ENGLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This past weekend we were in London for my brothers birthday, it was so cool, but instead of writing everything twice, I will let you guys read my field trip report:

Field Trip Report
Written by, Tessa Sydnor
5/10/09


England

On May eighth we drove to London from Calais, France, it was raining that day, and my mood was similar. I was looking forward to London, but I was not looking forward to a morning in the car.
Once we arrived at our destination, I stepped out of the car and was blown away. It was still drizzling, but everything was beautiful. From the first morning England fascinated me, there was an air about the land, you could feel the ancient history that had formed this land into what it is today.

That same day we went into the inner city of London to take a bus tour. That was so much fun, it was wonderful to see all the places I had read about in my books. It always amazed me how many books are set in London, but now I understand. There are so many faces to London, we drove through areas that looked prestigious and old, we drove by modern houses made of glass, or areas filled with stores for Goths and Hippies.

The thing that left the deepest impression on me was that everybody spoke English. I never thought it would be that wonderful to hear it and see it all around me. Up until that moment I hadn’t realized just HOW much I had missed it.

When I think of Ireland, France, Austria, even Germany and Hungry, it is their landscape that most impresses me. But, when I think of England, I do not think of the green rolling hills, or the soft rain falling upon the fields, I think of the people and their history.

Facing this upcoming move, to who knows where, I was struck with conflicting thoughts in London. I would love to move there, speak English, live English. But then there are these other thoughts, that tell me it is wrong to want that, I am an MK, and the fate of MKs is to live where you speak a different language, and where it’s not necessarily comfortable to live. Right?
All I can say is that the trip to England has reaffirmed my wish to study and live in the States, and for once have a home for longer that 5 years.

And it didn’t hurt that they had Ben and Jerry’s icecream in London!



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