The Hostel

The Hostel by Makenzie Moody
Hello, this is Makenzie. It was last night when the story began in the Chamoix (shammy) Mansion, just outside of Philadelphia. It was gorgeous when we entered the building with old furniture and elegant flags from countries all over the world. After we had checked in, Mr. Harvey started calling, “We need three people in this room” and “we need four people in this room!” As soon as we heard that there was a four person room still available, Dr. Naden, Emma, Dalis, and I climbed up three floors to where we would be staying that night. As we came to the second floor, there were pretty, bright rooms with wooden bunk beds. As we climbed to our room, we could not get the door open because the lock was so confusing. It was something like turn the knob left, let go, enter three numbers and turn the knob right. It took three tries to get it open. Then, we were lucky we were only staying one night. There were four metal cots in a tiny room with no sheets and one scratchy blanket for each of us. We made our beds, and all of a sudden Dalis jumped. Now, Dalis is very afraid of bugs and does not enjoy them in the least bit. There were bugs everywhere! In the girl’s bathroom, on the lights, climbing on the ceiling, and running on the stairs. Emma, Dalis, and I made an S.O.S video before bed, and laid down posing for our coffins. Then Emma started talking in her sleep, and Dalis said that she was cold, then stole Dr. Naden’s blanket. In the morning we made a video about how the stay affected us, and it showed Dalis and I growling at the camera. This is all part of our adventure, and there will be plusses and minuses. This was definitely a minus!