Personal Narrative Essay: Going Up To The Mountain

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Fresh air at last. As I stepped out of the bus, my lungs took in cold air. My teeth were chattering, my hands were stuffed deep in my pockets. How cold is it going to be on the mountain? Step after step, we crossed the parking lot. My bag was at my side, and I was ready to go up to the mountain. The tour guide, Irena, brought us our tickets. Our group started walking towards the cable car. As my feet stepped onto the cable car, it rocked. It repeatedly shook every time someone stepped on. Once everyone was settled, the doors slowly came together. Thud. The cable car started creeping up. The view was stunning. The valley was just perfect. Houses were nestled in between the two mountains. A river flowed along a road, and forests covered the dirt …show more content…
I was hungry, my feet wanted a rest. Finally, we came to the last obstacle. It was a steep hill. My feet ran part way up, then walked the rest of the way. We were up! We settled down for a snack on a plateau. After snack, we climbed a rocky mound. From the top, I saw the village, the landscape was beautiful. Mr. Macmillan took a picture of my class, and I. Then, we descended down, then the other class went up. We took another class picture at the bottom. To past the time, we threw rocks. The rocks bounced of the grass like a bouncy ball. When everybody was down, we started walking down to the village. As we were walking down, we saw some deep slopes, which made a ditch. In World War 2, the village got burned down. But, the people that lived there rebuilt it. We visited a church and a house. The house is what it looked like in the past. It was tiny, and it smelled like wood. There was a space between the house and the wall. That was where the cows rest at night, so the wolves won’t attack and eat them. Inside there was a bear skin on top of the bed. The bed was covered in hay. There was tools all around, pots, whisks and other wooden tools. There was an open fire in a corner. All of us were hungry, so we started hiking to the restaurant for

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