Florida

Exercise 9 Travel Writing

            Spending an entire week in Florida gave me some fun in the sun while relaxing. I got to visit all four of the Disney World parks, both of the Disney World water parks, Sea World, and Universal Studies Orlando. I saw the rich history of true architecture put into all of the rides.

            I want to convey to the readers that, while going to all of these parks may be a bit expensive, it’s well worth the fun and enjoyment you get out of them. The destination is fabulous. What better place to be on vacation in the U.S. than Florida? It’s always warm and sunny and you can just lie out on the beach and relax all day, or go and see all of the sites. The experience lasts a lifetime. You won’t forget that week when you made that really smart choice of flying to Florida and spending the entire week having endless. There is almost too much to do in Florida.

Ultimate Underground Tour

           Did you know that many years ago, life underneath Cincinnati, yes, I said underneath, was thriving and the best place to be? We could’ve had a subway system just like New York does today! Mass transportation was huge back in the 1800s, and Cincinnati wanted to hop on the bandwagon, so they started construction for their very own subway system. Unfortunately, because of a lack of go-to attitude, it was never finished. It is the largest abandoned subway system in the United States. It is one of the city’s biggest embarrassments and failures. There have been proposals to complete it, but for now, it just sits there. Many Cincinnatians don’t even know that subway tunnels exist under their city. Cincinnati’s Underground life is a very fascinating thing. Besides the subways, we had a lifetime supply of beer under the city. This was the best place to store beer. It hid it from all of the cops and the rest of the people banning liquor above and it kept it really cold. It’s cold underground, no insulation, so it’s just like a giant fridge, except you can just walk right in and have plenty of room to stand around.

            If you like history and learning all about what used to go in your city, but you think you already know all about your city, you don’t, unless you’ve also gone on this tour. The Ultimate Underground Tour will show you everything that used to be under Cincinnati back in the day. You’ll learn all about the history, beer and even politics from the old days. The Ultimate Underground tour is just like the Underground Tour in that you see the same stuff, going through the old tunnels and seeing where they stored all of the beer, but what comes extra with the Ultimate Underground Tour is all of the rich history and facts you receive. The tour guides are fun and share the information in a way that is entertaining, informative, and easy to understand.

            I read two reviews on tripadvisor.com about this tour, and they both loved the tour. Sara said she went with some friends and they all really enjoyed it. Their favorite part was walking through the tunnels. She said that, “The guides were great fun.”  “The inside of the church was very pretty and I really liked seeing the Irish crypts.” “Of the tour companies, the people here were the nicest ones.”

            Another review from Holly was a positive one as well. Her favorite part was the old tunnels used to store beer in the 1800s. She said, “Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and entertaining throughout the tour.” “I’ve lived in Cincinnati my whole life and only recently found out about these tours.” “Very enjoyable.”

            So if you are looking for a great tour of Cincinnati that teaches you about the city under the city, look no further than the Ultimate Underground Tour! 

             

Foreign Cheese

Foreign cheese is yummy. There. Does that satisfy all who thought that this blog was strictly about cheese?

My Trip to Florida

I was in Florida this last weekend. It was amazing. I had so much fun. I got to hang out with one of my roommates from his camp and his dad. It was nice and warm. I flew into Ft. Lauderdale on Friday morning from Lexington. The flight was delayed an hour, and thank god it was. We got a half hour out from home and I realized I had forgot my passport, my only form of identification. So we had to race home and get it. Luckily, my mom called my dad and said that my flight had been delayed and we were going to make it just fine. Once I finally got into Ft. Lauderdale, we drove 4 hours to Orlando. We spent the night walking around Downtown Disney and looking at all of the cool shops. My favorite part of the night was getting pictures with Disney characters made of Legos. I got one with Woody and then one with Hulk.

            We spent the night in Orlando. The next morning, we got up bright and early to go to Disney World because the parks opened at 9 a.m. We started our day off at Epcot. It was really fun. The first ride we rode was the best one there. It is called Test Track. While you are waiting in line, you scan this card and create your own test model car. Then when you get up to the actual ride, you scan the card into the ride and it puts the data into the ride. Then on the ride itself, your car does a certain number of tests to make sure it is ready for market. Some of the tests include; Maneuverability, Responsiveness, and Power. The Power test was the best. We flew outside of the building and did a lap around the building almost reaching 70 mph. After spending the rest of the morning at Epcot, riding some more rides and walking through the food and wine festival where we had some amazing food from all over the world, we went over to Magic Kingdom.

