Spring Break En.. I have to say it's not a long vacation but very enjoyable. I had a wonderful time with my friends. First , please forgive me absent from this blog for a long time. It's not a easy job to go sight-seeing....haha..
Now, let me write something about my break. Because this is my first year to be in NY, I haven't been to a lot of famous places before, like the Status of Liberty, the Emperor Tower and so on. So in the first few days, my friends took me to go to visit these famous buildings.
That was the first time I could really feel that why people call New York the capital of the world. The city is amazing. Each building in Manhattan is such high that I have to stand far away to see the top of buildings from ground. We went to a lot of places within about 3 days, the Broadway, Time Square, Emperor tower, St. Patrick Church, Fifth Avenue, Rockefeller Center, Washington Square, New York University, Status of Liberty and the most important thing, shopping!
I can only describe a few places because there were too much thoughts. First place I want to write is Status of Liberty. I think this is the most famous building in New York even in the whole US. When I was on the ship to go to the Liberty Island, I kept thinking the scene in Titanic whick Jack stood at the front of the ship try to image that he could see the Status of Liberty. I could even feel his excited. I try to do the same thing but the weather was too bad so that I have to give up.
Under the Status of Liberty, there is a museum which record every step during the building of the Status. It was really a hard job but good news was they finally did it! Through the museum, we can go up to the Status of Liberty. There are two elevator, but because of too many people waiting there, we chose to use the stairs. At that time I could feel how high the status really is, when I got the top, I was kind of sweating. On the Status of Liberty, we can see the inside of this famous building through a window on the ceiling. I am not very familiar on architecture but I have to say it is really a great work. Then we went out, standing on the Status of liberty, We can see the whole New York, the feel is not similar with the feeling standing on the emperor Tower, the sight is more broad, and the feeling is more stronger. The only bad thing was the weather. It was so cold and the wind was so so strong, almost 80% pictures I took from there with my eyes closed.
The second place I want to write is the St. Patrick Church. I heard it was one of the most beautiful church in New York and most important is that the movie “Spider Man” used to take scenes from there. I am not a Christian or Catholics. But I am really interested in the western religious. Maybe it was because of the book Davinci code. The Building is so pretty. It was the Gothic style and if you see from higher place, you will find that the church is like a cross. I never know a church can attract such a lot visitors like I saw in St. Patrick. There were a lot of polices who busy with checking each visitors bag.
I saw a lot of religious figures there, like St.Johns, St. Louis, Mary….. Each of them seemed have a story but I don’t know. That time I decided to read some books about western religious, I am really very attracted by this. I also saw a lot of people praying there. No matter poor or rich, they sat together. At that time, they have no differences. This is the power of a religious. People are all very generous in church. I saw a lot of people donate money to the church. Most of the money is a hundred dollars.
These are only a part of my break. I also went to Washington D.C later. But I think I’d better remain something for next poster. Hehe…
By the way, Professor Gail, Can you help me to correct my mistakes in this passage?Thank you very much!!