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My Unforgettable Southwest Trip

By Anonymous
I had a satisfied time that I have never had. I went to Southwest with Extension students on October 10th through the 16th. This trip was a valuable experience for me, and I impressed some places.

Wonderful place, Santa Fe
First of all, Santa Fe was memorable place. Santa Fe is a capital city in New Mexico and the oldest city in U.S.A. Therefore, this city had a historical atmosphere. I went to three churches. These churches were very wonderful, but each museum has a quality all its own. I especially like Loretto Chapel, because there was a beautiful spiral staircase. Long ago, angels descended from the sky to top of the spiral staircase. I thought I’d like to hold my wedding ceremony such a fabulous chapel When I heard the story. After that, I went shopping with my friends around Palace of the Governors. There were many booths in the place. I bought pierced earrings for my friends. Those lovely pierced earrings are made sea shell. I’m pleased with them immediately. In addition, Santa Fe is famous for arts. Therefore, I visited three museums. I especially like The Museum of International Folk Art, because there were unique and cute exhibits in the museum. I liked an outlook on the world in exhibits. To sum up, I’m really glad that I could come here.

Group photograph in the university of New Mexico
Second, it was fantastic experience to visit the university of New Mexico and Laguna/Acoma high school. The reason is that I could make some friends at the university of New Mexico. We talked a lot about differences between America and Japan such as school life, the way of spending time after university and so on. A girl named Crystal has liked Japanese Anime. She has known about Japanese anime better than me, so I was surprised. She told me to want to visit Japan someday. We made a promise. The promise was that if she come to Japan, I would guide her some places where she’s interested in. I’m looking forward to going out with her. I also visited Laguna/Acoma school. I was amazed at a fact. It was American high school students looked more mature than us. I could not speak to them, because I didn’t know what I should talk, but they usually spoke to me. It was very happy for me. After that, we talked about each other and took pictures. In closing, it was very exciting memory for me to visit there.

Magnificent Grand Canyon 
Finally, Grand Canyon was impressive for me. I was amazed these scenery. The reason is that I have never seen such magnificent landscapes. At the same time, I felt that I am very small existence in the world when I saw this landscapes, because Grand Canyon was huge. I have often watched this place on the TV in Japan, but I thought it was the best to look at the view up close. I felt warmth and beauty of the sun for the first time in a long time when I looked at sunrise. The sky and cloud gradually changed color of pink. It had been very hard to wake up at 4 o’clock and kept stand the place until sunrise, but I could be present at the great moment thanks to getting up early. I like sunrise better than sunset, because the moment of sunrise was really amazing. I took a lot of pictures with my friends in front of grand scenery while I stayed there. To sum up, those are the best memories for me during Southwest trip.

In conclusion, I’m glad that I could visit Santa Fe, Grand Canyon and the university of New Mexico. This trip gave me to the greatest pleasure. I definitely will bring my family to New Mexico. I thought I’d like to share this experience with my family. This trip was good opportunity for me to know about America more and more.
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