Mrs. Loy's English Class

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• Lauren Herba

  The summer of 2008 i went on a east coast road trip with my mom, brother, grandma, and my mom's side of the family. We flew into New York and stayed there for 3 days. My family and I went to see Hairspray and the site of 9/11. The area of the fallen towers was completly blocked off to tourists. But when I looked through the cracks in the fences, I saw mounds of debree. Then I went and visited the nearby fire station. That site gave me chills. The station had pictures and items of debree on the tour. When I saw a simple piece of paper that was in the shape of the cross,I got chills up and down my spine. It was sooo cool. And for dinner we ate at America's oldest resturant, Delmanico's. We sat in the exact same booth J.F.K sat in when he would eat there. That was soo freaky. Then the last day in New York, my family and i went to a Yankees game. I hate the yankees so it wasn't that interesting for me.
  
  Then my family and I were off to Boston in our rented cars. When we arrived in Boston we toured Fenway park. That was actually pretty cool. The green monster wasn't as exciting as the movies make it sound. It was just a big green wall! Who cares? Then we toured Harvard College. I don't plan on going there but it was such a popular college, i had to go! Then we were off to Maine.
  
  When we arrived in Maine we went on a boat tour. We saw light houses, whales, puffins, and Martha Stewarts home. Maine was so beautiful, but the weather was terrible! It rained every day. My family and I also toured Acadia National Park. There, you could see tidepools, giant waves crash on rocks, and mountains. Then we ate lobster caught right off the dock. I couldn't eat the lobster after seeing it alive. It was just to gross.
  
  Then on our way back to New York to catch our flight home, we stopped in the Hamptons in Connecticut. Lets just say that if i make 10 million dollars, i am going to live there because it was sooo pretty. Huge houses every where,surrounded by beautiful landscape!
  
  That was one of the best family vacations I have ever had! We actually plan on going back to Maine this summer for a longer period of time!

  9/14/2009 7:55:50 PM
• Ryan Mckee

  The best city ever is on the east coast and i have been there. Do you know what city i am talking about? The one and only new york. The most magnificent city in america. I mean the sky scrapers just take your breath away, and dont even get me started on time square. The city that you have to visit once in a life time is New York. The most tragic thing that happened on my trip when i went there was when i went to the momorial cite of 9/11. The buildings were still crushed and nothing around the buildings had been touched or restored. But other than the sadness of 9/11 the shopping was great, the food was amazing,YANKEE stadium maybe the biggest stadium i have ever been inside of. The stairs were practically on a 90 degree angle soo you pretty much just standing over people and if you lean forward im pretty sure that you could fall over. Even thouygh New York was a great city they have some very discusting hotels. Come on how long should it take the maid to clean your room maybe 4 hours top. How about THREE days i mean thats how long it took them to clean our hotel room. The showers were the worst part i practically had to put a towek on the ground because i didnt want to stand on the discusting floor. But overall New York is most definetley the most magnificent city that i have ever been to, and is hoping to go back real soon.

  9/14/2009 10:01:06 PM
• MrsLoy

  Lauren! I visited Harvard too! Did you notice, though, that the science building looks soo out of place on that campus? Here you have all these amazing, scholarly brown/red brick halls - and then the science building is this shiney 1970's "modern" ufo. It just seemed so out of place. Maybe it was just me...
  We wanted to get to Acadia - but just didn't have the time! I've heard it's amazing! And yes - if I had several million - I'd be buying a historic home on Nantucket. Maine was very overcast for us too...and it was wierd - but I never knew that area was such a huge draw to Canadians! Signs were posted in French too!

  9/15/2009 10:41:30 PM
• MrsLoy

  Ryan: I want to visit New York so badly! I am beginning to believe that the pile of debris at Ground Zero should become the memorial. I think, too often, we rush to build a tidy memorial. There's nothing more powerful than the real deal. How can any memorial possibly capture the magnitude?
  
  It's just not the same to see these places in photos. Like Lauren stated in her post - just sitting in the same booth as JFK had - it makes you feel as if you've transcended time itself in a small way. That's how I felt in Boston - even in Salem, to an extent.

