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My Superb Southwest Trip

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I had a wonderful time taking a trip to the Southwest by an airplane on October 9 to 15 with students who are studying abroad together for four months. I visited Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Arizona, and the Grand Canyon to learn about the history and culture of the Southwest. It was my first time to go to such an amazing area. I actually have visited this area before so I was looking forward to going there again. There were three things that I enjoyed most on the trip.
Beautiful Santa Fe
First of all, the Plaza in Santa Fe was fabulous. I spent 2 days in Santa Fe so I was able to look around at everything. One of my goals was to communicate with Native people from Santa Fe because I am studying English. Surprisingly, before I went on this trip, I had thought anyone could sell jewelry in this area.  Although, only Native American can sell it. It is very traditional. I talked with a man who sells a lot of gorgeous jewelry about history of turquoise and stone. He talked me using easy English so I enjoyed it. I actually have been to Santa Fe 2 years ago. I was able to open a different angle compared with 2 years ago. I could not buy anything before, but I was able to get souvenirs and was really satisfied with everything this time. The cost of the jewelry was not expensive but reasonable. I hope I go to Santa Fe again. 

Second, in Santa Fe. I especially enjoyed Georgia O'keeffe museum. It is not such a big museum.  I couldn't wait to go. My teacher taught us about her before going on the trip in there. I like Georgia O'keeffe art. We used an app and saw her picture. If there was something I didn't know, I could press the rewind button and stop. It was very useful. I mainly like her pelvis series, red with yellow in 1945 because it represents sky. The sky is blue or white for our image. However, she painted orange and yellow. I was amazingly surprised. I took notes, While the guide explained people in the tour. You can see her pencil trace. After the tour guide spoke, I checked her information quickly. I was able to find the information. I also got goosebumps. It was really great. I will not be able to have insight like her.  I felt Santa Fe is a historical and artistic city. 

imaginative Georgia O'keeffe art 
Third, the Grand Canyon was awesome canyon. When I arrived at there, I could not believe the situation.  I wondered if this was the real Grand Canyon. The area was extremely huge so I rode a bicycle for the first 5 hours with some friends. When I researched the Grand Canyon on the Internet, it said to use a bicycle is the best way. Moreover, one of my hobbies is riding a bicycle so I was looking forward to riding it. I was very glad because there is a lot of nature and beautiful views. We had planned to go to Yaki point which is the best place to view the whole Grand Canyon. It usually takes about 30 minutes. Although, we stopped by many spots and took about an hour. As I expected it was surprisingly beautiful. I took about 50 pictures. These pictures are incredibly magnificent as if seeing real pictures. I spent all day at the Grand Canyon so I was able to see the sunrise. I cannot express how huge and considerable the sunrise is. I understood very much why everyone said you should go.
Amazingly The Grand CanyonTo sum up, compared with others states, south west is completely different. This is the first time for me to go many countries for a weak. I felt like it was only 3 days. I had the best excellent experience ever in my life.  My highlight is mostly the Grand Canyon. I will visit there one more time absolutely. It still inspires me so I will never forget this awesome memory.
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