Today was the day of new memories and experience. Our group has visited The U.S. Capitol, The White House, The Embassy of Kazakhstan, American University, Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Martin Luther Memorial, Franklin Donald Roosevelt Memorial, and U.S. Marine Corps War memorial.We gained valuable knowledge and unforgettable memories. While learning the history, we learned the culture. While learning the culture, we had fun. :)
Waking up early, we ate our breakfast. Soon after we were done, at about 7:30 we filled the bus for our, yet to come, amazing journey. First stop was at the United States Capitol.
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| Going to the U.S. Capital |
When we arrived to the U.S Capitol, we were given a small introduction by our guide, Jennifer. She talked about the statues and the history of the building; knowledge we couldn't get regularly like the special evacuation rooms. Right after that we watched a small movie about the Capitol's history and took a tour through some parts the building.
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| One of the statues |
Not only we learned a lot of new things in the tour, but we had our "meeting new people" experience. During the tour and completely accidentally Jasmine and Ildar met a guide that spoke 60 languages!
We continued our journey and the next stop was the White House.While we observed the surroundings, our guide Jennifer talked about the White House. There we took some photos, and went to the gift shop.
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| The view of the White House |
After seeing the White House, we headed to the Embassy of Kazakhstan. It turned out we were not expected to come, but we still got a warm welcome.
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| Golden Man |
We were shown around and explained about Kazakh culture. We shared our thoughts and ideas, our experiences and memories with others.
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| Kazakh Culture |
After taking some photos, and sharing our thoughts we headed to the American University.
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| American University |
Guided by Jennifer and her friend, we were shown around the campus. We also got a chance to learn about the university itself.
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| Inside the AU, getting overall explanation |
After seeing the university we headed to have lunch. For lunch, we stopped on a street with different and diverse restaurants. We were given one hour to go eat and return to our meeting place. So most of the people strolled down the street until we found a place to eat (actually, we just followed Mr.Smalley and the others.)
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| Bianca eating Ceasar salad and a sandwich |
After lunch, we went to visit Thomas Jefferson memorial, Franklin Donald Roosevelt memorial, Martin Luther memorial, and U.S. Marine Corps War memorial.
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| Thomas Jefferson memorial |
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Franklin Donald Roosevelt's statue
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| Linda and Jasmine coming to the river side after visiting the Franklin Donald Memorial |
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| Bianca taking a picture of Seo Young and Yash near the Martin Luther statue |
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| The U.S. Marine Corps War memorial |
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For dinner we ate at Meiwah Restaurant, a famous Chinese restaurant. After that we've returned back to the hotel and most of the people took a shower, packed their bags, and went to sleep. This day was exciting in its own way. We got to go on several tours, visit many memorials, get unforgettable memories, take extraordinary pictures, learn new things and have fun!
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By Adel and Nastya
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