Okay everything is really backed up so I will be writing about our Sorento/Pompeii trip. So we got up at 6 am which meant I only got like 2 or 3 hours of sleep the whole night because I was listening to the Saint John Seadogs game. They lost...but the Seadogs did come back to tie the series 2-2 but then they lost the next 2 games, and that is why The Moncton Wildcats are in Memorial Cup Tournament and not the Seadogs. Well I guess I better start talking about European stuff. haha. So were on the road by 7:00 and we got to Sorento at about 12:00. We got into our Hotel that was suppose to have a really nice pool. The pool was nice, but it was empty. So we complained and they gave us a voucher to go down the street to a different hotel's pool. Then me, Chelsea and my mom went down to the pool but not before eating lunch. We were walking down the street and I said this one looks good. It said slice and drink for 3,50 euro. But we decided to go to this other place so we could sit down. We ordered a pizza for all of us and som fries and some drinks. When the pizza came I was completely turned off by it. It was shaped like a bowl and filled with olive oil. Grossest pizza I have ever had. The funny thing about it was we went to the other place the next night and theirs was way better. After that disgusting lunch we walked down to the pool. We walked in and I was very happy to see that theirs was even batter then our hotels pool. So I got in first. I jumped because I knew it would be cold and man was it ever. After that it was fine and I swam around a bit and decided to get out right when Chelsea was getting in. I told Chelsea that once she got in I would get back in. 15 minutes later I got back in. Me and Chelsea swam around a bit and then a women came over and started to talk to us. She was from Atlanta. I asked her about the Thrashers but she just said that she went to the Braves and the basketball team(whoever they are). She did say that she went to some Atlanta Flames games when they were there. After that we got out, changed and went back to the hotel. We rested for an hour or 2 then went out for supper. We walked around downtown Sorento for awhile just kinda looking around then we found a nice little pizza stand type thingy and there was this young girl that spoke very good english. It turns out her mom is British and her father is Italian. Pretty cool. Then we kept walking. I found this sweet awesome shirt that is black and has the superman logo in Gold. I just had to buy it, especially since it was only 7 euros. Then we walked back to the hotel. We watched some Punk'd, then some How I Met Your Mother on my computer then we went to bed. In the morning we got up and went to Pompeii. We took the train because there is lots of traffic and we probably would have paid more for parking then the actual tickets for the train. We got there got our tickets and went in. We had some guides and what things were and it was fun at the start but then it was all the same to me. We walked into one little house thingy and then another identical and another and another. I am glad I can say I went to Pompeii but it was one of the boringest places since I've arrived in Europe. Another thing that made it hard is that it was all dirt roads and it was windy and my face was full of old and dirt the whole time. Not pleasant. Then we went back to Sorento and did the same thing as the night before and it was fun. The nest day why got up and I had toast with delicious Kraft Peanut Butter that my sweet Grammie brought for me(Thank you Grammie :D) in the toaster that we brought from Florence. Then we got in the car and drove back.
I will just continue now instead doing another post. At the end of this one you will be completely up to date. So we got back and the next day we went to the airport at 9:00 am and picked up my daddy. It was so nice to see him again. We got home and he opened his suit case and he had 2 big bags of Ketchup Chips. He also had some candy for us but that was nothing compared to the chips. We had a lazy day all day because of my dads jet lag. The next day we went out and decided to got to the museum San Marco and since we got this family pass we get in free. It was pretty cool but a little boring. Then we went over to the museum with the David in it(I forget the name of the museum) We just looked at the David then left. Then my mom and my sister got on a bus and me and my dad walked home. So in the last week me and my dad and my mom(and sometimes Chelsea) have been walking down town and just walking around and sometimes going into some museums. So far I have been to the Uffizi twice and then the David place and San Marco once. We will be going to the Santa Croce with tomb of Michelangelo and back to the David place again. Me and my mom have also been to a photograph museum. That one was funner than most museums. So other than going down town a lot we have done much other than that except for 2 days ago. 2 days ago we went to Siena. A very cool place. When we got there it was really hard to find a parking spot. We finally found one and there was a guy from Lichtenstein or Luxembourg in his car and he was moving up and he spot about half-way between 2 spots. Then my dad got out and just asked if he could move up into the spot so we could get in behind him. He moved up but not very far. My mom tried like 3 times to get into the spot but she couldn't when we drove away we looked in front of his car and he had abut 3 feet of room. Now we hate all Lichtensteinians or Luxembourgians. We are still trying to figure out what his license