I enjoyed and learn American culture such as food, exhibitions, and ride
at Spokane Interstate Fair.
First of all, I ate Gyros and Elephant Ear.
Gyros is a kind of Greek food with meat and vegetables. It was delicious. The meat was lamb. Although it
was a first experience to eat lamb, it was so tasty. I ate an Elephant Ear as well. It is not a real “elephant
ear”; it is dough with powdered cinnamon and sugar. It was so big, but I ate the whole of thing
with my roommate. After we finished eating, we were astonished at our appetite. Next, I saw many
exhibitions, because one of my teacher recommended me to see that. I learned the exhibition was held
by “4-H”. “4-H” is an organization like girl scouts. It gives some children many experiences to cook, and
to learn nutrition. One of the exhibition booths is a competition of big vegetables. I saw
surprisingly huge pumpkins. Finally, I
rode a ride. We get into a thing like a cage and turn it many times. It
looks more dangerous than Japanese ones so I wasn’t willing to ride, but I supposed it might be a good
experience for me. I rode on it with my friend.
On the ride, she screamed and finally cried. On the other
hand, I enjoyed it very much at last, because I saw a beautiful moon and sights on the top of the
ride. Spokane Interstate Fair was so fun and taught me a lot of American culture.
I had a good time visiting the Southwest USA with Extension students from 15 to 21, October. It was an education trip and I experienced new things and there was a lot of nature which is comfortable for me. I was looking forward to going on the Southwest trip for a long time. I have image that the Southwest is very hot but this place was cold than Spokane. It was interesting that the temperature was totally different in the same place. There were three emotions that I experienced on this trip. First, I was moved by the beautiful landscape of the Grand Canyon. It is absolutely enormous. When I look down the cliff, I remembered the teacher's caution for us that there are lots of people who die and I scared. I and my roommate wanted to see the sunrise so we tried to got up at 4:00 a.m. and then we could see the sunrise which was really fabulous. After that, we decided to rent a bicycle but we changed our mind and because we had lots of time. Surprisingly, we walked 10 miles aro...