ahead of
The first famous thing we saw was the Pentagon 9/11 Memorial, it made me feel surreal, similar to I was here and it did not feel real. Afterwards, we went to a restaurant in D.C.’s mall. It had a lot of hype but the food was okay, but not the best. To end the night, we went to our hotel to sleep. My roommates were Dhalten and Ethan. It was an eventful day. On day two, we woke up and ate breakfast at the hotel. The breakfast was not that good but that was okay because we saw a lot of events that day. That day, we spent most of the day at Mount Vernon. We saw what the people did right when they got to America and it was interesting. Later that day, we stopped by the White House. It was a good experience, seeing where the leader of our country lives. That was a fun full day of Washington D.C. On day three, it was my birthday, so the night before, I got to sleep on my own bed. When we got to breakfast, I got a song sung to me. After the morning, we visited Arlington National Cemetery to see where John F. Kennedy was buried and also to see the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers. Our last stop at D.C. was the Capitol and it wasneat. Afterwards, we took off for New York. I fell asleep right away and woke up just in time to see the skyline and it was beautiful. When we got to the hotel, we went to bed right away because we had a big day ahead of