The Tour of Rochester

       On July  the 7th ,  which was about 2 weeks ago , all my new classmates, a bunch of other new students and I went on a bus tour to explore and know more about the Flower city, Rochester. Which has beautiful flowers and special flower Festivals such as the lilac’s every year during the summer. Although this name has been recently used, Rochester once was known as the Flour City. This name was based on the enormous amount of flour Rochester was producing time ago. In fact, Rochester was the largest flour-producing city in the world, later the city came to be known less for its flour, so the name was changed to the Flower City. We got to learn about the history of Rochester when we stopped by the Genesee River, Where our tour guide Ron told us all about it.  The city of Rochester was actually found by a man named Nathaniel Rochester, who was a business man and a slave’s owner, who of course the city was called after. As shown in the Photo, the High falls is a waterfall along the Genesee River and in a past where people had no source of energy this water fall was used as a source. It was utilized to power mills which produced the flour. It was very interesting for me to learn more about the city I’ve grown to love for the last 2 months.

 

       We also stopped by Susan's B. Anthony house and walked to the Square named after her at the Historic park. Standing next to Susan's and Fredrick's Douglass statues, Ron told us about Susan. How she stood up for women rights and about the friendship that gathered her with Fredrick, as they were both going through the same thing. She was fighting for women's rights, he was fighting against slavery, for black people's rights.

 

       That day was nice regarding all the information we learned and the sight-seeing, but it was a horrible day when it came to the weather. It felt like the hottest day of the year. We were all thirsty and dehydrated from the heat, so our next stop was the Charlotte beach. There, we got some cold beverages and ice creams to cool our bodies.  After a walk at the beach and taking group pictures, we headed back on the bus and back to Nazareth, which was the end of the tour for me and Juan. It was around 6:30 PM and I was exhausted, while the rest of the students carried on to The Wegman’s to have their dinner there.