            Magic Kingdom was amazing. Right away I realized that Magic Kingdom had many more rides than Epcot did. My favorites were Space Mountain and Thunder Mountain. Space Mountain was a really fast indoor roller coaster. The hill to start the ride had all of these really bright lights and strange space sounds, and then we got to the top and it was pitch black except for a few tiny star lights. You couldn’t really see anything. Once my eyes adjusted, I started seeing the entire track around me and I ducked because I thought I was going to hit it. Thunder Mountain was a roller coaster that kind of looked like a train. It was like we were going through the old mining towns. There was a Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor Comedy Show, but just as Mike Wazowski came out to start his bit of the show, it broke. He was stuck coming in and out of the door, I was so sad. That show was the thing I was most excited about. We ended the day with a Mickey Mouse Parade and a Fireworks Show.

Then on Sunday, we left Orlando and headed back to my friend Dylan’s house in Miami. We got back to Miami around 1 and just took a day off to relax. I watched the Dolphins-Patriots football game. We did a Google hangout with some other friends from camp who live in New York. Then we got together with our friend Chloe who also lives in Miami and got ice cream. We went to this really cool place where they used liquid nitrogen to make the ice cream, it was so delicious. That night; Dylan, his dad, and I went out to eat. We went to a really nice Cuban Restaurant where I got some Grilled Mahi Mahi with Beans and Rice. Then we went swimming back at Dylan’s house. The pool was freezing. We went in at night, so there was no heat from the sun, and the heater in his pool was broken.

On Monday morning Dylan’s dad dropped him off at school, and then took me to the airport. My amazing weekend trip to Florida was sadly over, but I had so much fun. Thanks Florida. As Mickey Mouse would say, “See ya real soon!”

              

Food Journal

            Hi, my name is Jean Philip. I am world famous travel writer. The thing people love most about my writing is all of the amazing foods I eat. I’ve visited every single continent on this planet and tasted hundreds of thousands of different food dishes, each uniquely linked to its culture. I’ve also met some really amazing people on my journey, some of them in really bad situations but still with the spirit to move ahead.

            My favorite place of all to visit is Costa Rica. They have some incredible food and simply breathtaking sights and views everywhere. They have three of my favorite foods ever; chocolate, smoothies and bananas. There is miles and miles of cocoa bean and fruit tree plantations, mostly banana, lining all of the streets. The people will walk up and down the plantations to pick the best fruits. By the end of the day, they will have walked for hours upon hours. Fresh fruit hand picked off of a tree is so much better and juicier than any processed fruits in a factory. Chocolate is so much better too when you know the chocolate has come from only the best picked cocoa beans. I actually got to talk to a few people on break at one of the chocolate plantations. The one man told me that they had worked since 5 in the morning and were exhausted. Costa Rica also has a lot of nut trees, one of the foods I can’t stand. Something about their weird texture and that they are almost too small to even chew makes me despise them.

            Another one of my favorites is America. They have worked hard to establish themselves as a top country in the world. They are sure catching the eye of the tourist with their amazing sites and bizarre combinations of food. They mix orange juice with sprite and meat loaf with apples. Besides some of their weird combinations, they have normal food as well, such as two more of my favorites; mashed potatoes and mac and cheese. These seem to be favorites by many people in this country. I ran into two people at a restaurant eating mashed potatoes and mac and cheese and asked them why they enjoyed it so much. They told me that it was comfort food on a nice, cold winter day. They traveled all the way from Switzerland just to eat here. The Americans also tend to serve a lot of asparagus at lunch and dinner, and milk for breakfast. Both of which I hate. Asparagus has no flavor to me and milk gives me horrible stomach aches.

            One thing I know I can find in every country I go to is gummy bears. Every country has their own altercation on it but they are all good. It’s pretty hard to screw up with gummy bears, just sugar and flavoring pretty much.

            Thanks for being a part of my journey by reading it. I hope you felt as if you were right there with me.