My Field Trip To Philadelphia

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When I was twelve years old, I went on a school field trip to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was my first trip to Philadelphia and to see the Liberty Bell, I was really excited. I couldn’t wait to reach school as we were leaving early in the morning. Waiting for our bus to arrive I noticed all of us were bundled up in our warm jackets as it was really cold. Soon our school bus arrived and we all boarded our bus, I was lucky to get a window seat. We were on our way to Philadelphia. Soon we were at our destination it was really crowded as there were many students from different schools. All the students were wearing matching uniforms so that no one would get lost and would be easily recognizable. Student from my school were wearing blue t-shirts with khaki pants. As we were entering the main hall to see the Liberty bell, I noticed lots of big posters filled with old and new pictures. The posters were filled with historic documents related with the Liberty Bell. The images gave us the facts and myths regarding the Bell. As we got to the Liberty Bell I noticed that it was really big and it looked heavy. I couldn’t believe that the bell was made in 1752 and it was couple of centuries old. Many of my classmates were trying to tap on the Liberty Bell to make it sound, but I decided to just feel the crack on the Bell. It was a great experience. Soon it was back on the bus for us to go to a nearby park. Driving through the city I could see that there were tall buildings, people were busy walking, talking on their phones and chatting with each other. The streets were filled with people. The city had lots of entertainment facilities like shopping malls, restaurants, museums and theater. Soon we were at a small park and the teachers asked us to eat our lunch that we packed along. For me it was a nice delicious veggie sandwich with some salty chips and cold
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