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IC T squared: Tierra Tiffany Isabel Christiana

We are looking forward to go see the Quincy Marketplace because there are alot of stores in the marketplace and we are excited to go shopping.

Day 1: Today we all rose bright and early to catch our 6:00 AM flight from San Diego to St. Louis. After checking in our luggage and going through security, we all boarded the plane. Because of turbulence from a storm, that flight turned out to be over 3 hrs. long, but we passed the time listening to music and playing games. When we finally arrived in Missouri, we had an hour at the airport before our next flight (which would bring us to Boston). After this flight, we were ready for our dinner in Quincy Market Place. We all enjoyed eating in the beautiful (and cold) Boston weather which was a nice change from the San Diego weather we're all used to. By:Christiana Mojica



Day 2: First thing that we did today was wake up at 7:00 am eastern time. We all went to the 2nd floor to have a nutritious breakfast. Next, we all got onto the bus and drove to Plimouth Plantation and go see a reenactment of the Pilgrims and Native Americans. Now we went to go learn some information on Harvard University and actually go walk on the campus. It was such a beautiful campus. Following Harvard we went to Lexington,to learn about how the British were tired once when they got to the battlefield. After we went to Lexington, we went to Concord to learn about more of the battle information. Then we went to go have a delicious dinner at the Hard Rock cafe. After we had some time to go walk around Quincy Market. We met at 7:55 pm to go on our bus ride and drove back to our hotel. Then we ended the night by falling asleep at 10:00 pm. -Tierra Falo

Day 3: Today is the first day that were in New York. In the morning we woke up, and got dressed. After wards we went down to eat breakfast. We took our luggage to the lobby, and me (Isabel), Tierra, Tiffany P, Imani, Marcos, Alex, Katie, and Amanda P. went to Starbucks. When we got back we put our luggage in the bus. We went to the freedom trail, and visited Paul Reveres house and his tomb. We also saw the Franklins tomb, and John Han cock's tomb. Then we went to the old North Church where lanterns were lit to let the rebels know if the British were coming by land (1 lantern) or by boat (2 lanterns). We then went to the Quincy Market Placeto get something to eat. Then we got on the bus and drove for 4 hours to get to New York. Once there we went to check into our rooms, we got room 822. We settled in, and then went to Town Square to walk around. At 6:45 we ate dinner at Subueue, an Italian Restaurant. Then we went to Top Rock, but never got in, we'll go tomorrow. We went close to the skate rink, and then we went back to the hotel. When we were in our room we went to visit our friends in the other rooms. This is what we did today. -Isabel Lopez

Day 4: We are still in New York and we got a wake up call at 7 in the morning. We all had to be down by the lobby at 8:15. Once everyone was there we walked to breakfast at Mama Sbarro's. After breakfast we walked to the top of the rock. After we finished looking at the view of New York we took a subway to lunch at Shake Shack. After lunch we walked around Central Park. It started raining. When it stopped raining a little we walked to the candy store name Dylan's. Then we had free shopping time. Me, Tierra, Marcos, Ashley, Alex, & Kenny walked around then went to H&M, Hollister, Juicy Couture, then waited until 4:30 to meet up with our groups.When we had everybody we walked back to our hotel to get dressed for the Phantom of the Opera. We all went down to the lobby at 5:40 and walked to dinner. I had steak, it was good. Once we finished we went to the Phantom of the Opera. I thought it was boring. When it was finally over we walked to have pizza. Finally we walked back to our hotel. It was around 12 when we got back. What a tiring day, overall it was fun. -Tiffany Pham

Day 5- Goodbye New York! To finish our stay in the "city that never sleeps", we took the first few hours of this morning to visit Ground Zero, Battery Park, and Wall St. It was amazing to get a first-hand look at all of these things. No matter how many times you see photographs of something, you can't possibly get the full effect like when you get to see it for yourself as we did today. After this sightseeing, we hopped on our bus to head to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. We finished up "Remember the Titans", watched "Napoleon Dynamite", and started "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows P1" during the 4 hour drive. When we arrived in Pennsylvania, our first stop was to Gettysburg National Park and the new Gettysburg Museum. We had the privilege to walk around the museum and observe the various Civil War artifacts, and even to have a guided bus tour of the Gettysburg battlefield itself. We learned a lot from our tour guide who had a good sense of humor and was fun to watch. Sadly, I embarrassed myself during the tour when for a minute I accidentally joined another group that was also visiting....oops...But it was okay. I laughed it off, and the rest of the tour went very well. I can't properly describe the feeling I had when I stood on ground that was once wet with the blood of men. And these weren't JUST men- these were husbands, fathers, sons, friends; all of which fought and died on that same ground that I stood on. It was just absolutely unreal.



Day 6: Well, it's our first day here in Washington D.C. We've already seen many monuments. We saw the Jefferson Monument, the Washington monument, and the Lincoln Monument. Wow, Lincoln was way bigger than I thought! Before we actually got here to Washington, we went white water rafting. It was AWESOME! If we had this back in California I would go on it every single day. It wasn't what I expected, I thought it was going to be easy. I thought we were just barely going to be peddling. When we acually got the first current, I was thinking "Wow, this is what they call a current, this is so easy!" But what I didn't know was that, that was a level 1 current, pretty soon we got to the more harder ones. On the current "Bulls Tail" I felt like I was about to fall down, but oddly I was still not scared. During the rafting we stopped to eat lunch, we had potato salad, and chicken. Before seeing the monuments we went to eat dinner at Armand's Chicago Pizzeria. We got a couple of minutes to see the monuments. After wards we checked in to the "Marriott" hotel. IT WAS REALLY HOT TODAY! Right now we're just here getting ready for bed, and talking. This is what we did today! -Isabel Lopez

Day 7: Well today is our 2nd day in Washington. I woke up at 7:10 and we all went down to the lobby by 7:30. We took the metro to go to breakfast at the Union Station. I had Nothing but Donuts. Then we took the metro again to the Capitol building. After we walked to the Smithsonian Museum and had lunch there at McDonalds. After me, Tierra, Isabel, & Ashley walked around the museum. Then after me, Tierra, Kenny, Alex, Imani, Ashley, and Marcos walked around outside for a little. Then me, Isabel, Tierra, Ashley, & Alex went to the Natural History Museum and went back to hang out at the grass at 3:10. We stayed there for an hour just sitting there. Then we took the metro to Arlington National Cemetery. After that we took the metro again to Fashion Centre at Pentagon City for dinner. I had Panda Express. When I finished I went shopping around. Then finally we took the metro to Roselyn then walked to our hotel. When we got back we went in the pool. Overall it was a good day even though it was extremely hot and tiring. We did a lot of walking. Well it's our last night and I wish it didn't end. -Tiffany Pham