Thursday, December 20, 2012

Rockefeller--Lego


   Rockefeller is a magnificent mansion sitting in the middle of Manhattan and beside it of course there is a place called Rockefeller center. This is my second time visiting the great building. However the Lego shop located in the center as well as the mansion itself still surprised and made me feel so excited. Before we enter the 259m high  mansion we visit the world famous Lego shop, which including all sort of  Lego that you couldn't imagine. Even of those Lego that had already been out of print you can still find in this shop. With the great variety of those Lego, my eyes was filled with all of those vivid colors and types. Inside the shop I saw people from children to adult. Everyone of them were finding something they were looking for and fond of. What I think the most interesting in this store was the little table located in the side of the shop that look like an buffet area, on this table was filled with many little boxes, each box contained different kind of Lego outfit that you can put on the little Lego man. There were outfit of pants, shirts, cap, as well as different faces you can pick. Even did I this 18 year old teenager enjoy making the little Lego man.










Thursday, December 6, 2012

Lincoln Memorial+Korean War Veterans Memorial+ The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

     During the New York trip we not only visit Manhattan but also traveled to the political center of America --Washington D.C..While in this historical city, a city which is where the English immigrant first came, we saw various splendid buildings and memorials as well as found many interesting stories about this fabulouscountry. And these memorial including Lincoln Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial and The Reflecting Pool. All these memorial are often see in the movies and in the history of America as well. Every of these memorial has its own story and background for us to find out. The Lincoln Memorial is an American national monument built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln and the building is in the form of a Greek Doric temple and contains a large seated sculpture of Abraham Lincoln and inscriptions of two well-known speeches by Lincoln. The Korean War Veterans Memorial, which is just few block away from the The Lincoln Memorial is an memorial commemorates those who served in the Korean War. The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is the largest of the many reflecting pools in Washington, D.C., U.S. It is a long and large rectangular pool located on the National Mall. All these beautiful construction really caught my both eye and my heart. The vivid story behind had also teach me some lessons of these world. It is a place that no one can missed when visiting Washington D.C.