The+City+of+Lights

Shant Voskanian 11-27-11 English Period 3

__**The City Of Lights**__

 “Hey, guess what? We're going to New York tomorrow!” said my mom. I could already

tell it was going to be such a fun trip! It would be my first time in a plane, and I was seven years old.

When my mom told me we were going to New York, it was going to be my first vacation! I kept think-

ing about how the city would be crowded with taxis. When we arrived at the airport, I thought it was

the biggest place I had ever seen! It was me, my brother, and my mom. My dad was unable to come

with us, because of his business. I tried not to think of it too much.

 After we got through everything in the airport, it was finally time to fly in the plane. I was very

nervous because I never knew how it felt. When the plane started moving, it seemed to never stop!

I kept thinking to myself, “When is it going to go up already!?” A few seconds later, I realized the

plane was going up. The whole plane started shaking, and everyone in the plane was either laughing or

yelling. I felt like I had butterflies.

 After all the commotion in the plane, they brought the food. It was a chicken sandwich with

chips. I opened it thinking it was going to be the best sandwich ever, and it was all wet and soggy!

“ Are these people TRYING to kill me?” I thought to myself. I just put the sandwich aside trying not

to think about it, and ate the chips. I couldn't believe other people were eating it. Anyways, I decided

it was time for a nap, so I did.

 About three hours later, I woke up when the flight attendant announced that we were about to

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">land. Not caring about how he woke me up, I was too excited to get out of the plane! When we finally

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">got our luggage out, I sprinted out the plane. After five minutes of waiting for my mom and brother to

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">come out, we went on a scavenger hunt looking for our uncle. When we found him, we all gave him a

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">big hug. He greeted us with flowers and balloons! It was my first time seeing him.

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> When we were in the taxi, I stuck my head out the window and I could smell the New York air.

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">When we finally arrived at my uncle's house, he told us it was near a city called Bronx. We got inside,

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">and he showed us where we were going to be sleeping. We slept around twelve A.M. When I was

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">sleeping, I couldn't even sleep because of how excited I was. I knew I was going to have a blast!

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> When we woke up the next day, we went to Central Park. The trees were astonishing, and very

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">tall. After we took one hundred pictures at the park, we went to a restaurant that my uncle had suggest-

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">ed. The food was surprisingly good, but I felt like I was going to explode! After the food, we walked to

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">a store right next to my uncle's apartment called “C Town.” We brought Cheetos, ice cream, and a lot

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">of other stuff. My uncle and my mom were making an Armenian dish called Tolma. “How nice,”

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">thought. “Brother and sister cooking together.” When I ate the Tolma, it was amazing. It felt like it

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">melted in my mouth.

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> A few hours later, I just relaxed and then slept. The next day, my uncle's daughter and son were

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">coming over, so we stayed home. We all talked for a long time, because you know how Armenians talk

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">for over five hours. It was eleven o'clock, and they left. We slept around twelve o'clock.

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> The next day was our last day in New york, so I wanted to make it the best. There were a lot

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">of people walking near our building. The sun reflected light on all the taxi's surrounded the street, with

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">all their old engines. So right when we were walking, I jumped in front of my mom and yelled “TAXI!”

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">My mom and brother almost died from laughter when three taxis stopped at the same time, holding up

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">all the traffic behind them!

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> “What was the point of that?” said my mom, talking and laughing at the same time.

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> “I just wanted to make it a memory I would never forget!” I said.

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> When everything was back to normal again, we took a Double Decker Bus to “Little Italy.”

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">When we arrived, I felt like I was literally in Italy! We went to a restaurant and ate ravioli, because

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">we just had to!

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> After our amazing ravioli, we took the subway. We were going to the famous Times Square. “They don't joke when they call it the city of lights!” I thought to myself. We had to go to the airport

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">soon, so we got a taxi with our uncle, and arrived at the airport. We all said our warm goodbyes to him,

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">and got on the plane. When the plane was high in the clouds, I opened the cover of my window and

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">whispered, “Good bye New York!”