Tussauds Museum

11/27/2011

Washington DC_ Holocauste museum.

This weekend, i visited a part of washington DC, called mall, on Saturday with Olivia. We were to the Lincolm Memorial and the Second Worl War memorial and we visited the Holocauste museum at the beginning of the afternoon. It was very well make. On Saturday Evening we went to Eden club with Pauline, Charles & François closed to Faragurth N station, such a nice party. On sunday afternoon we visited the Madame Tussaud Museum.

By the way, I got my american driving license one month ago and the last weekend i went to the "Cirque du soleil" schow. I couldn't take some pictures but it was very stunning !

Thanksgiving & Black Friday

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Day is an annual holiday. In both the United States and in Canada, Thanksgiving is a legal holiday; it is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the U.S. and on the second Monday of October in Canada. I spent a great time with my host family during this day. It was a nice experience to celebrate a real thanksgiving.

History:

In the United States, the modern Thanksgiving holiday tradition traces its origins to a 1621 celebration at Plymouth in present-day Massachusetts. There is also evidence for an earlier celebration on the continent by Spanish explorers in Texas at San Elizario in 1598, as well as thanksgiving feasts in the Virginia Colony. The initial thanksgiving observance at Virginia in 1619 was prompted by the colonists' leaders on the anniversary of the settlement.The 1621 Plymouth feast and thanksgiving was prompted by a good harvest. In later years, the tradition was continued by civil leaders such as Governor Bradford who planned a thanksgiving celebration and fast in 1623.While initially, the Plymouth colony did not have enough food to feed half of the 102 colonists, the Wampanoag Native Americans helped the Pilgrims by providing seeds and teaching them to fish. The practice of holding an annual harvest festival like this did not become a regular affair in New England until the late 1660s

Black Friday:

Niagara falls

Round trip Buffalo

             

Departure: Washington DC, Union Station, 10.45pm
Arrival: Buffalo, Main Street, 7.05 am