Day 3 Monday, May 2,2011

Jamestown

This morning we went to Jamestown. It was very interesting! We got the chance to go on the boats and realize how packed the men were under the deck. In the museum we saw a short film about the town, which was full of information. We also got to help carve out a tree making a canoe with shells. It was very hot and there were a lot of bugs near the water. There were several people reenacting the town’s people that we could of talked to about what they were doing. It was split into 3 sections: the Native Americans, the fort where they were settled, and the ship area. In the Native American section we went into the huts where they lived which were full of animal skins, a fire pit, and an area for food storage. In the fort they fired a musket about every half an hour, in the fort they had a rooster and hen, cannonballs and a cannon, and the church where they were required to attend. For lunch we ate a picnic lunch in the shade.

Jacob P.

Williamsburg

This afternoon we arrived at Williamsburg. This was my favorite part of the day because the people were acting, (no wonder I liked it so much). The people were legitimately living like they were born in the 1700’s. A lot of them actually had done these jobs for a living like the silversmith. I liked the little shops the best, and I really liked the wig maker. She made wigs for the important people in town and explained to us how she had to shave the people’s heads. They made a wood sculpture of the patents head – a blockhead. I found it interesting because of all the different stiles, and the importance behind the wig. The more important person, the bigger and longer the wig! The old town was very interesting. We saw the church, 2 taverns, many shops, a medical place, silversmith and a bakery. Another really cool part of this unique little town was that archeologists were still digging up remains of the old town! Our tour guild had us you walk down a hill and at the bottom - boom! There was a huge pit with a ton of little treasures left behind that told a very important and interesting story. This old town was very interesting because everything was real. It was all old town 1700 Williamsburg. This was a very interesting experience and gave you a great taste of what the 1700’s were like. Literally the food in the bakery was amazing!!

- Hannah

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- Tonight we went to the Pentagon Center (the mall) for dinner. We each received a brochure of coupons that gave us a selection of where we could choose to eat. I chose to eat at Villa Pizza. It had extremely awesome greasy cheese pizza, which is my favorite food ever! After we had all finished eating, we all got the opportunity with our chaperones to look around the four-story mall with a glass atrium. The main entrance was on the second level with a food court of more than 40 food restaurants below it on the first floor. There were two choices that could transport us from level to level, which were six escalators and one glass elevator. I had the opportunity to shop at the Apple Store for the first time ever which by the way is a white room filled with the newest technology from the “iPod” company. My favorite shop of the mall so far is Sephora. This store is a two-story heaven of make up! We get to go back to this marvelous place for dinner on Thursday, which I am psyched about by the way! I really enjoyed myself today and this has been the best trip so far!

~Taylor