My Fathers Journey To America. The plane was taking off. Gravity pulled me lean on the back of the seat. Seeing the trees‚ roads‚ cars and buildings became more and more blurry in my sight‚ I felt my brain was blank. "Hey‚ I’m really going to leave tomorrow…" I called my best friend the night before I left. "Don’t forget to swim across the Pacific Ocean to visit me." She said after the long silence. Yes‚ for me at that time‚ America was truly just Hollywood and Disneyland on the other side of
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Ever since the age of 8 I dreamed of going to Barcelona‚ Spain just so I can go see my favorite professional soccer team play which is FC Barcelona. I was so eager to go I could almost hear the sound of the ball swooshing through the air or it hitting the cleats of the player‚ but the most I could imagine is the crowd going wild and crying with joy as a goal is been scored. It was then in mid-July were my parents surprised me that we were going to Spain for a family vacation. As soon
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I awoke with a pleasant touch on my shoulder. My blue cotton shirt was all wrinkled and my pants were wrinkled up‚ too. Then it came to my mind that I slept in too long. We needed to catch the 6:30 a.m. fly to Florida. Because this destroyed our plans‚ my mom and dad were making scrambled eggs with pancakes and some yummy bacon. I felt horrible about what happened because all of the things that my mom planned was gone. The whole reason we were going to go to Florida was to see our family that we
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English 10 Mrs. Campbell February 21‚ 2014 My Adventure to Canada Have you ever seen one of the Seven Wonders of the World? Well I have and being able to go see one of the Seven Wonders of the World was an experience of a lifetime. I got the chance to visit Niagara Falls and had an amazing time with my family. Not only did I see Niagara Falls‚ but I was in a completely different country. Most people want to have excitement in their lives‚ something they will remember for a long time. Well
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The best trips that my family has taken‚ would definately be to Disney World. Planning each detail six months in advance and having the children involved always made it an adventure. A couple of weeks prior to leaving‚ a party was planned for the children to provide motivation for the upcoming trip. Also‚ as a parent having the satisfaction of knowing how exciting these vacations were for them‚ was worth it all. Although‚ the children have grown older‚ they still speak of the enjoyment they received
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few weeks‚ Harry had had enough. He thought it was time someone taught the Dursley family a lesson‚ and with his new secret weapon‚ Harry was just the one to do it. It was the last week of July and the Dursleys were about to leave for a weeklong trip to Africa and to Harry’s dismay‚ he was being dragged along. Beneath the bright
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Are School Field Trips Worth It? April Nelson April‚ 2013 Are School Field Trips Worth It? 2 Schools often debate about whether or not field trips are beneficial and worth the cost. The discussion goes between physical cost and the academic benefits for the students. As school budgets get tighter the amount of field trips taken within the school year gets cut and teachers have to raise the money
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My Trip on the Ganges River Dear Paul‚ About 2 weeks ago I went on an exciting trip along the Ganges River. In this letter I’ll tell you all about it. It turns out that the Ganges has its beginning in an ice cave 10‚300 feet above sea level in the snow-covered Himalayan Mountains of northern India. From there‚ the river flows towards the southeast and goes through East Pakistan‚ for about 1‚557 miles. Ganges River then empties into the Bay of Bengal. Several tributary rivers‚ including the Jumna
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Jessica Anderson April 2‚ 2013 Intermediate English Trip to Tuscan‚ Arizona Have you ever been to some place that was more of where you wanted to be but also didn’t want to be at some point of time? Try taking a vacation somewhere you have never been. When I was fifteen years old‚ I went on a vocational trip to Tuscan‚ Arizona with my favorite uncle and his amazingly cool wife. We attended many different things and went to many different places. I also got to ride on the tall mountain which
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when I got that phone call‚ wishing to have wings to fly to the station where our bus to Cagayan Valley was. I had an erroneous information about the time of departure (11:30pm instead of 11:00pm) thus left me only 5 minutes to catch the long-awaited trip to the place which stories in my elementary history books had amazed me most - IFUGAO. As an ultimate “buzzer-beater”‚ I was overjoyed to see the bus‚ especially Mrs. Alice Torres Banas‚ (EVP of MAP) or “Tita Alice” as I fondly call her‚ who was
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