Amelia's Travel Blog : December 2010

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

A Lovely Winter Break

I have decided to once again begin to Blog. My life has been very fascinating since I have been back to public school. It seems so long ago I was writing my first post about my first day of homeschooling. At school i've learned that people have changed, and stayed the same. I've learned that it's scary how the kids I once new are now freshmen. It's hard to believe that I will be graduating in less then four short years. Public school has been hard, interesting, and stressful and still I'm not sure if it was the right decision.
I haven't had a true adventure in about a year when I travelled to Amsterdam but in a few weeks I will embark on a journey to Ghana, Africa. I'm so excited! This will be a spectacular experience and something to look forward to in the middle of January. I often feel sad when the sky is grey, and the trees bare. In Africa it will be warm. A the very least i'll enjoy the warmth for a week. I hope everyone is well and continues to read my blog! I hope to blog at least three times a week. love, amelia

dolphin slaughter in japan

In japan, there is a beautiful cove. Within this cove dolphins are being brutally slaughtered. There meet which is full of mercury (highly toxic) is being sold to the people of japan with a false label. "Whale meat" We need to inform citizens and sign a petition. To get the word out go to Takepart.com/TheCove. You can also get informed by watching the documentary "The Cove"

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.