Getting on the bus to travel 26 hours to my destination would normally be something that was seemingly dreadful. The thought that I was traveling to New York gave me an unexplainable amount of excitement and I did not give a care in the world that I would be spending 26 hours in the same seat, on the same bus, with the same people in my eighth grade junior high class, because I was going to New York. Although I am now junior, I still remember each moment spent from the time I left Iowa, to the time I returned a week later. I believe that traveling to a place outside the streets of my hometown was beneficial and my experience and learnings are things that I will carry with me for the rest of my years.
Going to New York city showed me that there is so much to life than I had ever seen in Iowa. I visited Radio City Music Hall which there I was introduced to all the different types of music that have been acknowledged in the Radio City Music Hall. I also was given the chance to visit the Rockefeller Plaza where the Today Show is hosted. I was able to walk through the Manhattan Central Park where they had benches dedicated to those who formed central park. I took a boat tour, which landed at the walkway of the Statue …show more content…
My least favorite part of all, was traveling back home. Replacing my normal routine with the excitement honking horns of cabs in a hurry, and the rush of all the New Yorkers, was something I will treasure forever. I will strive to take my experiences from my eighth grade trip and use them throughout the rest of high school and through my college years. One day, it is my goal to visit New York again and create new experiences and learn from them and use them through the rest of my life. New York is a place of teaching, but it’s a matter of listening and learning, which is exactly what I did and strive to do in my following years to
Going to New York city showed me that there is so much to life than I had ever seen in Iowa. I visited Radio City Music Hall which there I was introduced to all the different types of music that have been acknowledged in the Radio City Music Hall. I also was given the chance to visit the Rockefeller Plaza where the Today Show is hosted. I was able to walk through the Manhattan Central Park where they had benches dedicated to those who formed central park. I took a boat tour, which landed at the walkway of the Statue …show more content…
My least favorite part of all, was traveling back home. Replacing my normal routine with the excitement honking horns of cabs in a hurry, and the rush of all the New Yorkers, was something I will treasure forever. I will strive to take my experiences from my eighth grade trip and use them throughout the rest of high school and through my college years. One day, it is my goal to visit New York again and create new experiences and learn from them and use them through the rest of my life. New York is a place of teaching, but it’s a matter of listening and learning, which is exactly what I did and strive to do in my following years to