A call to Adventure

Marwa Abdullah

1/23/11

“Adventure” Assignment

Marwa 1

  Mall of America Adventure                                     

When I came to America five years ago, one of the places that fascinated me the most was Mall of America. We have many malls back home, but we have nothing like the Mall of America, which is one of the biggest Malls in the world. When I visited the mall, I thought it was the most wonderful place that I have ever seen. My husband told me about the underwater aquarium that is located in the basement of the mall. Since that time, I have always wanted to see it. I never had the chance, because I am always busy with school, the children, or something. I did not have the time to discover it! About a week ago, we had a school break and my husband had some time off from his work, so we thought to do something different. I came up with the idea of going to the MOA Underwater Adventure. He liked the idea, but since he saw it before, he was not as excited as I was. We argued if the children are going to enjoy it! After that, we agreed to go since there wasn’t anything else to do in this cold freezing weather.

When the adventure has started, we sew fishes of all kinds including turtles and many other things sea creatures from the real underwater life. The most amazing thing was the sharks. I have never imagined seeing a shark swimming this close and felt almost next to me. Of course, we were separated by a thick glass. My children really enjoyed it a lot. My daughter was very excited for seeing Nemo, a cartoon character, in real life. We have also enjoyed some ice cream, and the children played with some of the mall rides and games.

A lot of people may think that Mall of America is only a mall to shop, I disagree. This experience at the mall aquarium proved it to me. It’s actually a nice place to see different things and spend some good time while taking shelter from the cold weather during winter in Minnesota.