Since we are leaving Europe for Asia next week, I wanted to make sure I remember where my favorite places were while we were in Europe. #10. Amsterdam – Everyone was in good shape. They had cool museums. I got to see WillP there. 9. Paris – Macarons every day. The best falafel. I Read More …
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 …
It is so easy to get lost in Venice. You have the canals going in all different directions, which get you turned around. You also have the thin alleyways and multiple bridges for one canal, so it is even more confusing. There are lots of dead ends that sometimes don’t have bridges to keep walking 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 …
On a scale of 1-10, Russia was an 11. The best things in my opinion are these: The Amber Room at Catherine’s Palace, the Hermitage Museum, Peterhof, and the Church of the Spilled Blood. Catherine’s Palace is gargantuan. Did you know that even though it is blocks long, it only had 58 people living there? Read More …
Dublin’s National Museum has a Treasury Room with all kinds of gold and jewelry that dates back 3000 years. Most of it was found in hoards around Ireland. People find the hoards in peat bogs. Here’s my video.
My first video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2wyGECOIAs A word of warning. If you get to go to the Blue Lagoon, make sure you put the conditioner in your hair BEFORE you go in the water and leave it on there. Otherwise, be prepared for crunchy hair when you get out!
In Snoop’s interminable quest to define everything mathematically, I thought I’d have him answer the following questions before we leave: 1. How many miles will we travel (do not include on foot)? 40,000 a. How many kilometers is that? 64,000 2. How many countries will we visit? 37 a. What is the square root of Read More …
