New York

On Friday, we went to New York City which is 2 hours away from Philly. First of all, we saw Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. We got out of the bus in Liberty State Park and we took photos of the skyline and the Empire State Building. We found this impressive and amazing.

Then, we drove to Lower Manhattan where we saw the “National September 11 Memorial and Museum”. It is a memorial to pay tribute to the terrorist attack’s victims (firemen, policemen, employees working in the Twin Towers). A lot of the survivors are affected by lung diseases.

We had 2 free hours in Lower Manhattan for having lunch and doing shopping.

Later on, we went to Times Square: the giant advertissement screens were breath-taking, that was sooo beautiful and sooo big. Then we walked to M&M’s World on 7th Avenue. We bought a lot of M&M’s at the M&M’s fountain; that was so good.

Adele's and Margaux's weekend !

Adele :  On Saturday, I went shopping to the Mall with Marie-Line and Tasnim, it was fun and I had a good time. Later on, I went to the play at Friends' Central School entitled Sense and Sensibility written by Jane Austen. It was very long and I couldn't understand anything, but it was quite good because the actors were really talented. After that I went to a party with my partner and some of her friends and when we were at the party I met up with my friends there. On Sunday, I went to New York with my partner Chloe and her dad, it was amazing, I went to Manhattan in the district of Soho, close to Broadway, it was a really interesting and great experience.

Margaux : On Saturday, I went to an entertainment park called 'Six Flags' with Anna, her partner and some of her friends. It was one of the funniest day I had in America because the weather was sunny, the roller coasters were huge and the food was amazing. I had so much fun and I will keep wonderful memories of this day. For dinner, we ate in a Vietnamese restaurant. Then just like Adele, I went to the same party with all the French students and their partners and also with some actors of the play. Then I had a sleep-over to Anna's partner's house. On Sunday, I went to the Mall to buy my last presents with Anna and Sara my partner. At the end of the day, I went to Arnisa's partner's house and then we went in Philadelphia with her host family and her partner to eat in a restaurant. The food was amazing and I had so much fun for my last night in America.  

Anna's weekend

This past weekend, we did a lot of things : on Saturday, I slept until 07:00 am before we went to the Korean church with my patner to meet other people. Margaux came with me and we went to Six Flags, a huge adventure park. It was the first time I go on a adventure parkWe made a lot of attractions, like roller coaster. We  arrived really early, so there was no line to go on the rides. I was really scared at the beginning, but it was so coo l, I wanted to do it again. Especially for one of the biggest roller coasters of America, at first, I didn’t want to do it, but Margaux wanted me to go on  it with her and it would certainly be the only time that I would experience this attraction in my whole life. Moreover, nobody was waiting to do this. It was incredible, I was not feeling the gravity. After riding some other cars amusements, we went back to the car to eat : we all had a sandwich and a drink (CapriSun, really good taste). Where we finished eating, we came back to the adventure park to go on the last ride. It was a really great day. On the way back to home, we stopped in a Vietnamese Restaurant, were we bought noodles. It was pretty good. We came back home to put our things at home before going to Alex’s party, Guillaume’s partner. It was a nice evening.

On Sunday, we chill at home until 12:00 before Margaux’s partner pick us up and lead us first at her house and then at Springfield Mall to go shopping for the last time. I went to American Egale, and Target. Target is a really big Supermarket with food, clothings, decorations, etc …

Then, we came back home. This was my lats week end in Philadelphia, and it was pretty good.

Anna

My week-end

On Saturday, with Maya and our partner, we went to the Philadelphia Mall, to spend a ''little'' money. It is an enormous shopping mall with our favorite brands of clothes!!! We had fun and we bought a lot of things!

Later on, we went to the play at the high school. It was a play from the 18th century with awesome actors! ''Sense and sensibility'' lasted 2 hours. It was written by Jane Austen. I didn't understand everything but I laughed a lot! And finally we went to a party to celebrate the success of all actors and Guillaume's birthday!!

 My mother will  not be happy because 

I bought too many things!!

Estelle Lauret

                                                                   

Second Weekend in Philly

On Saturday morning my hostfamily and I went to iHop to have breakfast. iHop is a little restaurant where you can have breakfast, little snacks and sandwiches.

After this, around 12:00, Karishma’s mother and I went to the Springfield mall. There I bought a hoodie for myself, some creams at Bath and Body Works and some souvenirs for my family and friends. After the mall we came back home and rested for 1 hour. At 6:30 Karishma and I went to see the school play, there we met the whole group. The play ended at 21:00 and after we all went to the cast party at Guillaume’ partner’s house. All the cast from the play was there and it was really fun! It was a really good party :)

On Sunday we didn’t do a lot of things. We went to see Karishma’s brother playing tennis in Delaware. He was very good and won almost all of his matches. After the tournament we went to eat in a little restaurant near UDel. The food there was delicious. At 17:00 we took the car to come back home. I then packed my suitcase because tomorrow is our last day :(

Karishma's brother and father

Karishma's brother serving

Ashley Adouobo

Marie Line's & Tasnim's weekend

24th\25th October

On Saturday, we did some shopping in the second biggest mall in the United States, King of Prussia, a one-hour drive from Philadelphia. Then we went to Chloe’s, Adele’s partner, with Tasnim and Scarlett. We spent time there until the beginning of the play, performed at FCS. After the play, we were invited at Alex’s party where we met all the French students and the play’s actors.

On Sunday, Tasnim and I went to Target to buy our last things from America, especially food. After that, we ate at Max Brennen’s which is a well-known restaurant specialised in chocolate. We had such a good chocolate fondue with bananas, strawberries, chocolate chip cookies, milk chocolate, dark chocolate and toffee sauce. We couldn’t eat until the next day!! 

My last week-end in Philadelphia

      On Saturday morning, I went to a basket-ball game, my partner belongs to the winning team. After this game we were starving so we went to Taco Bell. Its the best mexican fast food. It was really really really big and terrific. I took a volcano box :-french fries.
-A big tacos.
-Two 'small' sandwiches.







        The afternoon we slept but during the evenning we saw a play organised by Friends'Central School. Later we went to a party organised by the Guillaume's partner, we celebrated Guillaume's birthday and we ate a really delicious cake.

         On Sunday morning we slept, in next we went to the Mall, I ate a cheesesteak at Tony's Luke'.
In a cheesteak we found melted cheese (I took provolone), steaks and onions.
We came back to house and the cousin of my partner brought us to shake shack, a famous burger maker : 
After it was the end of my last week end in Philly, a big thank you to my host who gave me the best hospitality that I could have.