Journal Entry 9

I was very excited about this field trip because I haven't been to Downtown since I've moved here and was excited to get to experience it and get some information about it. I thought for the most part, Downtown was beautiful. The pier and the water were probably my favorite things to look at. It was breath taking, I would love to go down there and just relax and spend time by myself there. I also enjoyed the art and sculptures that we would see periodically through the whole walk. I also learned some interesting things. I didn't know Thomas Edison had so much to contribute to Fort Myers. It know makes since why the mall is called the Edison Mall. Or Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone. Three pretty popular people in history and I would have never thought they would have any relation to Fort Myers without this field trip. I also think the Ford's Garage restaurant and the Firestone restaurant are really unique. I have ate at the Ford's restaurant in Miromar Outlets but I would like to visit the Firestone restaurant sometime an go up to the Sky Bar.

Another thing I found really cool was the brick road. Back home at my high school we had a brick road out front which made it unique and besides that one I had never really seen anywhere else have a brick road. I also never thought of the brick road being "safer" because people are nervous about driving on it but it makes sense. It makes it a nice place for people to be able to walk around and not worry as much about cars speeding through. I was also looking forward to this field trip in order to eat. I was glad I got to try some pizza from DHOP, it was very delicious. However I was upset I didn't venture over to Green Cup because I didn't know they had Bubble Tea. I was so excited to find that out that the next day I made my roommates go back to Downtown with me to get some, I also got to check out a few of the little shops there.

I think around FGCU it is newer and more developed which is great especially for attracting the people to the school. However, I think it is also great that Fort Myers still has the Downtown that is trying to stay away from that and keep the history instead of just building over it with new things. I think that is very important to keep that history there even though they are trying to become more developed around FGCU.