Since we arrived in NC, my son and I have visited some places in the US. We have traveled in NC to visit friends, go shopping, and have fun. The first out of state trip we took was to Washington, DC. It was a wonderful trip !
We left North Wilkesboro on Wednesday and returned on Sunday. The six-hour trip was great. We were six people, 4 adults and 2 children, so we rented a van and took turns driving. We stayed at a hotel and in the morning we took a shuttle to the nearest subway station. We were not confident to drive around Washington, so we took the subway to visit some monuments and museums there.
Washington DC is awesome! There are lots of museums, monuments and attractions there. http://www.thedistrict.com/
Above you can see some of them. Our friends, Carlos(from Peru), Leigh and Matthew(New Zealand), Anderson(Brazil), my son and I(Brazil) had a lot of fun!:)
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Marie,
What a blog renovation! It's looking good and I see you've been working on it and daring, trying things out.
Thanks for sharing with us your trip to DC. Rodrigo, the kids and I also had a wonderful time in Washington and then in NY when we met you all!
Our photos are at http://flickr.com/photos/carlaarena/sets/72157604249165322/show/
Fantastic space you're creating here!
María da Luz!
Wow! I am tremendously impressed with the changes you've made on "Interacting and Sharing"—and I'd say, by the way, that you're definitely interacting and definitely sharing!
I especially enjoyed the link to the Washington, DC slide show and your visitor map.
As you have (I hope) noticed, I'm one of your followers! I'm really glad that we've made a connection, and I've thoroughly enjoyed the exchanges of ideas that we've had so far.
I've also visited Washington, DC, but I didn't see as much as I would've liked because I was there on a business trip and so my time to go sightseeing was limited.
I hope you and your son have a wonderful weekend and enjoy the fall weather in North Wilksboro!
Best wishes, as always—
Dennis in Phoenix
Thank you, Carla and Dennis!
I am privileged to have you two here.
Traveling is one of my passions. Last year when we got here, we found NW too quiet, so we decided to travel around and to other states. The first place we went to was Boone, NC, which is about 45 minutes from here. It is a lovely and exciting town, busier than here and has some cool activities to do. For example, you can go skiing in winter. There is also the Appalachian University - http://www.appstate.edu/.
Then we went to Washington. The other places we visited will be posted in the blog soon.
This year we are quieter and we decided to enjoy North Wilkesboro. We have found out some cool things (bowling, skating, movies, festivals) to do here.:) What about in Phoenix, Dennis? What do you like to do there?
Hi, Maria. How nice are your photos! I missed Washington when I saw your video! I didn't tell you I was in Washington last April. I spent 15 days with 08 students and other teacher taking part in a project named Ambassadors of hope. I suffered a lot last year to raise money at my school to get the airfares but we got it, thank God! Later I can tell you more about my experince and the way i paricipated in this project! Congratulation for your trip there! Humm... I miss the wonderful cultural places like museums,the capital, the library of congress,Smithsonia and others. I loved your idea to share experiences and join projects about blog between our schools. I will talk to you better about this subject, ok? See ya around! Hugs!
Dear Cleverson,
I did not know you came to Washington. Did you bring a group of students here? Awesome!
Which was your favorite museum there? Next time you come, stop by North Carolina for a visit. You are very welcome here!
You know we should start our project by writing about our students. Currently, I teach at 2 Elementary Schools. I have small groups aged 6-10. I have pull out groups, that is, they are pulled from their classes with the homeroom teacher. I have an ELI group - that one has one hour class everyday. Most of them were born here, but because of language gap they have ESL classes.
What about your groups? How old are your students? Do you think the age difference is a problem?
I look forward to hearing from you.
Best regards,
Maria da Luz
Hi, María da Luz.
If you feel privileged to have Carlinha and me as participants in your blog, I can only reply that I feel privileged to know you and to enjoy your blog!
I once knew someone from Applachian State, but that was many years ago; I think we were on an e-mail discussion list, but I don't remember. One thing I do remember is that Applachian State was kind of a "people's university" at that time and had a strong community outreach program. I just visited the website, and ASU seems more conventional now, but I noticed that community service and outreach are still major concerns. I also remember that "way back when," there was a focus on small classes and on students getting to know their professors. This has apparently continued, which is admirable.
I look forward to hearing more about your activities in NW!
Re "What about Phoenix? What do you like to do there?," I offer the following:
Phoenix is a large city (more than a million people in Phoenix proper, over four million in the greater Phoenix area) and is the 13th largest city in the U.S. (see this Wikipedia article).
Phoenix has grown rapidly in the past four or five years and was once the fastest-growing city in the country! Greater Phoenix is sprawly in most areas: you go directly from Phoenix proper to "satellite cities" with no clear-cut boundaries. If you look at this map of the greater Phoenix area, you'll see Glendale and Avondale. I live in northwest Phoenix south of Glendale and east of Avondale in an "urban village" called Maryvale.
I'm not able to get out and around very well, but some of the places that I used to enjoy visiting are the Heard Museum, the various shopping malls, the Phoenix Art Museum, the main branch of the Phoenix Public Library, and various outlet stores. I also enjoyed visiting ethnic "urban villages" like Guadalupe (since it's a center of Yaqui culture).
Of course, I also enjoyed visiting other places in Arizona—for example, Montezuma Castle, Sedona, Jerome, Tucson, the White Mountains, and of course the Grand Canyon. I'll tell you more about these places in another post.
All the best!
Dennis
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