As we expected, on the morning of 7-22-11, all the students set off and headed for Country Village and Museum. After a really long sleepy journey on the school bus which is extremely hot inside, we arrived at the gate of the Country Village and Museum. We all took out the camera, while being told to get back at 13:00. Though some guys complained a lot for the short time, we were all shocked when we stepped into the square. The blue sky decorated with floating clouds seemed so bright that can likely lead us to our dreams. The clouds went so gently and slowly, and seemed to be waving to the land covered with grass. Covered with the sky and lying on the green land, a peaceful village with several hills behind, appeared quietly, but was still not so clear because of a long wall lying across that was located between us and the village. At the center of the square, there's a tower(actually I have no idea what it is) standing and facing us. We guess that this building might be a important symbol, so we all took picture with it. After entering the village, we walked in to a house in an ancient style. It was pretty interesting to see how people live about two centuries ago. We were shocked when we suddenly met a human-statue which was made to act as if it was listening carefully in a half-closed room.
We kept walking on after visiting some tiny houses and made a decision to visit the larger buildings. We were all surprised to see a lady who was dressed as a 18th Century woman waving to us and shouting:"Would you like to visit my house?" We entered the house and started listening to the lady speaking. She introduced that house and invited us to see the rooms around. We soon learned that this building used to belong to a rich doctor who got rich in a different way from other rich people in this village. Using the perfect and unique advantages, villagers here grew flowers and sold them out to all over the country and it didn't take long for them to earn a great sum of money. That's also why Rochester is called "The Flower City". We invited the lady to take photos with us, and she answered with a smile. Then she led us to the kitchen to meet another lady dressed in the same way who was cooking. She was really friendly and warm. She talked a lot, about how to make meals in old ways; and showed a lot, such as the soup she made or the snacks made from flowers.
It took such a long time in the kitchen that we didn't think that we would have plenty of time to go everywhere, so we picked a short route that could lead us to as many spots as possible. We visited the church next, and found that it was almost the same as the churches in the movies. As you know, there is few church in my country.
Then we went to the Blacksmith's. The owner of the shop show us how the tools are used with a piece of iron as an example. It was really amazing that the piece was made into a half-finished iron door card.
He gave it to us after he had finished making it, and also gave us a surprise!
Moving along the street leading to several beautiful houses that were decorated fairly well, we got into a luxurious building. It used to belong to a family as well, and had two floors in all. It was quite different from the house we met at first, for it was in European fashion, maybe.
We were curious to see the Cooper's all the time, f
or that I had performed as a cooper with my friend in the class. Though it was kind of difficult for us to seek out our aim through all those paths, we made it at last. Unfortunately, It was locked and the windows were full of dust and spider web.We were in a hurry for there was not enough time left until the buses' leaving.
What a pity that we could not enjoy the village trip for too little time! But still, we had fun and really fell in love with this village and the culture it showed.
Those are the photos:
Hi, Feng! It sound like you enjoyed the village. What a detailed, beautiful post. You use descriptive poetic language; I felt like I was there with you.
ReplyDeleteHere are a few suggestions:
1. "Spider-net" is a good description, but we call it a spider web.
2. "...snacks made out of flowers OR snacks made from flowers" would be correct. (This is a very interesting detail, by the way!)
3. I'm not sure what you mean by "iron door card". Do you have a picture of this thing?
You have strong writing skills. Grade = 99.