  9/15/2009 10:53:28 PM
• Hannah Frazier

  Over the summer, my family and I traveled to New York City; this city is amazing! If you haven't been there, I strongly urge you to visit whenever you can. Our hotel was right in Times Square, which is very busy. Times Square is blocked off and there are tables and chairs in the middle of the street(no cars are allowed in this area). I was shocked at how crowded it is in New York; it's nothing like Chicago. Times Square is very busy and there are crowds of people everywhere. While in New York, my family and I visited the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Visiting both of these sites was just amazing becasue I could not beleive how tall the Staue of Liberty is. Ellis Island was also very interesting becasue we were able to take a tour. I learned alot from this tour; especially about how the immigrants were treated and the processes they had to go through just to be accpeted into the United States. I also did alot of shoppping in New York which was alot of fun becasue I love to shop! I recommend you to shop down Fifth Avenue. After shopping, we visited Central Park which was also very exciting. Central Park is huge but also very relaxing at the same time. My family and I had lunch at Tavern on the Green which is a restaurant in Central Park. We also visited the 9/11 site which was very sad, however, the site was blocked off because construction was being done. The city of New York is building a memorial where the World Trade Centers used to be. If you get a chance to take a three hour boat tour around Manhattan, I would also recommend you to do that too. This boat tour was very interesting because I did not realize how big the city of New York actually is. Finally, my family and I went to see Disney's The Little Meramid on Broadway! This play was fantatsic! The cast in this play did such an outstanding job and they had incredible singing voices! The costumes were stunning and very well made. I think i really enjoyed this play becasue I am such a huge Disney fan.

  9/16/2009 6:13:28 PM
• Karly Free

  I have been to New York with my family. I think that trip as literally changed my life. I just loved NYC. The part of New York that has the biggest impact on me was getting a tour of the city and stopping at the 9/11 site. It had just had really before we got there. I think that the majority of our tour group was crying, including the tour guide and myself. Our tour guide explained to us that when the towers fell there was a part of the builing that did not burn and it was in the shape of a cross. I believed him, because right in front of my eyes it came into focus that the metal structure in front of me was in the shape of the cross that we pray to everyday. I didn't realize until I looked back on this memory a couple times that in the time of a tragic event God was still present. It's a hard feeling to describe but I'm sure I will never forget it. I hope to go back someday and see New York for what it has become today because of that day.

  9/16/2009 8:51:57 PM
• Maureen Conway

  The closest Ive been to the east coast was New York state and Niagra falls, Canada. I went with my mom and sister to look at colleges. We went to Cornell University, where my mom went to school, which is really beautiful in the summer. We saw both sides of the Niagra falls, New York and Canada. On the New York side you can walk up all these stairs and stand right next to the waterfalls! And you get cool ponchos and special sandals which was my favorite part.

  9/20/2009 2:54:41 PM
• Katie Miceli

  Even though I have never been to the East Coast hearing these stories and learning about how much everyone enjoyed their trips makes me want to go visit and experience all of these places. I think that if I were to pick three places to go on the east coast they would be New York City, Salem, and Bosten. I would want to visit these cities because of all that there is to see and because of everything that has happened in those places.

  9/20/2009 6:01:25 PM
• Amanda Dobbins

  I have been to Washington D.C. and Virgina; each was an historical, learning vacation. In Washington D.C. we saw a ton a cool war memorials. It was awesome to see how many courageous people there were that were willing to risk their life to save our country. We also got to go inside the United States Capitol and the Pentagon.
  
  In Virginia, we saw a lot of first settlement things like Colonial Williamsburg and Jamestown. We also got to go on and inside the USS Wisconsin and Dwight D Eisenhower carrier. Inside the carrier a friend of my grandmas who is a naval pilot, gave us a special tour. He also brought us to a professional flight simulator that top gun pilots have to pass to fly the real planes. It was all very cool:)

  9/20/2009 7:34:31 PM
• Brittany Turner

  I'm not sure if where I went was the east coast because everyone I asked wasn't sure but I'm going to write about it anyway. Two years ago, during my freshman spring break, my family and I drove 15 hours to South Carolina. We drove through many states (not sure how many or which ones, I was sleeping!) When we got to South Carolina we went to Fort Sumter, the old city hall where they had crates of tea from the Boston Tea Party, and under city hall, the old dungeon, prison things. We saw a ton more but that was the one thing that I absolutely loved! Well besides watching the dolphins!

  9/20/2009 7:59:28 PM
• Nick Skaleski

  I went to New York City a few years for a wedding and while I was there my family and I drove around and saw the city. We went on top the Empire State building and and walked through Central Park. The next day we went to times square and then more walking around after that. THe trip was fun and the restaurants we went to were really good. It would be cool to go there again.

  9/23/2009 8:56:11 PM
• Conor Moon

  In the summer of 07, I went to the Hamptons with my aunt, uncle, and two cousins. It was a great experience; the whole area was absolutely gorgeous. The beaches were bright white and almost blinding at times if we had a sunny day. We visited my uncles hometown of Montauk, it was and eerie town. The lighthouses were beautiful. Some of the lighthouses had stories that gave you Goosebumps. We were in the Hamptons for about a week. My uncle, cousin, and I, went fishing in a charter boat. I caught the tiniest fish you could possibly think of. The captain of the fish even laughed at me. My uncle Jeff caught this gigantic fish; I forgot what it was called. Overall the Hamptons is a great vacation if anyone ever gets the chance.

  9/27/2009 7:29:18 PM
• Kurt Woolridge

  i have been to St.Augustine, Florida. It is the oldest permanent European settlement in America. I was only 6 years old and all I remember is the fort and the prison that they had to keep enemies.

  9/27/2009 8:22:38 PM