We had a good flight to Athens from Rome. We had a pretty good cab ride to the hotel, but, the hotel took the gold medal. It is called the Athens Intercontinental Athenaeum hotel. It was awesome. It had a nice pool, a spa, a “shopping arcade,” 7 floors, yummy breakfast, and good rooms. Also, Read More …
We spent an afternoon learning how to become gladiators. Did you know that a female gladiator is called a gladiatrix? They had female gladiators 2000 years ago, and, our teacher was a gladiatrix. First, we learned all about the history of being a gladiator. I learned that, if you were a slave and you won Read More …
Pompeii is a super huge abandoned city. There used to be 250,000 people living there before Mount Vesuvius erupted. It is a big volcano that you can see from Pompeii. The city was covered by pumice and ash. In some places it was covered with 10 meters of ash. That was good for two reasons: Read More …
The Roman Colosseum was huge. The line to get in was even bigger. We were lucky that we went to Palatine Hill before the Colosseum, so we didn’t have to wait in line. I made a video there: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcLPV9ysMlo Here are some tips for when you go. 1. Before you go, get tickets in advance. You Read More …
Praha is beautiful, and, at night, the city glows with light. Our apartment is about 100 meters from this big river and a famous bridge, called the Charles Bridge. In the river, there are some little islands. There is one on the other side of the bridge from our apartment. It is called Kampa Island. Read More …
The Tour de France is the biggest bike race in the world. It ended today in Paris and we got to see it. During the first lap we were in Angelina. It is a restaurant that serves the best hot chocolate in the world. I am going to do a video of this, I think. It Read More …
