Pennsylvania

Today is my last day being in America! Wow! It's so incredible to think of it like that, but it's really true! So, I thought I would catch all my readers (Hi Mom and Dad) up on my adventures in Pennsylvania and D.C. orientation! So, we left on July 25 for our 4 hour flight which I mostly slept throught (a miracle) then we attempted to get out of Pittsburg, got caught in huge amounts of traffic, and detoured to a Kohl's shopping trip and a meal at Bob Evan's, which I honestly remember having better food, but anyways . . . . the next day me, mom, dad, cousin Edmond, and Aunt Traci (Did I mention how awesome it was to see them again?) went to the Flight 93 memorial. I'm going to assume that even though I didn't know what it was, you all do, and if you don't then you should look it up because it is an amazing but tragic story. The next day we did ziplining which was sooooooo fun! It's scary jumping off, but once your suspended in the air, it's really cool. It went by pretty fast, but there were four in total, so it felt like a long time. In between the ziplines we would have to stand on a platform super high up on a pole, which scared the FRICK out of me! It was worse than the ziplinging because after you zipline and get back on your feet, your legs feel really weird and weak, so every movement was like holy crap! I'm gonna fall off this thing! But it was so cool and I would love to do it again! But ANYWAYS that night we watched . . . . THE OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONY!!!!!! It was sooo amazing! Well, okay, it was really cool and interesting and amazing and I loved EVERY (okay almost every) second . . . . but I liked Bejing's better. The London opening ceremony were really out there and fun and like "Wow this is really fun and cute!" But that's exactly it, I don't feel like the opening ceremony to one of history's longest, most respected and world wide traditions should be cute, you know? It should be awe-inspiring and stunning and leave your mind reeling with the incredibleness of human capabilities, which is how I felt about the Bejing Olympics personally. But London took it's own route and I can respect that completely. I mean, I don't really think the Bejing was BETTER than London totally, I just LIKED it better, see the difference? But it was a close call! The London was like nothing I expected or had seen, which was interesting. And Paul Mcartney!!!! SO COOL! Hey Jude is one of my favorite songs! I'm so glad they chose it!
Moving on, the next day was my last day in Penn., so I watched the olympics in the morning and in the afternoon my cousin Edmond took me off roading which was . . . . awesome! I loved it! Well, really I was totally freaking out and closing my eyes and praying to God, but I was smiling the whole time :) It was thrilling and terrifying! He took me to the coal mines which are extremely hilly, so we'd go up and down these gigantic hills without him even using 4 wheels! (He drives a jeep by the way) Then we went down a bumpy road to the river, where Ed got mud all over his shoes, but in the end they matched his car because we went through so many mud puddles! We even found a place to do donuts, which I've always kinda wanted to do:) 
So, I know I said I'd write about orientation, but I'll have to do it tomorrow because my roomates are trying to sleep right now and I don't think the click clack of my computer keys is helping, haha. So gute Nacht!