Ocean City, New Jersey

That is where I am heading today. I will be there for about one week. I am going to see my family; mother, father, brother, sister-in-law, and some other relatives. I am really looking forward to it and will tell you all about it when I get back.

About Ocean City, when I was a child, until I graduated from University, I used to go down the shore(=go to the beach in Ocean City, New Jersey) on some weekends during summer vacation. (Summer vacation is about two months for students in America.) O.C. is about a 2-hour drive from my parent's house in Philadelphia. But if there is traffic, it can take up to 4 hours.
There is a beautiful, long beach and also a "boardwalk". What is a boardwalk? Well, it is difficult to explain...so look at these links and you can see for yourself:

http://www.visitusa.com/newjersey/images/oceancitynjpic.jpg

http://cozybeach.com/newjerseypics/oceancity-mackandmanco.jpg

http://www.ronsaari.com/stockImages/newJersey/OceanCityBoardwalk.jpg

Basically, it is like a long, wooden road, like a pier, with a variety of shops on one side and the ocean on the other. Many people go walking, jogging, and cycling on it. But after 10am, cycling is prohibitted.

The beach is long and great for taking long walks, swimming in the ocean, watching the sunset, taking a nap,and sunbathing. (I plan to do four out of the above five. Can you guess which one I will not do?)

Here are some informative sites:
http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-477708-ocean_city_vacations-i

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_City,_New_Jersey

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rising_sun_Ocean_City_NJ.jpg

But there is one downfall to this trip. The food!! There is a lot of great food!! Seafood-lobster, crabs, shrimp... and barbecue food-cheeseburgers, hot dogs, chicken sandwiches, potato and macaroni salad...and boardwalk food-pizza, hoagies, cheese steaks, caramel popcorn, fudge, funnel cake...
And then there are junk food, like the cheetos below!! I have to be careful of this food, and of the sun, so I don't get sun burnt!! This food, and the sun, are the only two enemies of this trip...

Anyway, I will be off to Kansai airport in a little while. See ya when I get back!