We went to the Ice Bar. It was in a hotel. They gave you big gloves and a fur lined poncho and hoodie to wear, and everything is made out of ice in there. The bar, the chairs, even the glasses that you drink out of are made out of ice. It was pretty cold Read More …
Finland was beautiful. It had good architecture, good food, and nice weather. One of the best things was that we found a Ben & Jerry’s store and ate Chew Chew Caramel ice cream! We went to an old fortress on an island about 10 minutes from Helsinki. It was really peaceful and pretty. Did you 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 …
Estonia was very fun to go to. We got to make marzipan animals with color. Marzipan is a paste made out of almonds and sugar. While we were in the marzipan place, it rained like heck. I made a parrot that was green, orange (surprise surprise ;o-)) and red. Mom made a dolphin that was Read More …
I think Copenhagen is the best city we have been to on the trip. It is really clean and pretty and they have canals where you can ride boats to go to the mall, or see the highlights of town. We went to the summer solstice celebration. It had lots of bonfires lit in the Read More …
Today I got to kiss the Blarney Stone. The first thing I learned is that it is not a stone that is out all by itself. It is a piece of a wall in Blarney Castle, all the way at the top. After I climbed up 124 steps, I was at the top of the Read More …
Here is a short list of what we did in Ireland. The National Museum in Dublin was cool. I did a video about it. They had artifacts from Ancient Egypt there, and from the Vikings. When you walk in to the Museum, there is a huge zodiac mosaic across the floor that is very intricate. 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 impressions of Dublin were that it was warmer than Iceland and we landed on a sunny day. My 25 or so words about Ireland so far: Rainysunny days, people are nicer and tell jokes, more trees than Iceland, more animals. Not as big as London, doesn’t have as many historic things as England. Read More …
Almost the whole time we have been in Ireland, we have not seen any kids. In Ireland, not many kids go to dinner with their parents because they have bad manners. The parents don’t want to get humiliated of their kids’ bad manners. The other reason is maybe that the recession here is very Read More …
