Essay 2-01b: My Favorite Place

I am going to introduce about my favorite places. I went to Minnesota in America this summer vacations. Then, I visited a lot of places in Minnesota. There are very beautiful places, and good foods! My favorite American food is a hot dog! It was simple, but good! I like Minnesota, so I decided to write about my favorite places in Minnesota.

Especially, I like Saint Paul Cathedral in Minnesota. It is big and tall building. The outside is fancy, like a castle of Cinderella. The inside is very beautiful. There are many stained glasses and statue of Jesus, Maria, and someone. When I entered there, I thought cathedral is like a church, because there were Bibles, benches, cross, candles, and special water and so on. In addition, it was so quiet.

The construction of this cathedral began in 1906 and the first services were held in 1915. Today, the cathedral seats 3000 people. The main dome is the largest dome in the world. It is 186 feet high and 97 feet in diameter. The 24 stained glass windows. There are four large mosaics that represent justice, prudence, temperance and fortitude. Round stained glass windows are called rose windows.

By the way, I have another favorite place. It is Lake Harriet in Minnesota. Minnesota has 10,000 lakes. The lakes of Minnesota are very large, so they look like the sea. I went to some lakes, for example, The Lake Valentine, The Lake Johanna, The Lake Christmas, and so on. I like St.Paul Cathedral the best.

But especially I like Lake Harriet. I watched music band performance there with my host family. Do you know Blue glass? It is American traditional country music. I ate strawberry ice cream at there.

Then I fed ducks. Finally, I rode in the trolley. It was fun. I have never seen the trolley, so I was very excited. The trolley is like a train, but there are not glasses of the windows, that is to say, there are only frame of the windows. I don’t know why, but it is interesting.

That is why, I like these place. I want you to visit them if you can. I thought, if you saw them, you must be moved, because they are beautiful. Minnesota has a lot of beautiful and fun places. There are many trees, flowers, birds, and a lot of stars. I want to visit there again. By the way, I want to visit New York City too!!

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