Euphoria running through the length of my body instantly after clicking buy. I could not believe, that in a few months I will be traveling, with my younger brother to the old continent. This was the first time we took a trip to another place other than Mexico. This made me feel nervous and excited about the unknown. The entire trip was exciting, from the departure to the connecting flights, our stay in Madrid and our dreaded returning flight back home. Our journey began on a cold Monday morning. We were flying from John Wayne Airport. From John Wayne we flew to O’hare international. Where we only had fifty minutes to find the next flight. Luckily, the next plane, we had to board was in the same terminal, which gave us enough time to use the …show more content…
At last at around eight in the morning we landed in Madrid. The first thing we had to was to go through customs which only took about five minutes. The coolest part was that we got our first visa stamps on the blank pages of our passports. After going to customs we went to go figure out the route of the line of the metro he had to take. As soon as we figured out which route we needed to take we started headed towards the metro not realizing how the weather was since we have not been outside, since the previous day at John Wayne Airport. Furthermore, during the ride in the metro, reality began to hit me while listening to the different accent the Spanish I heard. Which is an entirely different accent from what I am used to hearing in Southern California. It went from guey to chaval or tio which has similar meaning of friend. In addition, while noting the differences of accents, I went on my phone to check what I directions wrote the night before the flight. When I began to read the directions I had no idea what I was looking at. I felt disoriented trying to decipher the words on my phone, which felt like I was trying to read in Russian. Luckily, in the metro there are maps to help people figure out where they need to go. We got off on the next stop to try to …show more content…
by that time we were starving and we could not check in to our hotel until 2 p.m. Being in the center of Madrid we were surrounded by many restaurants so we had it easy. We stepped into a warm and cozy restaurants where we ordered what we should what any good American should order a satisfying and fulfilling American meal, a hamburger with a beer. We were at the restaurant for approximately an hour taking our time finishing our hamburger. Afterwards, we went to a park which was in front of our hotel, we only stayed there for an hour. One thing that was holding us back was that we were carrying our backpacks, which were light, but that day it seemed like they weighed twice as heavy. We could have left our backpacks at the hotel prior to our check in, but we were cautious about leaving our luggage due to theft. Instead, we took our backpacks with us, while we went of exploring the center of Madrid. We went walking even though we had no sense of direction. The reason was to waste time walking and seeing new sights as our bodies weaken and our eyelids began to anchor down. Of course we had to come back to really appreciate the sights better when we were rested. Finally it was time to check in to our hotel and rest for a while. We checked in at exactly 2 p.m. at we were finally going to give our bodies the proper rest that our bodies had been deprived from. As soon as we set foot in our room with the last bit of energy
Again I was struggling not to let myself down and to learn the concepts of the new country. At first everything was hard; I had a lot of difficulties on all my classes due to the lack of reading and understanding the language. I remember when my 7th grade English teacher handed me the book “A Child Called It” by Dave Pelzer; I was stuck in the first page “I’d never realized so many words existed!”(Malcolm X 432).I kept solving my problems by myself, using the dictionary, searching words on the internet, and comparing some Spanish words with English ones. For some reason I didn’t like when people tried to translate and when the school tried to assign me Spanish tutors. I felt that getting help in Spanish wasn’t any good and it just disrupted my learning. Even though school was hard “I refused to fail. I was smart. I was arrogant. I was lucky.” (Alexie 447).I accomplished my goal of passing 7th grade. During the summer I used to go to the library and read books, because I didn’t understand most of them, and I found reading in English innocuous for the first month. After I got the handle of reading and writing once again, I felt confident of myself, and my life came back to normal.
Thank you so much for your positive and reassuring words of wisdom. Indeed, without support from peers, friends, relations and others who are expecting only the best from us, the journey would be a mammoth task. Through hard work and a can-do attitude, anything is possible.
It was still about five hours until our flight and Alfred looked starved after going without food for an hour. We found a parking spot to abandon his car in until we came back from the trip. The bus to the terminal took a while, but it did not justify waking up so early for the 11 o’ clock flight. It wasn’t until we got inside that I found out just how much the airport has changed. We checked in our luggage and printed out our tickets at this machine that scanned our passports. We went up an escalator to find our gate, but before we could get to it there was this huge line we had to go through.
We got up in the morning and left for the airport. We had become professionals at packing and unpacking, exiting and entering hotels, jumping in cabs, trains, and planes. I felt like a world-class traveler.
Panic, anxiety, and most importantly, fear, engulf Ship-Trap Island as Sanger Rainsford attempts to escapes a merciless hunter that believes murder is simply a sport. With limited previsions, protection, and weapons, the prey is constrained from his chances of fleeing from the beast that lurks within General Zaroff. Along with each step he takes, Rainsford tries to keep his composure, knowing that a single flaw will potentially make him encounter the fate of death.
Lone star is a contemporary western set in Texas in the 90s. The film reflects themes of police corruption, immigration and the inter-cultural relations in a small border town. The film captures the backstories of different characters and intertwines them together through their interpretation of history and community.
