Europe Adventure

We recently got back from an Adventure in Europe. We first packed, then we drove to a bus station. At the bus station we parked and got on the bus to Boston. We got off at the airport and discovered someone had taken our bag. We went to terminal E and took a Aer Lingus flight to Dublin that lasted about 5 hrs & 20 minutes. We did not have that one bag, but the bus company was searching for it. In Dublin we took a taxi to a fishing village , saw a castle there and ate at a cafe. We had about 4 hr layover so then we took another taxi back to Dublin airport. The currency in Ireland was Euro's but they drove on the left side of the road. So they had a bit of English culture left from the time Britain ruled Ireland. The taxi drivers did not really like England and one played a Irish rebel song when we asked him his favorite Irish music. We took another Aer Lingus flight from terminal 2 to Inverness Scotland. That flight was only an hour and a half. In Inverness we got a Mercedes rental car that turned off when you stopped ! We drove towards Skye after we got some food from a market. There were sheep and green hills everywhere!

 We stopped on our way and hiked up a hill and had a picnic on it. There were many small rivulets running through the hills too. We saw plenty of sheep on our way to Skye. We stopped at some castles like Eileen Donan and Urqhart

.  We also went to a town called Strontian, where strontium was discovered. In Skye we slept in a cottage, and explored many places, including Portree ( the capital ), and the fairy springs                  

next to the Cullens ( a mountain range ). Then we went down to Stirling, and saw Stirling Castle. After this we went down to Edinburgh and the surrounding towns. We saw Edinburgh Castle

and went to church in DalKeith. We also went through a flower field ( around North Berwick )                        

. We hiked up a The North Berwick Law ( or just the Berwick Law ), in North Berwick , it is a hill that has a whale's Jawbone ( now a replica , added in 2008, after one rotted away , and was removed in 2005 )  on the top. It also has ruins of an Iron age hill fort and military bases of many wars, including the Napoleonic and WWII. I got lost on it but, We found each other later. After this we had a Flight booked for London, but when we stopped on our way to the Airport , Our Sister's lip got slashed on the concrete. We went to the airport , and they told us that we should get it stitched, ( by the way the medical agent there was not very helpful ) But they couldn't do it, and there was a hospital 7 miles away or so. So we went to St Johns hospital and waited forever in the emergency room. Then after some more waiting in a patient's room, there came a facial surgeon and he stitched our sisters lip up. We had missed our flight from Edinburgh airport, and drove around, after getting some food at Tesco's, to find a hotel to sleep for the night. We went to hotel one hotel, they said no, then another ( that they recommended to us ), that said no , and another ( that they recommended to us ) , that said NO. But , finally we found one that said yes! and we slept there during the night. There was a deal if you book flights the day before them , before midnight, then they are cheaper. Our dad booked our flight to London , like 2 minutes before Midnight. We slept there that night, and then had a Breakfast there , for they had breakfast served there. That day we flew to London, we had lost some time, so we did not go to Oxford. But we took a bus tour of London, and saw Big Ben's tower              

, Parliament , and other buildings. We then flew to Bergerac, France, and then drove to Beynac.

There we slept in an old ( about medieval ) stone cottage of the hill that had the castle. The Cottage was refurbished on the inside for modern needs. We explored much of the Dordogne

, and some of the castles around it, I got my Sword in one of the Castles.

After this we drove to Paris in a rental car we had gotten in Bergerac airport. We lost a wallet at one of the tolls, but finally, after some 6 hours, we made it to Paris. In Paris we explored

, and saw Notre Dame

 ( there was a statue of Charlemagne near it, and many pigeons  ) , The Louvre and the Eiffel Tower

( I touched the base of this one ). From here we flew to Dublin, and after a 2 hour layover ( that was delayed some more ), we flew to Boston. It was great to be home, and we had a great time in Europe.

San Diego

We Just got back from a trip to San Diego. It was fun and Educational. Here is what we did and where we went :



                                          First we packed...
                                         
                                   ...Then we went to the Airport..

                        ....Got on the plain and flew to San Diego ( 6 1/2 hours )                                              
             rented a car and got in a hotel. When we woke up we went To the Wild Animal Park.
   The Wild Animal Park was Awesome!!! Here is what we did at it : We walked around The place Eating
food that we had got from Trader Joes. We saw Lots of Animals My favorite was Harris's Hawk. We
saw lemurs,Gorrilas, lots of birds and others. we fed the Parakeets that was fun. But I would have liked it if I had a Leather glove on and Instead of Parakeets there would be Raptors.  Then we got on a Tram
 and went around the The African Safari. There we saw lots of Animals like Giraffes, Antelopes ,
 Wildebeest , Rhinos( One of them was almost extinct It had 7 more Rhinos of its kind ) and A cheetah. 
All around The Park were Cathartes auras or Vultures. They Also had Lions . We went and saw The bird show. Then we went back to our Hotel. We went to Balboa park . It was fun and I got a Swedish flag there. We learned about Balboa. I liked the International houses. We went to The beach and had fun by the Pacific. There was a nice Grassy place to play soccer on . We played there. We also went to the Temple and the Mormon Battalion. We Went to Eat at a healthy Mediterranean Restaurant. We visited some friends. We cooked quail eggs there and Then Packed up . We got food at trader joes.  Then went on the Plane back**. We thought this Flight was going to be canceled Because of the Snowstorm . Most of the Other flights to the East coast were Cancelled. But When we were to land It would be Rainy and windy , no snow. Since Jet-blue did not cancel the Flight to Boston , Many people that were going to New England went on that flight. So it was full. We read books Ate and Watched Sochi. When We landed we got our bags. Then Found out that The bus was not coming. So we Got in a Cab and Drove to a station where our car was Parked. Then got in our car and came home.














                                        *Route : Flew west Through New york , Canada and Michigan To Minnesota,
Flew southwest through South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado And Arizona to San Diego CA. 

 
 **Route: Flew Northeast. When Got to Boston Circled. Much Wind and turbulence. Landed.                                                        

Disneyworld and our Bahamas cruise

We have been away the last few weeks on vacation. It was a great learning adventure. Here are some photos from our trip. My favorite ride was at the Epcot center was Spaceship earth and it was a history ride through time. I loved it. I also enjoyed Epcot and learning about all the different countries and all that. We even ate food typical for those countries. It was awesome. The fireworks at the end of each day were cool. I loved the pool at the grand Floridian. I swam there with my brother and sister What a great hotel. Wow.

The cruise was fun too. When we were in the Bahamas we went to a pirates museum and learned all about the real pirates. It was interesting to be in a foreign country again. I will post more pictures soon. I loved swimming in the blue ocean with fish. We biked the island and went to a watchtower from where we saw the ship. I really enjoyed the broadway like Disney shows and all the good food they fed us.