Creative Writing: A Trip To Dubrovnik

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I had thought of this day for months and , now that the day had come I couldn't wait. We were going to America. We loaded our wooden trunk onto our mule and headed to the train station. My brother, my mother, and I were going to get on a train in Cak Cak Yak Yak and, it will take us to Dubrovnik. In Dubrovnik we will board the Tagus that will take us to Ellis island. When we got to the train station the train was already packed. We found a spot in the corner and got the little food we brought from our trunk. We only ate a small bit because we knew it would be a long journey. When we got to Dubrovnik we boarded the ship and went to the steerage. I never could have imagined this many people on a boat. We slept on the cold floor with …show more content…

We searched and searched for my brother but, never found him. We were taught English in Cak Cak Yak Yak so we saw in a newspaper that they had the list of the immigrants aloud in the country. We got one of the newspapers and saw our names but, not my brothers. We immediately broke down crying. He had been sent back to Cak Cak Yak Yak. We had already had an apartment ready for us to stay in. we went to the apartment and cried for almost three hours. When we finally excepted the fact that he was gone we decided we should get something to eat. We had exchanged the money we brought from our home country for dollars. After we got done eating it was around 9:30 pm so we decided to walk around New York. When we had explored the city we went back to the apartment and fell asleep at about 11:30. We weren't adjusted to America's …show more content…

This is his story. It all happened when I got the chalk mark on my shirt. After this they took me into this room on the bottom floor. What I saw in that room I will never forget. It was a room lined with beds and they were all deformed or sick. They put me in one of the beds and all I could do was lay there. Apparently I had been diagnosed with a disease they called trachoma. They told me I would probably be sent home. That night all I could think about was having to go back to Cak Cak Yak Yak and having to start over. All night I sat in bed praying that I could be cured of this disease and be let into the United States of America. Then this morning the doctors came into quarantine and flipped my eyelids up and told me I was cured and could go through the rest of the immigration process. So, I went through and had no way of finding you guys. So, I figured you guys might be walking around the city to explore. So, I decided to go to the pier first and there you were just sitting there. “That's the power of prayer.” I said. “We must celebrate.” said mom. So, we went to the grocery store and got a couple ingredients and made a pljeskavica. Pljeskavica is the national Serbian dish it consists of lamb, pork, beef, and veal. We were able to get these items to our surprise and, we loved the taste of the delicious grilled meat. After this we all sat down and talked about how we wondered if any of our

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