Italy

Hum, where to begin? When we first arrived in the airport it was exciting and also a bit weird. Then we took a train to the city center. When we got to the hotel we put our bags down and we were of to the colosseum. We took a tour and it is truely an amazing place. Then we got lunch which was like cafateria food. We went back to the hotel and we took a well needed nap. We went back out and got dinner. The next day we went to the Fourm, Trevi Fountain, and Panthenoen. The next day we were of to Florence after an 1.5 train ride we were there. Our hotel was right in the plaza. At the plaza there were reastruants, little shops, a wine tasting, and a carousel. There were so many little shops with people selling paintings my absolute favorite part. My brother alsogot his haircut at a shop downstairs from a hotel. Florence was my favorite part of my vacation. Next we were of to Siena, our only hotel with a pool. It was a bit of a letdown to us because the water was absolutly freezing. The hotel was beautiful though. It was a huge property with beautiful gardens and even chickens. Then we went on a day trip to Pisa we were there just forthe afternoon only to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Origanaly me, dad, and brotherwere going to climb it thenCarter heard he would have to wait in line so he backed out. Then dadsaid he would stay with the kids so me and mom climbed it. It was really cool because you could actually feel that you were tipping. Finally wewere back in Siena and next day it was of to Rome again. At this point to be honost Iwas ready to go home. We went to the Vatican and the next morning we rushed to see St. Peters Basillica. We were in our taxi and on our way home.It is now goodto be home. Top Ten Highlights of the Vacation:

1. Eating at least 2 gelatos everyday

2. Getting all the pizza and pasta we want

3. Getting a guitar

4. Seeing all the amazing sights

5. Having a taxi that is not all beat up

6. Seeing the cat sanctuary

7. Relaxing

8. Having McDonalds

9. Looking in shop windows

10. All the cool paintings

Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock

For the past 6 weeks the school has been practicing a musical production called Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock. All of the students are different animals and the lead character is Anansi. He is a mean old spider who uses a magical rock and steals all of the animals food. Then a Little Bush Deer tricks Anansi and gives all the animals their food back. Regan and I were ostrichs who loved our coffee beans and Carter was a lion who loved his roast beef. We sang a total of 9 songs: Lion Sleeps Tonight, Mellow Yellow, Java Jive, Kings Of The Road, Elephants Have Wrinkles, Zebra Song, I Wanna Be Like You, Every Breath You Take, Shoop Shoop Song, and We Will Rock You. Sadly, the principal (production director) will be leaving so I don't know if there will be any more productions. You won't be hearing until a week when we go on holiday but I will definatly post when we get back.