DULUTH

Last weekend, we had a trip to Duluth. It's memorable. With this trip, I have a knowledge of Duluth.
We set off by bus at 5pm on Friday afternoon. We were all excited because this is our first trip in U.S. After about one hour ride, we had a rest and had our dinner in Forest Lake, MN. There was several restaurants in the area to choose from. Finally, I and my other four friends chose KFC. KFC is very popular in China and all of us like to eat KFC. But we had not eaten one since we came to U.S. We had a happy dinner with satisfaction. Then we started off again to the destination. We live at Cloquet Forestry Center, the principal forestry field station of the University of Minnesota. It serves as a regional and national center for instructional, research, and outreach programs for the natural resources community. We stayed in double occupancy dorm-style rooms with private bath in a beautiful northwoods setting. When we put our luggage into right place, we played the King game at boys'. We had a lot of fun because we must do something that was stupid and trick, like a boy went to a girl's room and said loudly"xxx, I love you."
Next day was a sunshine day. We got up and had breakfast buffet. The breakfast was really good. It offered cakes, sausage, eggs, fruit and mile and so on. We went to the Split Rock Lighthouse which was located at 40 miles north in Duluth. It was a wonderful lighthouse built around 1910. The Visitor Center has spectacular views of the big lake, exhibits featuring artifacts and information on the history of the light station, the history of the North Shore, and facts about Lake Superior shipping, and a Museum Store. I learnt that Split Rock Lighthouse is one of the most recognized and photographer icons in the state. In the early years of the 20th century, iron ore shipments on Lake Superior doubled and redoubled. Shipwrecks on Lake Superior's North Shore in 1905 November prompted this rugged landmark's construction. Completed by the U.S. Lighthouse Service in 1910, Split Rock Light Station was soon one of Minnesota's best known landmarks. Restored to its 1920s appearance, the lighthouse offers a glimpse of lighthouse life in this remote and spectacular setting. We took lots of photos there. Oh,they were so beautiful.

Breakfast in America

A full American breakfast consists of bacon, eggs, hash browns or home fries, toast or some other bread, fruit or juice, and coffee. It is often referred to as a "country breakfast" in many areas of the Midwestern United States. The terms "fry" and "full breakfast" are not generally used in North America, though hotels generally distinguish between a light "continental breakfast" and a hot, cooked breakfast.

In the Southern United States the meal is typically known as a "big breakfast" or "Sunday breakfast" and usually contains some combination of eggs, grits, toast or biscuits with white gravy, hash browns, potato pancakes or "breakfast potatoes", bacon, sausage, ham or steak, other meats such as scrapple or liver pudding, pancakes, cinnamon rolls or similar sweet pastries, all served with coffee and juice (usually orange or grapefruit).

（FROM WILIPEDIA）

Breakfast in China and America have several things in common. First of all, they are both various. People have many choices. For example, American can choose bacon, sausage, ham and steak. They can drink coffee, milk, juice and so on. Similarly, we have many kinds of food. When it comes to food which is made with flour, we have noodles, steamed bread, fired stick and bun. A second way in which these two kinds of breakfast are similar is that they both have a tendency to fast. With the accelerating pace of life, especially in big cities, more and more people don't have enough time to enjoy their breakfast. They must eat fast and full. In this case, western breakfast is very popular in China.
Even though American and Chinese breakfast have many common things, they are strikingly different in many ways. For example, Chinese breakfast often consists of rice and steamed bread. In China, we usually eat porridge. However, as far as I know, the American like to drink coffee, milk or some fruit juice in the breakfast. Another difference is American prefer to eat some simple food, like bread,eggs, ham or buy Binger King's hamburgers in the morning. In contrast, Chinese people like to eat their own breakfast at home and it is usually complex. People spend many time preparing breakfast. Then, American breakfast has more nutrition and calorie. For instance, the bacon, sausage, ham and steak have high protein and fat. Whereas, sometimes Chinese breakfast lack nutrition because people like to eat salted vegetable which has little nutrition. And we need to eat a lot, or we'll be hungry before lunch. Lastly, we don't have a habit of reading newspapers when they eat breakfast unlike American usually do it.

Breakfast in China

http://county.aweb.com.cn/2006/12/23/8064053.htm

According to a survey, the Chinese breakfast has different ways:
1.Traditional: steamed bread,porridge,fried bread stick, bun, salted wegetable
2.Fast food: milk and eggs or bread
3.western-style: sandwich and a cup of coffee, or a hamburg and a milky tea

The habit of eating in China is people usually dat food which is warm.