Paris

Because I did a couple of posts about London, I am going to do a couple of posts about Paris.

July 23- We took a train through an underwater tunnel called the Chunnel. We got to the apartment we were borrowing and crashed. Nothing much to say other than that.

July 24- We went to a cultural center called the Pompideau Center. We mainly looked at the art part. What's cool about it is the architecture, and that you can see the Eiffle Tower from the top of it. Then we went to a famous church called Notre Dame. It is so fancy and worth seeing. We took a boat down the Seine River to the Eiffle Tower. We didn't go up, though.

July 25-We woke up and went to an art museum called the Musée d'Orsay. Then we bought food and had a picnic at the Eiffle Tower. We bought more food, went to the apartment, and crashed.

July 26- We went and saw ANOTHER art museum called the Louvre, and we saw MONA LISA!!! Then we went to Arc d' Triumph, which is this monument that Napoleon (NOT Dynamite) had made for himself. You can see all of Paris from the top, SO cool. We ate escargots
(snails) and crashed.

July 27- We went to a castle called Versailles Palace, which is this HUGE castle, and ate more snails. Pretty much it.

July 28- Went to a Picasso Museum and rested up for the rest of the day.

London Pics

Michael and I on a bronze lion
The British Museum
Big Ben and Parliament
A bridge seen in "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince"
with St. Paul's in the background.
The London Eye

Big Ben seen from a boat cruise

London

Hi! I have SO much to say in 1 post. I'll do my best. O.k., so first, of course, I rode a plane to London. It took about 8 hours. If you have to ride a plane for that long, always try to sleep for most of it. I slept, but it was very light. It was more of a time passing sleep. Anyway, we got there, had lunch, slept (we were ALL tired), and we rode this thing called the London Eye. It is sort of like a HUGE Ferris wheel, but there are more people in this egg-shaped room that moves around. It is always moving very slowly. At the top you can see all of London. It is awesome. Then we went to bed so we could wake up to hard core sightseeing. We saw Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in London. SO cool, but I won't spoil it for you if you haven't seen it. Then we saw Westmister Abbey, Big Ben, and Parliament. A lot of people think that Big Ben is the name of the tower, but it is really the name of the bell inside. Then we went to the British Library. We saw the REAL copy of Handel's Messiah!!! Then we went to The National Gallery. After that we went to the British Museum, and we saw the ACTUAL Rosetta Stone!!! We took a sightseeing bus tour to the hotel and crashed. (If you are wondering how we get to places, we take underground trains called Tubes.) I am SO TIRED. But today, we are going to Paris! Ooh-la-la!

I'm going to Europe!!!

Hello to my few fans! So most of you know that I am going to Europe today. We are going to fly to London, stay for about 4 days (I'm not so sure), take an underwater train called the Chunnel to Paris, stay for a week, fly to a city in Italy, bounce around a lot of cities (I forgot which ones) and stay in each city for 2 nights, and fly home from Rome. Whew!
I will try to upload my blog in Europe. I will have wireless for about 2 thirds of the trip. So tune in every day!

Camping tips

Hi! I got back from camp a few days ago, and I wanted to give you some camping tips.

1. If you are going camping with someone, bring deoderant.

2. Never put food in your tent. Ants, raccoons, and even bears can invade it.

3. Always have insect repellent!!!!!

4. Bring rain gear, because your tent is your only shelter.

5. Don't eat too many smores.

6. Have fun!