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The alarm went off at 7:00 am. It was about time, The group needed a rest. After havng breakfast and our morning devotional, we departed to tha Amish market. Unfurtunately it was closed, The Amish dedicate Sunday to their Bible studies and services, We dedided to take the group photo at this place. We ate lunch in the Hershey factory. This place shows in a Disney like environment, the process used to make milk chocolate, It has a 3D show that the kid love it as well as a store to sell all kinds of chocolate memorabilia and products. For chocolate fans this is paradise. After lunch, we departed toward Washington DC. An early arrival allow us to see the Jefferson Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, the Vietnam and Kores war memorials. Thomas Jefferson was the third ... read more

Today we woke up under a snow shower. When the kids saw the snow fall through the window, they inmediately got ready for the action. After a light breakfast, we all went outside to play with the snow. The kids were throwing snow balls at each other and having lots of fun. The fun lasted for an hour before we headed back. We did several stops to take pictures of the Niagara Falls. The falls divide the Canada province of Ontario from New york state in the US. They are part of the river Niagara which connects to the Great Lakes. The falls are divided in three sections: the American Falls and the smaller Bridal Veil Falls both in the US section and the Horseshoe fall in the Canadian Section. The Falls are an important source ... read more

The day started at 6:30 am with a wake up call. After having breakfast and a devotional we headed to New York for a city tour. The tour took us through four of the five counties that New York has, namely Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens. The only one not visited today, but visited yesterday was Staten Island. We made several stops to take pictures . These were: * Lincoln Center * St John Episcopal Cathedral * Ulysses Grant Mausoleum * World Fair Grounds * Times Square The Lincoln Center for performing arts was started in 1959 by President Eisenhower. It is the city most important cultural center. It covers 15 acres on the site of the slumps that had being the setting of Leonard Bernstein classic musical West Side Story. The Licoln Center it is ... read more

Today we decided to move by cab. I was surprised to see that the taxis now have LCD monitors with GPS and up to the hour news and weather forecast. Is like having your own PC connected to the Internet but in the back of the car. The drive was short. The Metropolitan Museum building is impresive. Located in one side of the Central Park, it is composed of several buildings with different exhibits. We were able to visit the GreeK and Romans exhibits, the Medieval art and the arms and armor exhibits. This is only 30% of the exhibits available. All the exhibits we saw were magnificient. Today I will let the pictures talk by themselves.... read more

Today we woke up at 5:30 am to start the Bella Vista Adventist Academy 2008 educational journey that will take us to New York, Philadelphia and Washington DC. A group of about 80 students, parents and faculty will be participating this year. The first group of 16 explorers departed from San Juan PR at 8:00 am arriving in New York three and a half hour later. Although we were ready for the cold weather, the 28 degree temperature quickly gave us a sense of what was ahead of us. We arrived at the Novotel Hotel and left our bags there until check in time. Most of us were hungry by that time and we decided to go for a pizza. We could not find the pizza restaurant and decided to eat in the Olive Garden. After ... read more