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Imagin On by Augusto Losilla

We got to school early in the morning and it was freezing. I felt like my fingers we falling apart. During the first period we dissected an eyeball. It was very nasty, we took the iris, and saw the retina. When we got to Imangin On we learned how to do animation and to edit videos and music. Then we played dance, dance revolution ad it was really fun. Then we went to ear to a place called Chipotle” and it was Mexican food. we also had some smoothies. We went to Mr.Food to do the dinner for this night. I made Collosal Cesar Hamburguers.

Rafting por Miranda León

Hoy fuimos Rafting. Todos con un río, aguas rápidas y un canopy. Muchos se subieron al canopy y después fuimos rafting. Las balsas eran de seis en seis y uno escogía si quería ir rápido o despacio. Mi balsa iba rápido. Habían balsas que se volcaron. Estuvimos como una hora y después fuimos a almorzar. Comimos hamburguesas y papas. Fue el mejor día y todos lo pasamos increíble!

Lazy 5 Ranch By Natalia Llamas

On Thursday September 24 we went to a place called Lazy 5 Ranch. In that place you get to see different animals. There you get a bucket of animal food and you go in a horse carriage and you feed the animals. There were giraffes, zebras, and many more. it was a great experience. I loved it!

Charlotte Speedway by Santiago Prada

In this exchange program we have done lot of fun stuff and one of my favorite was the Lowe’s Motor Speedway. We first had to drive to the center, it was a long ride. Next when we arrived we bought some tickets to get like a tour and see things inside the speedway. to go on the tour we went in a little bus. When we were inside we first passed near the karts road. Then we went to the place where the teams can get tires, gas, the building of an y emergency for drivers or also the audience. after seeing all these places we went to the pits and where the racing cars drive. in the pits it was good. in the road it was awesome we went quite fast and in some parts of the road the bus was tilted. we had a fun time.

Weekend with my buddies by Victoria Bolaños

This weekend my buddies and I went to the Builtmore State. The Builtmore State is a big house, the biggest house in the United States, built in the 19s. This big house had about 43 bathrooms. It was built and designed by a man named Jorge Vanderbilt. he built it for his family and friends. We got there on Sunday morning. We had a wonderful trip around the house and gardens and then went to this delicious hot tub. We had so much fun together that I hope our friendship can last forever.

Discovery Place Adventure by Victoria Bolaños

On Wednesday September 23 we went to an amazing place called “ Discovery Place”. Discovery Place is a place made to teach kids things in a fun and interesting way. We learned about history and myths, like pirates and their treasures. An amazing and cool thing I loved was the “Hurricanes’ tester”. You would get in a capsule and strong winds would hit you. It was great! This trip to “ Discovery Place was an interesting and fascinating lesson and experience. I had a looooot of fuuuuuun!

Tuesday By Flavio Borquez

Today the first thing we did in the morning was to dissect sheep eyeballs. We went to the Science building in room 323. We were explained how eyes worked and what are their parts. Then we got separated into pairs and each of us received a pair of glasses and a small tool on a metal tray and a sheep eyeball. We cut it an saw inside of it at the end of that period we boarded a bus with our buddies and we went to a place called Imagin On. We were taken to a room called Studio i. We saw all the equipment in the room and we were shown how it worked. Later we were split into groups and each group got to use one of the many things in the studio. After all this we were taken to eat Mexican food in a place called “Chipotle” After eating some really spicy food we went to a place called Mr. Food in which we prepared a food recipe for our host family. It was pretty fun and we even tried some food. When we arrived back to school we got some time to check our email and after that we had activities for the people that was staying at school until 5. Mr. Waybright got to do some Diet Coke and mentos experiments outside the science building. We got wet and had fun.

Journal By Patrick Morgan

Today we went to a really amazing place called Mr. Food. This is a type of restaurant where you prepare your own meals. While we were there our chaperones told us to look for our buddies and prepare something for our host mom. My buddy David and I, did a wild wicked Raspberry Chicken, which my host mom told me that was her favorite. Having the opportunity to cook something for our host family was hilarious. The Mr. Food’s place, has been one of my favorite places visited in this exchange program.

My weekend By Giuliana Bernini

I had an excellent weekend I went to a private island that's called figure 8 island. I went with my buddy Tins, Tefa, and Linds Tefa's buddy. We went tubbing. It was lots of fun, we felt down lots of times. We also went to have lunch at a floating restaurant and it was awesome. I had more fun that I thought I would have. It was a very good experience because I had the opportunity to visit an island in another country and I could compare the differences between Cr's beaches and North Carolina's beaches. We also went to the mall, it was really cool and it was near the island. And we went to the movies, it is the biggest theater I have been to in all my life it was awesome! I enjoyed a lot my weekend

White Water Center by Estefanía Madrigal

We went to the US White Water Center all day long. There was a climbing wall, a zip line, and the rafting. We went with all the buddies. It was very fun. When we first got there, we went to change clothes and then to the zip line but some couldn’t go on because they didn’t have closed shoes. Then we went to the trip talk so we could know how the rafting worked. After that we went to put all our helmets, shoes, life jackets etc. Then we picked the groups and then we went to the boats. The rafting started, we did it like four times. I t was amazing. After the rafting was done, we went to change and then to eat. We ate burgers, chips, and a drink. After finishing we went back to school and they had a mini party with food. This day was amazing!

Discovery Place by Estefanía M.

Today we went to the Discovery Place and to Johnson and Wales college. At Discovery Place we went to see “Under the Sea” at the IMAX. It is a movie theater with a round screen. Then we went to the other part of the Discovery Place, a little museum. Then we went to eat at Johnson and Wales college. The food was awesome and the day was very fun.