Have You Ever Been to Florida? by Chiara Marangoni
On October 13, I went for my first time to Anna Maria Island in Florida with my host family. I was very excited because Florida was one of my dream trips, and also I loved to go to a warm place because Michigan is so cold.
Before leaving, I thought that Florida was just big roads with a lot of palm trees, but where we were there weren’t so many big roads. It was a small island and I loved that all the houses have different colors. I observed that many houses have some chairs in front of the entrance and all of them are colored purple, blue, green, orange or yellow.
Saturday morning my family and I went on a kayak tour and we saw many birds and wild manatees 16 feet from us. The guide explained to us the history of the island and he gave us more information about the animals in that ecosystem.
At lunch we went to a restaurant on the beach and I tried oysters for the first time. This vacation I ate really good fish and I loved it.
We spent the afternoon in the hotel pool. I played volleyball with my host sister and ping pong with my host dad, and I won.
Sunday morning we went to the beach. The water was so clean and I could see fish around me. The sand was soft and white. The sun was really hot, and I burnt my left side. At the beach I called my parents in Italy just to make them jealous of me.
In the evening we did a sunset cruise and we saw so many dolphins. They were very close to us, and the guide told us that dolphins love attention and that they are very friendly. That was a wonderful experience, and I have never seen dolphins before.
I wanted to know the opinions of other people about Florida, so I asked Marylou and one of my Italian friends. Marylou, the French girl, told me she hasn't seen Florida yet but she wants to go in the future. She thinks that Florida is green and has a Cuban style.
Asia has never been to Florida but she would go. “I imagine it’s definitely a warm place, with many trees just like in the movies and a place full of life,” she said. I thought the same before and I think the same now. Florida looks exactly the same as in the movies.
Before leaving, I thought that Florida was just big roads with a lot of palm trees, but where we were there weren’t so many big roads. It was a small island and I loved that all the houses have different colors. I observed that many houses have some chairs in front of the entrance and all of them are colored purple, blue, green, orange or yellow.
Saturday morning my family and I went on a kayak tour and we saw many birds and wild manatees 16 feet from us. The guide explained to us the history of the island and he gave us more information about the animals in that ecosystem.
At lunch we went to a restaurant on the beach and I tried oysters for the first time. This vacation I ate really good fish and I loved it.
We spent the afternoon in the hotel pool. I played volleyball with my host sister and ping pong with my host dad, and I won.
Sunday morning we went to the beach. The water was so clean and I could see fish around me. The sand was soft and white. The sun was really hot, and I burnt my left side. At the beach I called my parents in Italy just to make them jealous of me.
In the evening we did a sunset cruise and we saw so many dolphins. They were very close to us, and the guide told us that dolphins love attention and that they are very friendly. That was a wonderful experience, and I have never seen dolphins before.
I wanted to know the opinions of other people about Florida, so I asked Marylou and one of my Italian friends. Marylou, the French girl, told me she hasn't seen Florida yet but she wants to go in the future. She thinks that Florida is green and has a Cuban style.
Asia has never been to Florida but she would go. “I imagine it’s definitely a warm place, with many trees just like in the movies and a place full of life,” she said. I thought the same before and I think the same now. Florida looks exactly the same as in the movies.