American Thanksgiving.....

For American Thanksgiving I went to go visit the Falzett's in Pennsylvania. It was a great week. I got to catch up on my sleep, enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving day (including watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, lots of delicious Turkey and even woke up at 5am to go see what "Black Friday" is all about). The week was very exciting. Tuesday, Frank picked me up at Newark Airport and we went into New York City for the day. We went to go see The Rockettes Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall; went to the massive Apple and Sony stores; ate at the Trump Grille in the Trump Tower where I met Donald Trump's right hand man, George, from "The Apprentice"; and toured NBC Studios.

The rest of the week was spent in PA. I had a wonderful time staying with the Falzetts. I stayed in the apartment above their garage and it was great to have the space and time to study, relax, and sleep. It was also a great change from eating at Craig Cafe. Thanksgiving was great. I got to see and visit with Brande's sister and her husband, mother, and father. All in all it was a great week to relax and prepare for final exams.

Monday, I took a bus back to NYC early and walked around, took a sightseeing bus around downtown. It was a good way to see a lot of the downtown area in a short period of time.

So.....after finally going to visit NYC, I need to circulate my resume and find a job there.

Savannah Georgia

This past weekend we went to Savannah Georgia with the International Club. I started off by driving a 15 passenger van to Savannah and we walked around by the river and at a Greek Restaurant. The following day we toured around the city. We also went to a jazz/blues club where Frank Sinatra, James Dean, and Sammy Davis Jr. Here are some pictures:

Trip to Washington, DC.....

For fall break, I went to Washington, DC. It was a really fun time. There were seven of us who went. We took the overnight train on Thursday and arrived early on Friday morning. We went to the Zoo on Friday. We visited all the monuments and a lot of the museums in the National Mall for the remaining days. We also went to the top of the Washington Monument (the obelisk in many of the pictures). Washington was amazing, it's a really cool city. We walked everywhere in the city and our hotel was at a great location, less than 10 minute walk to the White House and Monuments. All in all it was a very fun and relaxing week, a really good break from school.


Me with the Washington Monument in the Background

Christian, Katie, and Katie

Sunset

Me and the Lincoln Monument

Me, Katie, and Yael against the Washington Monument

Me, Katie, Katie, Christian, Cornelius, Sebastian, and Yael in front of the Washington Monument

Part of the World War II Memorial

Sebastian, Cornelius, Christian, and me in front of the South Carolina Pillar at the World War II Memorial

All 7 of us in front of Abraham Lincoln

Sebastian, Yael, Cornelius, and Me with a soldier statue

Me and Katie

Sebastian, Cornelius, Christian, and me in front of the White House

Group of 7 in front of the World War II Memorial and the Lincoln Monument

Group of 7 in front of the Washington Monument

Me and the Washington Monument (Taken from the Jefferson Monument)

Christian, George Bush, and Me

Group of 7

Group of 7 at Capitol Hill at Night

Sebastian, Christian, Cornelius, and Me

Katie, Me, Christian, and Katie in the Museum of Natural History

Me running away from a T-Rex - Museum of Natural History

Me in the Jefferson Monument

Me, Katie, Sebastian, Katie, Christian, and Cornelius with the Wright Brothers (Museum of Flight and Aerospace)

Group of 7 with Jefferson Monument

Yael, Christian, Sebastian, Katie, Katie, and Me with a lawn gnome we borrowed from a lady walking by.....

Group of 7 in front of Capitol Hill

Looking into space (Museum of Flight and Aerospace)

Group with planes (Museum of Flight and Aerospace)

Group of 7 in front of Capitol Building