Personal Narrative: My Experience In Florida

Florida is a land of sun palm trees and sand. Florida being a southern state with sweet tea, Publix, and Disney just a few hours away, had many perks. I had never thought of what it might be like to grow up in a northern area, or just even outside of Florida. Up until my 14th summer I had always assumed everyone lived the same way I did. It had all started when I got accepted to a summer program in Washington D.C to attend a medical forum. I was sent to a hotel for a total of 10 days, alone with absolutely no one I knew. During this time period I had met numerous students between the ages of 14 and 18 years old. Each of these students had been from a different state, town or city. They each had different backgrounds, cultures, lifestyles, even diets. It was when I had actually started to talk to these people I had realized, I was not in Florida anymore. While up in Washington D.C, I had packed shorts, tank tops and typical warm weather clothing due to the fact it had been summer, and those are typically hot in Florida. Walking through the outside areas of Fair Fax County at night I had found that during the day it is almost 90 degrees during the day and low 60s in the night time. I was flabbergasted, how could it be this cold in the summer …show more content…
Up in Washington D.C, sweet tea is an exotic drink that no restaurant or store serves. I was going insane not being able to have my addiction. I remember towards the end of my trip there was a formal dinner where I had seen a pitcher of what I had thought was sweet tea. My day had been made, and my jaw had dropped. I ran over, grabbed a glass and with sudden dismay, spit out the drink. It was just another glass of unsweetened tea. Every one of my new acquaintances had laughed and wondered why anyone would like such a sweet drink. All I could think for as an explanation was, it's in the culture of which I was raised in as a