plate was. So then we found another spot just up the street from him. We walked into Siena and looked around a bit, went into the post office(My dad wanted to see what they looked like...that's my dad) and then ended up at this big square. My dad spotted the Gelato place and so we went over and Chelsea and my dad got some Gelato. Then we walked over to thier Duomo thingy and me and my dad raced up the huge stairs(He just beat me because he started of slow and then went fast at the end but I did the opposite) Then we looked around up there and the kept walking. We found a good pizza place a decided to get a couple slices. The were big slices so by the end we were just feeding the pigeons. That was fun though. My dad said he would give me 50 bucks if I could catch a pigeon in Siena. So the whole walk back to the car I was trying to catch a pigeon. The reason I thought I could do this was because 4 days earlier we were sitting on a bench in Florence and a pigeon came by and I stuck my hand out and it hit my hand straight on. It freaked out hit my dad in the face with its wing and then flew in the other direction. It was pretty hilarious but had I closed my hand when he hit I would have caught it. So back to Siena. I am slowly cornering pigeons and then reaching for them but they always seem to get away. So we got in the car and my dad said he would give me 10 dollars if he catch one before we leave. I will keep you updated on the pigeon situation but so far its like pigeons-30 Liam-0. So after Siena we decided to make stop in San Gimignano since it was my favorite place in Italy. My sister and my dad just sat out and read in the park and me and my mom went into the little walled in town. We saw this huge cricket and a bunch of lizards but in particular there was this one that was short and brown and fat. He was also really rough like a toad. He was really cool. Then we walked around and went in some stores and then left but not before I got this bread stick thing. Then name had ravioli in it so I thought it would be filled with something gross but it was empty and delicious. If I ever go back I am getting one of those again. Then we left and went back home. The first thing I did when I got home was check the Canada-Norway game they won 12-1 and it was nice to see that Eberle played well. Then me and my mom watched Survivor. It was a good episode. We are really excited for the Finale that is tonight...but we don't get to see it till tomorrow morning. We bet on what order the final 5 would be in. I said from 1-5 Jerri,Parvati(or Russell depending on if its final 2 or 3) then Russell (or Parvati), Colby, Sandra. My mom picked Sandra,Parvati (or Russell), Russell(or Parvati),Jerri,Colby and my dad picked Colby,Parvati(or Russell) Russell(or Parvati) Sandra, Jerri. So we all think That Russell will get to the very end and lose because the Jury hates him. Then the next day we all decided to got to the mall because they had a good candy store. We got some candy and some groceries and then got out of their because it was a Zoo. Then we went home and I wrote this because our internet went out for 3 hours.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010
Hockey in Europe
So when we got back from Venice and the only thing I was thinking about was the Sens. So the next night I stayed up till 3:00 am to watch Ottawa blow a 3 goal lead and lose in Overtime. I was really disappointed but I got over it pretty quick and fell asleep. The next morning(it was actually the afternoon) I tried not think about it. I was able to forget about over the next few days because my team in Saint John was doing really well. I listen to their semi-final game 6 and they won 7-1 which was awesome but now there playing their provincial rivals the Moncton Wildcats in the first all maritime finals. They are down 2-0 in the series in a very embarrassing fashion. the first game was 5-1 and the second was 9-3...very embarrassing. But I will continue with what I have done in Europe.
So a couple days after Venice we decided to go find a beach. There was a man made lake just down the road about 45 minutes and when we got there we stopped at one spot to find out it had not beach just water and grass. So we looked at a map and found a place that had a beach. We got there to find out it was all rocks and the water was really cold but we stayed. We later moved off the rocks to this surf board thing that people use to learn how to surf on. It was much more comfortable. While we were there Chelsea called us over to where she was sitting because she said she saw a lizard and shur enough there it was. A cute little green lizard thingy. So I tried to catch it. I used a stick to get him out of his little hiding spot and he ran by me and underneath the building. Thinking there was only 1 I kept looking under the building but then I turned around and there were 3 or 4 lizard in the same kind of hiding spots. So I would try and catch them but they were always to fast and they would go under into there little hiding spot. So kind of gave up and went back to the surf board. I read for a bit but then we decided to leave I went back over to where the lizards to try and catch 1 one last time and I launched my hand at him and he turn around to go down his hiding spot and his tail came up and I grabbed it. He thrashed around for a bit but then he just relaxed and I showed to Chelsea and and my mom and then I went back to where I found him and I put him in my hand and lower him down and he sat there for a bit before running it to his home again. Then we got in the car and left.
