Senior Trip to Washington D.C. For my school, the senior class gets together and travels to Washington D.C. for three days. We left early Wednesday morning and rode in a charter bus down to D.C. and as soon as we get to there we start touring. We would tour the whole first day then go to a fancy restaurant that night. The next two days were, wake up, go to breakfast, then tour all day. The night of the third day we started the long drive home. The senior class from my old high school gets together and travels to Washington D.C. in the winter to tour the monuments and museums. Our graduating class was very close which made the experience even better. Senior year was by far my favorite year of high school. My classes were not challenging, we
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I got to room with the best friends anyone could ask for and had the best teachers as monitors for our hall. For the actual trip, it was an experience that I will never forget. We got to witness many different museums and monuments. The Lincoln Memorial was our first stop. Pictures do not do this memorial justice. It was truly remarkable seeing the brilliant quotes said by this man engraved in the wall. The Holocaust museum was a shocking sight. We each got a card about information about someone from the Holocaust. At the end of the tour we got to look up, if they made it out alive or not and it was so depressing because they were mostly little boys and girls. Everything about the Holocaust museum was remarkable though, especially hearing story from actual survivors. After the holocaust museum it was time for dinner. We went to a nice, old fashioned italian restaurant. It had some of the best food I have ever had and the best chocolate chip cookies. The Arlington Cemetery was by far my favorite place that we got to visit. Being able to pay respects to that many brave soldiers who gave their lives was just remarkable. The eternal flame was another sight that was unforgettable. The changing of the guard at the Tomb of the
I got to room with the best friends anyone could ask for and had the best teachers as monitors for our hall. For the actual trip, it was an experience that I will never forget. We got to witness many different museums and monuments. The Lincoln Memorial was our first stop. Pictures do not do this memorial justice. It was truly remarkable seeing the brilliant quotes said by this man engraved in the wall. The Holocaust museum was a shocking sight. We each got a card about information about someone from the Holocaust. At the end of the tour we got to look up, if they made it out alive or not and it was so depressing because they were mostly little boys and girls. Everything about the Holocaust museum was remarkable though, especially hearing story from actual survivors. After the holocaust museum it was time for dinner. We went to a nice, old fashioned italian restaurant. It had some of the best food I have ever had and the best chocolate chip cookies. The Arlington Cemetery was by far my favorite place that we got to visit. Being able to pay respects to that many brave soldiers who gave their lives was just remarkable. The eternal flame was another sight that was unforgettable. The changing of the guard at the Tomb of the