Journal #19

There are many leisure time activities in the world to suit every kind of taste of taste and desire. My favorite leisure activity is traveling. I have traveled America, Canada, Australia, Italy, Turkey, and Greece. I have been to abroad once a year as an average since I was 20 years old. The country that I like the most among these countries is Italy because the country has a lot of great places to visit as a tourist. There are a few famous cities in Italy. Rome, the city of relic itself and also the great museum, calls travelers all over the world maintaining the history of two thousand years. The arcane harmony of cultural heritages crossing each historical era is lying in the city of history. Beside Rome, there are cities filled with beauty such as Vatican, Napoli, Pompeii, Cafri, Firenze, Pisa, Milano, Venezia and Verona. I took a great pleasure when I went to Italy in 2004 with my family. So I want to recommend you to visit Italy and see all the beauty. And If I have time, I want to travel Asian countries such as Japan, China, Taiwan, Thai, and Vietnam because I have never been to visited Asian countries.

Journal #18

Before I went to Boston for my spring break, I had many plans to do. I was going to move to eastern part especially New York or Boston after this semester because I have already been in California for a year, and I am very curious about life in eastern part. So I planned to go to house hunting and to seek my new language school when I go to Boston. But, actually I visited only one apartment and I didn’t get around finding other apartments and schools. When I arrived in Boston last Tuesday, my heart was throbbing with expectation. As soon as I arrived, I met my friend and her boyfriend at the airport. While I was going to have a dinner with them, I looked around the Boston city as a visitor. And I was happy to see lots of buildings of European style. But I can feel that there are not many activities that I can enjoy. Boston is very quiet and peaceful place. It might be helpful my study, but I expected more active things than Boston has. So, I didn’t walk around to seek my new apartment and school and I just enjoyed as a visitor. Of course, I had a very good time in Boston with my friend; however, I decided that I will go to New York for my summer.