Then a couple days later we drove to Arezzo. Where the beginning of It's a Beautiful Life was filmed and where the background of the Mona Lisa is. On the way there we saw a place Called THE MALL we didn't stop but we though about it. We kept driving and saw a little like market thingy, more like a garage sale. We stopped and looked at it and they had all these lighters and I picked 1 up that had dice on it but I didn't really know it was a lighter and I was looking at the top and it had a little silver thing and I pushed it and the flame shot up almost touching my face. It was pretty funny. But then at the end of the thing it had like German war pins and like hats and the Russian hammer logo thingy so we got out of there. We kept going and got to Arezzo. We found parking and walked into the kind of walled area. We stopped at this little automatic bathroom. This bathroom was the grossest bathroom ever. It was so dirty you couldn't wash your hand because so were risking hepatitis from the dozens of used needles in the sink. After that horrible experience we walked down kind of main street. We went in a few stores and kept walking. At the top there was a big park with a snack place. So we had lunch there. After that we walked down into this square and it had a little sign that had pictures of the scenes where It's a beautiful life was filmed. It was pretty cool because we were right where it was filmed. pretty cool. Then we walked down to the roman runes and looked at them then we walked to the car and left, but not before stopping at McDonalds for some sweet and sour sauce( or Chinese sauce or Suss sauce). On the way home we decided to stop at THE MALL It wasn't what we that it was. It was just Dolce and Gebana and Gucci and things like that. So we got out of there pretty quick.
A couple days later we went to see a double feature at the movies. It was Iron Man and Iron Man 2. I like the first one better but the second one was still pretty awesome. When we got out of the second we realized why all the Bands were seting up before the first movie. It was insomnia night. The Night where the whole town goes down town and listens to bands, (most) get drunk and stay up all night. We made it to 2:00 am. Then we went home and went to sleep.
Now it's a couple days later and I am in the Car driving to our hotel in Sorrento. We are planning on going up the big Volcano there. I would spell it but I know I would get it wrong and I know you guys know what I am talking about. Then going swimming in our pool. These plans aren't finalized...we might not go swimming after going up, we might swim before and after. Talk to ya later.
So a couple days after Venice we decided to go find a beach. There was a man made lake just down the road about 45 minutes and when we got there we stopped at one spot to find out it had not beach just water and grass. So we looked at a map and found a place that had a beach. We got there to find out it was all rocks and the water was really cold but we stayed. We later moved off the rocks to this surf board thing that people use to learn how to surf on. It was much more comfortable. While we were there Chelsea called us over to where she was sitting because she said she saw a lizard and shur enough there it was. A cute little green lizard thingy. So I tried to catch it. I used a stick to get him out of his little hiding spot and he ran by me and underneath the building. Thinking there was only 1 I kept looking under the building but then I turned around and there were 3 or 4 lizard in the same kind of hiding spots. So I would try and catch them but they were always to fast and they would go under into there little hiding spot. So kind of gave up and went back to the surf board. I read for a bit but then we decided to leave I went back over to where the lizards to try and catch 1 one last time and I launched my hand at him and he turn around to go down his hiding spot and his tail came up and I grabbed it. He thrashed around for a bit but then he just relaxed and I showed to Chelsea and and my mom and then I went back to where I found him and I put him in my hand and lower him down and he sat there for a bit before running it to his home again. Then we got in the car and left.
Then a couple days later we drove to Arezzo. Where the beginning of It's a Beautiful Life was filmed and where the background of the Mona Lisa is. On the way there we saw a place Called THE MALL we didn't stop but we though about it. We kept driving and saw a little like market thingy, more like a garage sale. We stopped and looked at it and they had all these lighters and I picked 1 up that had dice on it but I didn't really know it was a lighter and I was looking at the top and it had a little silver thing and I pushed it and the flame shot up almost touching my face. It was pretty funny. But then at the end of the thing it had like German war pins and like hats and the Russian hammer logo thingy so we got out of there. We kept going and got to Arezzo. We found parking and walked into the kind of walled area. We stopped at this little automatic bathroom. This bathroom was the grossest bathroom ever. It was so dirty you couldn't wash your hand because so were risking hepatitis from the dozens of used needles in the sink. After that horrible experience we walked down kind of main street. We went in a few stores and kept walking. At the top there was a big park with a snack place. So we had lunch there. After that we walked down into this square and it had a little sign that had pictures of the scenes where It's a beautiful life was filmed. It was pretty cool because we were right where it was filmed. pretty cool. Then we walked down to the roman runes and looked at them then we walked to the car and left, but not before stopping at McDonalds for some sweet and sour sauce( or Chinese sauce or Suss sauce). On the way home we decided to stop at THE MALL It wasn't what we that it was. It was just Dolce and Gebana and Gucci and things like that. So we got out of there pretty quick.
