However, I thought I would use today's blog to recount some of the things I did/learned in Louisville.
*I learned lots of new words while I was reading essays. I kept a new words list from the week, but I don't think would be allowed to share it here due to institutional and student confidentiality issues.
*I watched horses run at Churchill Downs. I didn't place any bets, but I got to sit on the front row and watch the horses race past the finish line. The horses run very fast.
*I learned how baseball bats are made at the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory. Their special exhibit, which was also pretty cool, was on Snoopy and baseball.
*I learned that the Ohio River is beautiful from the 23rd floor of a hotel, but not nearly so pretty from up close.
*I saw Sir Philip Sidney's armor and lots of chainmail, swords, and guns at the Frazier International History Museum. In addition to the weapons, they also had a pretty cool children's exhibit on dragons.
*I drank Bourbon.*I learned that horses fly on airplanes. (We saw the airplane that transports race horses as our plane was leaving Louisville.)
I'm sure there's more stuff to report, but I think that'll be it for tonight. I was up at 5am to pack and everything, and I'm tired.
5 comments:
So the phrase "When pigs fly" might NOT mean never???
Are you sure "horses flying" and "drinking Bourbon" aren't somehow connected?
I think that's pink elephants, isn't it?
Hey, I didn't drink THAT much Bourbon!!
There were no pink elephants, horses do fly on planes, and I guess pigs might be able to fly too (or at least they could hop the horses' plane to Churchill Downs if there were ever pig races there.)
Other things I did on my trip that I forgot to include when I posted the blog:
**I saw Wrigley Field and the Sears Tower from the plane when we flew over Chicago.
**I took a city bus for the first time ever.
**I ate sushi and actually kinda liked it. (I didn't eat any with raw fish in it, but what I did have wasn't too bad. Everything I'd had before had been yucky.)
**I developed a liking for almonds.
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