Wayfarer

Wayfare

When I came to America this year, I could go to many places, get nice experiences and a variety of feelings. During this time, I also got and felt many wounderful things. I will tell about my wonderful Portland trip.

On the first day, we went to Columbia Basin College and The Columbia Gorge Discovery Center. Before we went there, we studied about Lewis and Clark. Our guide told us about Lewis and Clark and showed their items so I could image history and their backgraund cleary. These sections were drawing the 1800s. As if I come to the 1800s. I could feel their hardship from there. Columbia Basin College has a very large campus. It isn't like the school. We shared about our presentation topics. My partners gave me some advice about presentation. For example, If you explain Japanese words, you have to show pictures and presentation is a conversation so you have to pay attention to the audience and so on. I was really surprised at the CBC's system. My one of the partner is 17 years old now, she is taiking only a Japanese class at CBC and also goes to high school. I think their consciousness are very high. These things are very interesting to me.

On the Second day, we went to Willamettle Falls, McLougin house, Pioneer Cemetary, Tebo's restaurant, Reed College and Uwajimaya. These places were very nice. I especially like McLougin house, Pioneer Cemetary, and Reed College. I learnd about McLouge and his life from here.Their life style is very different from our life style. For example, they didn't make kitchen and bathroom in their house and when they moved the house, they used the horse. We couldn't believe that. Pioneer cemetary has many different shapes of graves that in Japan. They don't have a drinking fountain and don't use urns. Reed College has a beautiful campus. The tuition of college was very expensive, but the students could learn about many subjects here. The have a owner. It is students teaching each other. This style is different from Japan. Each college have unique characteristic.

Third and Forth day, we went to Saturday Market, Japanese American Memorial, Powell's city of book, Hockey Game and Multnomah Falls. The Saturday Market has a unique atmosphere. Almost all the shops were handmade items. For example accessaries, rings, necklace and sweater and so on. I could feel people's daily life. Japanese American Memorial had 2 Japanese poems and 11 American poems. They had a deep meaning. I felt Japanese Americans desperately resort to their human rights and thinking for American and American goverment from their poems.

I really enjoyed Portland traveling very much. All the places have deep and　important meaning. I could feel and experience many things from this trip. I'm happy to go on this trip so much. I could spend a good time and this portland trip is one of the great and amazing memory in my life.