A couple days later we went to see a double feature at the movies. It was Iron Man and Iron Man 2. I like the first one better but the second one was still pretty awesome. When we got out of the second we realized why all the Bands were seting up before the first movie. It was insomnia night. The Night where the whole town goes down town and listens to bands, (most) get drunk and stay up all night. We made it to 2:00 am. Then we went home and went to sleep.
Now it's a couple days later and I am in the Car driving to our hotel in Sorrento. We are planning on going up the big Volcano there. I would spell it but I know I would get it wrong and I know you guys know what I am talking about. Then going swimming in our pool. These plans aren't finalized...we might not go swimming after going up, we might swim before and after. Talk to ya later.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Venezia
Then we went to Venice. Venice was awesome. We arrived and parked our car on the other side of the big bridge. We then walked to our hotel which was only like a 5 minute walk. We check in and the climbed the stairs all the way up to our room on the top floor with all our luggage. We got on some lighter clothes since it was really hot and then we went out. We walked down the street where our hotel is looking at all the stores. we went over many bridges as there are canals everywhere and before we decided go back. We went up to the hotel room for a bit then we went fro supper. We found a cool pizza slice place so we decided to get a couples slices and some slushies. We had already bought a 24 hour bus pass so we decided to take the bus over to San Marco. It turned out we got on the wrong bus as it went out to sea then went all the way around Venice. An hour later we arrived at San Marco. We walked over and saw the Bridge of sighs (which was cool except they put an advertisement on the walls that run perpendicular). Then we walked through the little streets looking at stores then we arrived at the Rialto Bridge I thought this bridge was pretty cool. It had stores on the inside then like a look out place where you could watch the boats go by. It was pretty awesome. Me and Chelsea were in a store and when we came out my mom was talking to someone. I went over and I recognized the man's voice I didn't know these people though. I guess he was from Buffalo and he was joking around about how Ottawa always beats them in the playoffs, so I guess he is hockey fan so I am assuming I recognize his voice from like sports radio or something because I listen to team 1200 a lot and they sometimes play American stuff early in the morning so he might be on that sometimes. Well whatever. After that we got on the bus at Rialto and it took us back to the hotel. Except this time it only took 5 minutes because it took teh Grand Canal to our hotel. That night we watched a couple episode of How I Met Your Mother (which is a really funny show, I recommended to everybody) then went to bed. The next morning we got up and walked through the middle part of Venice and when we got to The Rialto Bridge we got on a bus and sat on it for awhile to get off our feet and see the city. Then we got off at our stop and hour later to get some more pizza. Then we went up to our room to go to the bathroom then we took the bus back to San Marco. We walked around like usual and then when back to the hotel. We decided to go back and do the middle part again because we missed a whole section there. On the walk we found like a little dollar store. So I got some key chains for myself, a head message thingy and a piggy back with a 200 euro bill on it. Then we took the bus back home. We grabbed some supper at the same place and went back up to our hotel and watched How I Met Your Mother and then went to bed. The next morning I checked the score of sens game. They had won. I was so happy but it only lasted 2 days(I'll talk about that later). Then we went for a walk on our section again. My mom's feet started to hurt again so she sat on a bridge for a while and I kept going. I walked pretty far down the road then I came back. Then we packed up and left. We missed our tun and went on a 40 minute detour but it was fine we got home.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Long time, no writing
Wow, It has been a very long time since I have last posted. I guess I am having to much fun. Okay lets see where I left of. So the first thing we did since my last post was go up to the coast of Italy. We drove up and found a pretty cool beach but the water was still cold so we just sat around for a bit. Then we decided to drive up to Pisa. We got there and drove around for a while looking for the leaning tower of Pisa. After going in circles a couple times we decided to park and ask someone. We stopped at the train station and found a map, We got some pizza and the we went to the leaning tower. It was really cool. There were a lot of people pretending to hold it up. It was pretty funny. Then we went to the bathroom and went home.
