Melissa and the International Spartans

Visiting unfamiliar cities or exploring new places often leads me to unexpected discoveries and learning experiences. So today, I’d like to share my trip to Chicago. My trip started from 6 AM on this past Friday. It took us about 4 hours to drive from Michigan to Chicago, but we enjoyed the conversation in English because talking with our coordinator, Mark, is always meaningful and valuable to us. We were in Chicago before we noticed. Soon we had lunch and then went to an architecture boat tour on the Chicago River. I was really impressed by the Chicago architecture boat tour. Seeing the high-rise buildings and skyscrapers from the river gave me a whole new perspective on the city. The guide’s explanations were both informative also challenging and made the experience even more interesting. Next, I went to the Chicago history museum because I wanted to learn more about Chicago history. The exhibit about the Great Chicago Fire in the Chicago was both powerful and informative. It helped ...

     I went to Frankenmuth with my family yesterday. Frankenmuth is a German village in Michigan that was built in 1845. F ranken muth is located northeast of Lansing and t ook about an hour to reach by car .         When it comes to the history of this village, German church people came here to spread Catholicism . They came with a religious purpose , not just for immigration. At first , agriculture was the main industry in this area, after 1960, it was decorated like a small Bavaria town in Germany. Since then, the village has changed into a tourist destination . Germans wanted to preserve their tradition such as religion, culture, and living style, so they followed German traditions in schools, churches, and social rules. They followed strict Lutheran lifestyle, and they used German language for a long time .         When I traveled there, I felt like it was a small village in Germany . The signbo...