June 8th

Hye Y'all,

It's been about a month and a half before I wrote my last post, so I guess I have to make one or two more before my arrival back in Belgium.


So, May 11th was my college graduation. We all received a cap and gown from school, and we had to 'walk' in the graduation ceremony. I had a blast that day ! Later that day we had a cookout at a friend's house.
It was a special day for me, with a lot of fun memories that I'll never forget

After graduation, I had about 10 days to rest and have some fun before I left for all my last trips.
These days I spent mostly outside, going to the zoo with Diana, Braydan and Addyson.
I also had to say goodbye to Jay, which was a little hard.

But then, finally, the 22nd of May, I got to leave to New York City with my choir from Roane State. I was so freakin' excited about that ! The first night, we needed to sleep in Woodstock, Virginia, because the trip would've been to long to do in one day.
the day after, we arrived in New York, and immediately after that, we had to leave for the Bronx for our first concert !
We sang at a middleschool, which was a lot of fun ! Together we had pizza afterwards,

The day after, we had to practice all day for our concert at Carnegie hall,
It took forever to get everything right, but I believe it was totally worth it in the end !

Friday, we went to the broadway show Chicago together, which was a gigantic success ! I had a blast, and the show was so good !
Saturday, we had our final rehearsal at Carnegie hall, and afterwards we had some free time! Woehoeww
We visited Battery park, and went to the holocaust museum. Sunday was our final day in NYC, and in the evening we had our concert at Carnegie hall !
It was so much fun ! I'm never ever going to forget the feeling I had on stage that day !

Afterwards we went on a cruise on the Hudson river with a fancy dinner. We had a blast !

When we came back from New York, it was time to say goodbye to some other people, which was off course not the most pleasant moment either. But I had to do it anyway

A couple of days later, we were already on our way again, but this time destination was Washington DC. This trip was with Bruce, Diana, Jane( Korean student) and Erin ( goes to church with us)

We visited a lot of stuff over the last couple of days, such as Library of Congress, the senat, the house of representatives, the US. Capitol building, the Smithsonian museum, the with house, the Arlington National cemetery, we saw all the monuments, a fabulous Belgian restaurant, and lots and lots more !

We saw the original constitution, the original Magna Carta, and last but certainly not least we saw the original declaration of independence.
All of us went out for fabulous dinners together, and we all had a blast !
I'm never going to forget everything I saw these last few days ! It was Amazing to see all the original documents.
We could almost see the president, because of the New Jersey Senator that died, but unfortunately all the rooms were cleared out when the president came in. Too bad

We arrived back last night, and tomorrow I'm leaving again. This time my travels will take me to Lake Sandusky, Ohio. I'm going on a mission trip with my youth group from my church ! I'm looking forward to it !

I'll probably post one more post before I leave for Belgium again.

Love, Sara

Ps: 22 days 'till Dday