Our house is really cool. Not really the house though more like the neighborhood. We live really close to the Soccer stadium so after soccer games every one leaves on our street and since most of the population has scooter and motorcycles, It is just a big wave of scooter and motorcycles. It gets really funny when a car or bus comes the other way because scooter will always drive on the wrong side of the road and the bus has squeeze by them it is hilarious. Also every morning there is a market down at the stadium. Also if we ever want to go downtown the bus stop is right across the street.
So between the time of my last post and now we have gone downtown pretty often. There is a movie theater down there that plays english movies so we have seen Chloe, Fantastic Mr. Fox and Shutter Island. I would have to say Shutter Island was my favorite but it left me with a lot of questions at the end. While we are downtown we usually walk around for a bit. After we saw Shutter Island me and my mom went to the photography museum for a bit. It was pretty fun but it took a long time.
We have also been of to the Piazza Michelangelo(The place with the fake David) a few times the last time we went was at night and we got a glimpse of the sun set and then watched a couple episode of How I met Your Mother in the car on my computor. Then we got out and saw the city at night then went home.
A couple days later we went to a place called San Gimignano. It was only like an hour away so it wasn't a very long drive. The place was very cool. It was built inside these big walls. The first thing we did when we got there was go to the bathroom. Which was actually the funniest part of the day. Most bathrooms in Italy you have to pay like 0,50 euros and it is a machine that takes it. so my mom was trying to put in the money and the lady behind her is trying to help her put money in and telling what to do and my mom is says rudely "I GOT IT" Everyone outside the Bathroom looked at me the kid wearing the Canada shirt. I think we changed there stereotypical view of Canadians. HAHA. Well after that we walked down and got some pizza and then went to the torture museum. This place was pretty cool but creepy. Then there was another one down the street that was included in our ticket. This one was the execution museum. We walked in a right away we knew it was different then the last one. The last one kind of explained what they did and showed the device they used but this one had like life size sculptures of what they did. We got out of that one fast. We just zipped through saw everything and got our. After that we shopped a bit then Chelsea got some gelato and I got a slushie. Then we got in our car right as it started pouring rain.
So before my dad left I had said I would go out alone all the time. Well 2 weeks later I hadn't gone out alone. We were talking to my dad about a week ago and he made fun of me for not going out alone. So The next day I grabbed a bus ticket some money and left. When I got the the bus stop I saw the bus turn the corner I walked out to the side of the street and put my hand up like every other person that usually catches the bus there. The bus driver looked at my and kept driving. So I waited for another bus and when it came there was another lady there we were both standing at different doors and he only opened her door, so I ran to her door and got on. I guess bus drivers don't like kids. Continuing with story, I got to my stop got out and walked down the street. It is a big street that goes down to the big church in the middle of Florence. When I got near the church I decided to go down this street that has this market set up with a bunch of like souvenirs and Nick-Nacks. After that I walked around the church then looked around for bit then went home. I will stop there. Thanks for reading
Our house is really cool. Not really the house though more like the neighborhood. We live really close to the Soccer stadium so after soccer games every one leaves on our street and since most of the population has scooter and motorcycles, It is just a big wave of scooter and motorcycles. It gets really funny when a car or bus comes the other way because scooter will always drive on the wrong side of the road and the bus has squeeze by them it is hilarious. Also every morning there is a market down at the stadium. Also if we ever want to go downtown the bus stop is right across the street.
So between the time of my last post and now we have gone downtown pretty often. There is a movie theater down there that plays english movies so we have seen Chloe, Fantastic Mr. Fox and Shutter Island. I would have to say Shutter Island was my favorite but it left me with a lot of questions at the end. While we are downtown we usually walk around for a bit. After we saw Shutter Island me and my mom went to the photography museum for a bit. It was pretty fun but it took a long time.
We have also been of to the Piazza Michelangelo(The place with the fake David) a few times the last time we went was at night and we got a glimpse of the sun set and then watched a couple episode of How I met Your Mother in the car on my computor. Then we got out and saw the city at night then went home.
