I have lived in America for about 30 years. I have been working all my life, and I have been to many cities such as Boston, San Francisco, Canada, and Los Angeles; right now, I reside in New York City. Most of the places that I have visited require trips by planes. I have never been to the countryside before in New York, but on one bright and sunny Monday morning, the class was given a chance to visit the countryside. Our teacher, Mr. Xu, took the class to Cold Spring, a small town on east side of the Hudson River.
Early on that morning, we went to 42nd Street - Grand Central and took a train that I had never taken bofore - Metro-North.
At about 10 o'clock, the train moved slowly out of the station. When the train passed the Bronx and we saw the Hudson River run right next to our railroad, everybody cheered at the great view outside the windows. Wow! The sky was blue with a few louds far away, the bright sunshine. Beatiful. The railroad was almost as low as the river surface so we felt like we were sailing on the river. Across the river, on the New Jersey side, were mountain cliffs with thousands of trees in a splendid display of different shades of colors, red, orange, yellow, purple, and brown. In the river from time to time we saw white yachts and sail boats passing us.
About two hours later, we got off the train, and arrived at Cold Spring. The transtation was quiet with only a few peole waiting on the platform. We got off the train platform and walked along a small path that led us to a big terrace built over the water on Hudson River.
The terrace had a magnificant view of the Hudosn River. We sat in a chair near the edge of the terrace, enjoying the sunshine, the fresh air in the breeze, as well as the grand view of the river, the distant mountains on New Jerswy. We took many pictures near the water and then went across a tunnel and wlaked on the main street of the town.
There were restaurants and stores when we looked around. Then we were surprised to see a Chinese restaurant in such a quiet small town. Some of us went into that restaurant, ordered some food, ate them and left the restaurant, walked along a small street that ran up a hill across the town. On both sides of the street, there were some antique stores, clothes stores, gift stores, barbe shops, real estate agencies, coffee shops, and restaurants.
We took more pictures of the stores on both sides of the street and the scenery. When we reached the top of the hill we saw a church with many trees aound it and a big strech of grass in front of it. We walked aroun the church and took many picutres on the lawn in front of it.
The town was such a great place, but we had to leave at around 2:00pm. When it was close to 2:00pm, we walked to the train station, and got on the train going back into the city. Although we did not spend a lot of time there, every one had a great time. I really need to thank our teacher for showing us that "there's more than what meets the eye" in the state of New York.
At about 10 o'clock, the train moved slowly out of the station. When the train passed the Bronx and we saw the Hudson River run right next to our railroad, everybody cheered at the great view outside the windows. Wow! The sky was blue with a few louds far away, the bright sunshine. Beatiful. The railroad was almost as low as the river surface so we felt like we were sailing on the river. Across the river, on the New Jersey side, were mountain cliffs with thousands of trees in a splendid display of different shades of colors, red, orange, yellow, purple, and brown. In the river from time to time we saw white yachts and sail boats passing us.
About two hours later, we got off the train, and arrived at Cold Spring. The transtation was quiet with only a few peole waiting on the platform. We got off the train platform and walked along a small path that led us to a big terrace built over the water on Hudson River.
The terrace had a magnificant view of the Hudosn River. We sat in a chair near the edge of the terrace, enjoying the sunshine, the fresh air in the breeze, as well as the grand view of the river, the distant mountains on New Jerswy. We took many pictures near the water and then went across a tunnel and wlaked on the main street of the town.
There were restaurants and stores when we looked around. Then we were surprised to see a Chinese restaurant in such a quiet small town. Some of us went into that restaurant, ordered some food, ate them and left the restaurant, walked along a small street that ran up a hill across the town. On both sides of the street, there were some antique stores, clothes stores, gift stores, barbe shops, real estate agencies, coffee shops, and restaurants.
We took more pictures of the stores on both sides of the street and the scenery. When we reached the top of the hill we saw a church with many trees aound it and a big strech of grass in front of it. We walked aroun the church and took many picutres on the lawn in front of it.
The town was such a great place, but we had to leave at around 2:00pm. When it was close to 2:00pm, we walked to the train station, and got on the train going back into the city. Although we did not spend a lot of time there, every one had a great time. I really need to thank our teacher for showing us that "there's more than what meets the eye" in the state of New York.
