Amelia's Travel Blog : Snorkeling in Kona

Sunday, March 2, 2008

Snorkeling in Kona

Today we went snorkeling in Kona, which is known for it's beautiful fish. We woke up early and ate pancakes before leaving. We already had are snorkel gear from the day before so we just left early. It was a two hour ride to Kona so I had brought my DVD player and My brother, my sister, and I watched movies on the way there. On the way we stopped at the grocery store to get snacks and towels. We ended up getting a back pack to. We stopped to eat on the way also. When we finally got there it was really crowded. When we got to the beach we found a shady place on a flat rock. My brother, dad, and I got in first. We saw giant sea urchins, and many different types of fish like the yellow tang and the puffer fish. My brother and I went really deep out until he was going to fast and I lost him. Finally I found the way back and got my dad to go out deep with me. When we found my brother we swam around looking at different things. I even saw pink or purple coral. When we went in me and my sister saw about four turtles and then went to explore the tide pools. There were sea urchins in every little cove of the hardened lava rock. When we did leave we went and ate dinner at Denny's and then got ice cream at cold stone creamery where they had cake batter ice cream. When we got home we watched Harry Potter which lasted for a long time before going to bed.

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Notre Dame

Today we visited notre dame. Notre Dame is a gothic cathedral in Paris. Once we got to Notre Dame we had to stand in a large line. it took about 15 minutes until w actually got inside. Right away we started to climb the 400 steps to the top of the church. We climbed and climbed and climbed and pretty soon we got to the first level. it was a pretty good view but the top was much better. Once we got to the top we had a spectacular view. Not as good as the Eiffle tower, which you could see, but still a view of the river and below Notre Dame. Inside the church the priest was preaching and there were candles lit everywhere. We walked around and looked at statues like the sculpture of Joan of arc. Once we left we headed on looking forward to the rest of the day.

The Patisserie

Today after we got back from are big museum walk my brother, sister, and i went to the Patisserie to get dinner and dessert that night. We walked around the corner towards a little shop that was down the street from our apartment. they had decorated treats like pie with the fruit in beautiful designs and they had treats that looked like they were a big glob of whip cream. We ended up getting one tiny pizza and a bunch of little pieces of pizza. For dessert we got to pieces of berry pie and 2 pieces of apircot pie, also an apple pie. The pie looked so pretty you didn't want to eat them to destroy the designs. they tasted just as good as they looked. when we got back we feasted on pie and pizza.