A couple days later we went to a place called San Gimignano. It was only like an hour away so it wasn't a very long drive. The place was very cool. It was built inside these big walls. The first thing we did when we got there was go to the bathroom. Which was actually the funniest part of the day. Most bathrooms in Italy you have to pay like 0,50 euros and it is a machine that takes it. so my mom was trying to put in the money and the lady behind her is trying to help her put money in and telling what to do and my mom is says rudely "I GOT IT" Everyone outside the Bathroom looked at me the kid wearing the Canada shirt. I think we changed there stereotypical view of Canadians. HAHA. Well after that we walked down and got some pizza and then went to the torture museum. This place was pretty cool but creepy. Then there was another one down the street that was included in our ticket. This one was the execution museum. We walked in a right away we knew it was different then the last one. The last one kind of explained what they did and showed the device they used but this one had like life size sculptures of what they did. We got out of that one fast. We just zipped through saw everything and got our. After that we shopped a bit then Chelsea got some gelato and I got a slushie. Then we got in our car right as it started pouring rain.
So before my dad left I had said I would go out alone all the time. Well 2 weeks later I hadn't gone out alone. We were talking to my dad about a week ago and he made fun of me for not going out alone. So The next day I grabbed a bus ticket some money and left. When I got the the bus stop I saw the bus turn the corner I walked out to the side of the street and put my hand up like every other person that usually catches the bus there. The bus driver looked at my and kept driving. So I waited for another bus and when it came there was another lady there we were both standing at different doors and he only opened her door, so I ran to her door and got on. I guess bus drivers don't like kids. Continuing with story, I got to my stop got out and walked down the street. It is a big street that goes down to the big church in the middle of Florence. When I got near the church I decided to go down this street that has this market set up with a bunch of like souvenirs and Nick-Nacks. After that I walked around the church then looked around for bit then went home. I will stop there. Thanks for reading
Monday, April 5, 2010
2 months down, 3 more to go
So about a week ago I had just arrived in Germany. Well then my Grammie showed up and she was early. It was a wonderful surprise. But earlier before she came me and my mom were out grocery shopping. We got to the counter and found out that they didn't take VISA. We told them we would be right back to pay...we never went back. So back to Grammie. We chatted a bit but Grammie and Jack were very tired from the Jet leg so they went and took a nap. We lay around for a couple hours. When they woke up my dad gave them the good news that he had found an old Gashaus(unknown on the spelling...it's like a German pub) they use to go to in Innsbruck. There were a lot of people so I am not gonna list everything we ate but around the table there was Cordon blue, pork schnitzle, French fries, Soup and delicious Chicken Schnitzle. We went back to our amazing hotel room and chatted for quite awhile and then went to bed. The next morning me and my mom watch the newest Survivor(Now the 2nd newest). Then we were off to my dad's teenage home. We drove in to CFB-Soellingen first. We saw where my dad use to Hitchhike, then TeenTown (which is where all the teenagers hung out and played cards, Foosball and pool...Sounds like the coolest place ever) Then we saw his old high school, then we went into the base. There was the radio station, the hockey rink and the movie theater. Everything there was nothing like how I picture. I thought some things would be more glamorous and others more scuzzy. It was still super cool though. It wasn't over though. We left the base and went into the town of Soellingen where my dads house was. Going through the town Grammie and my dad were telling old stories.
Like when he got in big trouble from Grammie because he came home at 11:45 pm and half-way between her rant she saw the clock again and realized in was 3:30 am. And also when Marney was 2 and she left the house with out Grammie knowing and was picked up down the street by a strange that no one in the town knew. There were some great stories. Then we were leaving and stopped at the bakery but they were closed. But this stop was not in vain because Grammie(or my dad) took a closer look at the house at the end of the street and realized it was Marney's old Kindergarten.
This is the Hockey Rink
This is the Movie Theater
This is the Radio Station
This is my dad and his brother Tim's High School
This is the front door of the Houlahan's house in Soelligen
This is the Back Yard of the house
This is supposedly Marney's Kindergarten
If any other Houlahan has any stories they would like to share about living in Germany, I would love to here them. Just leave a comment or send me an email-laliam40@hotmail.com
Then we went back to the hotel. My dad recommended another Gashaus down the street so we went there. It was very fun. This time people many different things. There was liver, Schnitzle, Goulash soup, and some rolled up meat thingy(You guessed...it was Grammies) Oh ya and lots of spatzle. We went back to the hotel and did the same chat till 11 and head to bed.
