I was in a city that was in the center of the path of the eclipse last year.  Did you happen to see the eclipse?
Do you mean the solar eclipse of August 2017? I did see it happen, it was incredible! Do you know how an eclipse happens? 
Yeah, the moon moves in front of the sun!  It can go the other way, Earth moves between the sun and moon, but it's less impressive.
Do you know how often these solar eclipses happen? 
Not super often.  Something like every few years there's a good one, but a total eclipse is a lot more rare.
I remember seeing one in the UK when I was a child, that was a Total eclipse I think
I think the closest I got when I was a kid was a lunar eclipse.  I remember my dad (who is an astronomer) waking me up at like 4 AM to see it happen.
That's cool! I found out this year that the alignment of the three celestial bodies is known as a syzygy!