Autobiographic Incident
During the summer following my freshman year of high school, I took a trip to Italy, Greece and Turkey. I had more fun on this trip than I have ever had on any other trip in my life. We were gone for about two weeks, and this trip included a week long cruise. We spent two days in Greece and three in Turkey, and the rest of the time in Italy. We sang on the gondolas in Venice, and we spent our last five nights in Rome. Rome had the scent of food and you could smell the sweetness of all the gelato stands nearby.
This trip was the best experience of my life. I got to do things that many people get the chance to do. I got to see lots of ruins, and including the Coliseum, the Parthenon, the Pantheon, and I got to stand on top of the acropolis in Greece. We took a trip to St. Peter’s Basilica and took a tour of the Sistine Chapel, the colors were all so bright and vivid, and everything caught your eye. The Sistine Chapel is like a huge, endless mural.
On the last day of our trip, right before we left, we got the opportunity to sing in St. Peter’s Square for Pope Benedict. It was 107 degrees at 9 in the morning; the sun was as hot as a sauna. The Pope blessed us and we got to take pictures with him.
Italy, Greece and Turkey are filled with unforgettable sights, sounds and scents. All of these countries are heavily populated, so you constantly see tons of people walking. The smell of cigarette smoke fills the air. A quarter of the people roaming around on the streets are homeless and you hear lots of people shaking cans in your face demanding money. All of these countries have many downfalls to them, but this trip was a great experience for me to understand their culture a lot more and to learn to love it. Italy is a beautiful place and I would love to go back again.
During the summer following my freshman year of high school, I took a trip to Italy, Greece and Turkey. I had more fun on this trip than I have ever had on any other trip in my life. We were gone for about two weeks, and this trip included a week long cruise. We spent two days in Greece and three in Turkey, and the rest of the time in Italy. We sang on the gondolas in Venice, and we spent our last five nights in Rome. Rome had the scent of food and you could smell the sweetness of all the gelato stands nearby.
This trip was the best experience of my life. I got to do things that many people get the chance to do. I got to see lots of ruins, and including the Coliseum, the Parthenon, the Pantheon, and I got to stand on top of the acropolis in Greece. We took a trip to St. Peter’s Basilica and took a tour of the Sistine Chapel, the colors were all so bright and vivid, and everything caught your eye. The Sistine Chapel is like a huge, endless mural.
On the last day of our trip, right before we left, we got the opportunity to sing in St. Peter’s Square for Pope Benedict. It was 107 degrees at 9 in the morning; the sun was as hot as a sauna. The Pope blessed us and we got to take pictures with him.
Italy, Greece and Turkey are filled with unforgettable sights, sounds and scents. All of these countries are heavily populated, so you constantly see tons of people walking. The smell of cigarette smoke fills the air. A quarter of the people roaming around on the streets are homeless and you hear lots of people shaking cans in your face demanding money. All of these countries have many downfalls to them, but this trip was a great experience for me to understand their culture a lot more and to learn to love it. Italy is a beautiful place and I would love to go back again.
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