Freider, Angelika and the Black Forest...

We Stayed at Freider and Angelika's place in the Black Forest. We had a great time. We saw a tower castle. A story came with this tower.You would think that it was is a scary story, but it is rather sad. In this tower a prince lived and Princess Katerina lived in a castle nearby. The prince loved the princess and so the princess told her father that she loved the prince. Her father met the prince and thought that he was not so wonderful. The father of the princess hired a hunter to go and shoot the prince with an arrow. When the princess figured out that the prince was dead, she cried and a gnome took her in to live in his cave. Soon she died of her sadness. We went to visit the castle of the princess and we went into the gnome's cave to see her grave. The cave  was radio active so the tour guides that lead you don't get to work everyday. They have to switch every day. Angelika got us cute little German toys as goodbye presents.

Entering a new country.....

Guess where we are now? You probably guessed Germany, or some other country, anything but Switzerland. So I am in Switzerland and buying a Swiss army knife. Audrey got a red one , I got blue, and Guy got black. We only stayed there one night because of how expensive it was. Anyway, the food and chocolate were great! We tried real Toblarone and Swiss Fondue for dinner. We had a great time.  Einstein lived here and this is where he discovered the theory of relativity. This is his wife's and his Grades. His wife did better in practical physics work.

Rome

Part 1, Rome's
Colosseum

The Colosseum is a circle shaped area that was used for sports.

It was a place where gladiators fought other gladiators, Christians were killed, animals died and more. It was free to go in the Colosseum because it was a present to the people because of how badly Nero treated them. Nero was an emperor and the Colosseum was built on top of Nero's house after it was torn down.

Suits and armor that gladiators used.





Part 2, Rome's
Typewriter

Victor Emmanuel II Memorial, or as the Italians call it, the "Typewriter". Victor Emmanuel II's Memorial is a huge museum! We went to the top and skipped the museum because it was getting late in the day. We got a magnificent view of Rome and the Vatican. We got a great view of St.Peters Basilica, the Forum and the Colosseum. On the two sides of the "Typewriter" you could see a statue of Winged Victory, the Roman goddess.

Part 3, Rome's
Forum

The Forum is a place where a lot of ruins are. It is huge and there are some very interesting sights.

Part 4, Rome's
Mythology

Roman Mythology is based on Greek mythology, like Trident and Poseidon. Poseidon is the Greek god of the sea and Trident is the Roman god. There was a god of all of the pleasures of life, hunting, child birth, victory and others. Ohh and the godess of kiwis-- Audrey! Joking-- my sister Audrey loves kiwis. She is KIWI KRAZY! and she got to eat a lot of kiwi in Rome. My favorite legend was Romulus and Remus. They were raised by a she-wolf after being abandoned by their mom and dad. Legends say that they built Rome. Remus died because Romulus killed him in a fight over the building of Rome. 

Part 5, Vatican City

Vatican city is a separate country from Italy, but it is located in Rome, Italy. It is the largest Christian church. The pope does mass on Easter in front of the church and then gives a speech at the balcony of St.Peters Basilica. He arrives in a bullet proof Pope-mobile when he travels. The Sistine Chapel was cool.

Greece

Chapter 1, Athens

  Athens was named after Athena, the goddess of knowledge. The legends say that Athena was in a competition with Poseidon who was the god of the sea. Poseidon struck the ground with his trident to create water, the only problem was that salt water came out. Athena made the "sacred olive trees". That is also the legend of how olive trees were made. It took place on Athens Acropolis. Athena clearly won. So there you have it, why Athens is named Athens supposedly. The Acropolis was cool. Acropolis means "hill top". The Parthenon is on top of the Acropolis with other ruins and temples. We also went to a place that serves local Greek food for dinner.

"The Parthenon"

Chapter 2, A Mega Sega

  Santorini is a City-Mega-Volcano, it is said to have the most Beautiful sunsets ever. It was too cloudy, though. My favorite part of Santorini that I liked best was the trip to the crater of the valcano.

Saw some lizards,in a towel toga (ancient Greek fashion called a toga) on the ship heading back to land after swimming in the not so hot springs,

bet I can last longer than you in this cold water!Coal in the crater.

We actually stayed on a volcano on Santorini, it is a mega volcano itself! Santorini is a island volcano!

Sorry but thats all the time I have i will see you later!