Have you ever wondered about the experiments performed on humans during the Holocaust? Dr. Josef Mengele, or more commonly known as the Angel of Death, was one the the infamous doctors to experiment and torture humans, more specifically, children, twins. Dr. Josef Mengele is a man of pure evil who was devoid of all feelings for the young twins of Auschwitz. The following paragraphs will tell you about Josef Mengele and his crimes.
Feelings of pain, euphoria, and pleasure all can come from the body’s natural pain killers, endorphins. The history of endorphins dates to the 1960’s, when a researcher named Choh Hao Li accidentally discovered them in the pituitary gland. Since they didn’t pertain to his current research, he didn’t study how they work until later. Endorphins were found later at pain receptor sites (also called the opiate receptors) in the brain and linked to being released by the pituitary gland when the body is under extreme stress. (R. David Cole, 1996)
The airport in Los Angeles was crawling with travelers, dragging their luggage and scurrying across the terminals like ants in a massive nest. Jackson, my nephew, had no idea that he was meeting in Los Angeles; he thought we would be meeting in Seattle, just as we usually did. I wondered if he would notice the palm trees and the stifling heat in the middle of December and know immediately. With these thoughts wandering my head, I sat impatiently by the terminal where his plane was supposed to land.
After a few minutes of walking we got tow the old wire fence. So much memories passed by my head, when I saw the fence. There was a big hole underneath the fence, we crawled into it, we were on the other side. I had dirt on my knees, I cleaned it up. A few minutes passed and a women, who Roberto has contacted before we started our trip. Roberto had payed her alot of money, almost all of his savings, to get to Santa Maria. We drove for about 1 and a half days.
In Spanish class today, Mr. Argotta explained a new project, whoever he believes creates the best vacation plan to Mexico, will receive a ticket to Mexico and go on their vacation that they created. I’ve always wanted to travel the world, and now I can finally get my chance. I’m so excited! After school today, I went down to the bookstore to work my shift. The store was slow, so I decided to get a start on my Mexico project. I found some books about Mexico and sat down in the corner on the beanbag chair and started researching. As soon as I started working, I heard a noise from the backroom. I ignored and went back to work, but then I kept hearing it again. I raced to get the phone at the counter and dialed 911 with my shaky hands. All of a
Thesmophoria was a festival held in the honor of the goddess of harvest in the Greek religion known as Demeter. This festival was usually celebrated by women in the most part of the Greek world. Demeter Thesmophoros meaning still remains controversial aspect due to the different explanation of its meaning. However, some reliable resource gives a possible transition of this name as the bringer of wealth or treasure. Some scholars argue that the term Thesmophoria is the one which the epithet of the goddess was derived from. Thesmophoria is a Greek word meaning carrying of thing laid down. Though this festive was being practiced in the most part of the Greek world, it was purely a women’s festive. As such, the different interpretation of the meaning of this festive has been there one of them being that this festive was for honoring the goddess of harvest or agriculture Demeter and the other meaning being to please the goddess referred to as Demeter in order for her to increase
The 14-hour flight felt short maybe due to the excitement or the fear of feeling alone, but as soon as I opened my eyes we had arrived. I saw my mother immediately as she came to give me a hug, she was with a man who I had not yet met, he familiarized himself with me stating himself as my mother's boyfriend Neil. Carlo left with his wife soon after and Neil drove us to my new home. We stopped over for food at an In-N-Out, my first attempt at eating at an American fast food restaurant. Hearing and seeing the faces in that restaurant sent a startling shock to my spine, sweat slowly accumulating inside the palms of my hands. We approached the lady behind the register as she asked for what we wanted to order. Her voice seemed almost unnatural to me, her hair looked seemingly blond, and her eyes were blue, features I had not before seen. When the food arrived the portions of the burger were unlike the size of those in the Philippines, strangely this to me this made the world felt as though it was larger as I compared it to the fast food I enjoyed daily back home. When we finally arrived at the house I had noticed it was already past twelve which was odd as I left the Philippines around a similar time. I was not yet tired and my mother did not want to leave me alone to sleep by myself so she set up a bed for us in the living room. It was when we laid down that a greater realization struck me as to why my aunt was crying. My aunt and cousins were gone. I do not
Ecstasy is a pill formed drug that stimulates the brain to release stress and also to get high. Eecstasy pills contain different drugs such as methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), they can also be a mix of amphetamine, paramethoxyamphetamine (PMA), ketamine, NBOMe, methylene or other substances. people usually tend to take it at hardcore parties. (Google, {2015})
My family and I were so excited that we didn't even sleep the night before. We spent our Thursday night watching movies and talking about what are plans were for the trip. Once the clock hit 4 o'clock in the morning , we left our house and were on our way to the airport. The airport was quiet and peaceful. I could smell the freshly brewed coffee once I set foot in the airport. We checked in, then waited patiently for our flight to board. Suddenly we heard on the overhead speaker, “Flight to New York, New York is now boarding, Flight to New York, New York now boarding.” Once we boarded the plane, we settled in and got comfy. The flight was fairly smooth with little turbulence and the sweet sound of babies crying filled my ears. Once we heard the pilot's voice telling the crew to prepare for landing, my excitement grew big.