The Most Memorable Day I Will Never Forget

The most memorable summer that I would never forget began on June 22, 2016. It was about 4:30 in the morning when my aunt and parents woke me up so we can catch our first flight at the Richmond International Airport. This was my first time in 9 years that I could go back to China to visit my relatives and grandparents. On this trip, I was going with my Aunt Ying and my grandmother because my parents were too busy with work to take me. Unfortunately, when we arrived at the Richmond International Airport, it was too late to board our flight, so we had to get new boarding passes to our destination. Then, the flight to Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) was too full and they had to reroute us to the Chicago O’Hare Airport (ORD). When we arrived in Chicago, we luckily had enough just enough time to catch our American Airlines flight to Beijing (PEK), which was 15 HOURS! About 15 hours later, we

My favorite destination that I visited would be the Langqi Beach, because it was nothing like a regular American beach. Most people would go to the beach at nighttime because the weather was a lot nicer at night and the water was cooler at nighttime. When I first went to the beach, there were people building small bonfires on the sand and little kids running in the water. In the distance, there was an airport where you could see planes landing and taking off. My aunt told me that I loved going to the beach as a child and that I would act like the other little kids near us. We spent a couple hours in the cool water and we headed up to where the vendors were selling some Chinese street food. There was Chinese barbecue (you choose what items you want and they fry and season it), oyster cakes (a fried crispy outside with meats and vegetables inside), and these traditional Fuzhou ocean drinks (consisting of tea and various