Personal Narrative: My Trip To The University Of Columbia

I was born and raised in the suburbs of Columbia, South Carolina. It was a very nice area to grow up in, the part of Columbia that I grew up in is only a short 20 minute drive from the downtown Columbia area. So it was the perfect combination of growing up in the city as well as in a suburban area. One of Columbia's many claims to fame is that the University of South Carolina's campus is located right in the middle of the downtown area. So some of the most popular things to do in Columbia is to go to various events on campus, especially sporting events. Both of my parents attended the University of South Carolina for the undergraduate degrees and therefore I spent many days attending events on campus while I was growing up, especially football …show more content…
Recently, the zoo underwent major renovations to redesign the front entrance, add some new exhibits like sea lions and otters, add more sitting areas to enjoy the scenery of the zoo, new state of the art interactive technology, and overall just to make the zoo more aesthetically pleasing. Columbia also has wonderful museums including the South Carolina State Museum that just added on a planetarium, the Columbia Museum of Art, and EdVenture Children's Museum. All three of those museums are state of the art facilities, and are constantly rotating their exhibits in and out in order to keep exhibits and content new. While I was growing up, I took many field trips to the State Museum and the Art Museum and loved going to both of them because every time I would go, I would never see the same exhibit twice. So it definitely kept them both interesting to me, and made me want to go back. Unfortunately for me, the EdVenture Children's Museum was not built until I was in middle school, so I did not have the pleasure of going there as a child. However, I have been as an adult and it is really a neat learning, interactive museum for