Then we got up in the morning and it was back on the road again. This time to Lars/Sulz. We got there and drove around everywhere trying to find their base, but it turned out it was off the highway a ways back. We did find my dads old school though...we think. Everything was being taken down so at the time there were minimal buildings to work with. Then it was off to Sulz which was just down the road. We found it on our first try. We passed where my dad use to catch the bus, then we went by there old house. Then it was off to the Gashaus. This time not for food. Their old Landlord owns the Gashaus and we were going to visit. She only spoke German so I could only understand some numbers and words like "I have". Then it was down to her daughters house for some lunch thingy. There was a 7 year old and a 5 year old there and we just hung out in there back yard the whole time. It was actually really fun because they had an awesome Dartboard, some home made Bow and arrows(That actually worked well) and a play set. Then more of there cousins arrived. Don't tell her I told you this but Chelsea thought boy that came was Hot. haha. Then we said our good byes and left. We did the same thing again this night.
In the morning we all crammed in to our car because we were going to Baden-Baden (oh ya I forgot to tell you my Grammie and Jack rented a car)The reason they all fit in was because my dad wasn't coming because he had tons of work. We got there and stopped at the tourist desk to ask a couple questions. We got a map and some information on a good place to park and we left. We got the good place to park and walked down a path to the city(It wasn't like a dirt path it, was more like a boardwalk). We walked down right to the down town. We walked right to there casino, which Grammie said she use to take all her visitors there. It was pretty nice place(The outside...We were not allowed in because of our color....of clothing. They had a dress code, they weren't racist. Then we stopped for lunch. Me and Grammie had Schnitzle and Jack, Chelsea and My mother had soup. Then we walked back to the car. Not before stopping at a Church. Grammie and Chelsea went while Jack, Grammie and I waited outside. A few minutes later they came back out. We then went up to the top of the hill and looked out over the town. We didn't look for long as it turned out it was a private school. They kicked us out. It was pretty funny. Then we went back to the car and left. Well that's what I thought but we made a stop at the hot springs spa. It looked nice. We looked and then left. This time for good. We got back. Then went out to another Gashaus for supper...as usual. Again there was a lot of schnitzle. We went back to the hotel and did the same old chatting but this time it had a sad ending because we were leaving the next day. We said our goodbyes and then went to bed. We woke up early and left. I pretty much watched movies and tv shows the whole trip and poked my head every 20 minutes to see the new scenery. We stopped along the way in Luzern. We walked around. Went to a Grocery store and got some grapes and some other stuff and left. We kept driving and then crossed the boarder into Italy. We finally got to Como. We were asking people if they knew where our hotel was, but nobody knew. So My dad got a map and he finally found the street that our hotel is on. So we stated driving and all of a sudden we are going up another big hill. It turned out our hotel was right on top of the hill looking over Como. So we got into our huge hotel room/apartment. and left. We got on the Funicular, which took is down the mountain. We found a weird grocery store and found some super cheap pizza that was delicious. so we each got a slice and then left. We then walked through there walled in walking area. I was lucky and found McDonalds. I got 2 chicken wraps for later in case I got hungry...also I wanted to put my sweet and sour sauce on them which was still at the hotel. On the way back to the Funicular me and my dad got another slice of pizza. I fed some to a swan that was in the lake. I got really close and could have touched but I was scared. They say swans can be very violent. We then went back up to the Hotel. I took a bath and then went to bed. In the morning we didn't have to leave very early, so me and my dad watch some scrubs in bed. Then we went down for breakfast with my mom. When we came back it started hailing outside and then raining again and it was off and one with the hail and rain. We packed up got in the car and left. We drove and drove some more and got to see the Mediterranean again. It's funny because we pretty much pick up where we left off in Monaco. All we missed was about 100 km between there and Monaco. A couple more hours of driving and we made it to Florence. We drove around awhile longer trying to find our apartment and finally we found it. We got all unpacked into our apartment and I was surprised by the size of it. It has a huge kitchen, a huge living room, 2 bathrooms and 2 good sized rooms. After looking around a bit me, my dad and my sister left to go find some supper. We found a super cool seafood place and got some kebabs and some potatoes and left. I went on the Internet that night and found out that The Pirate Bay doesn't work in Italy because it is banned by the Government. The Pirate Bay is the website I use to download all of my movies. The next day we had to go searching for lunch again because it was Easter weekend and we knew the grocery stores would be closed. So we walked around and got some stuff and on the way back a bout 2 or 3 blocks from our house just down the street we found and pretty good grocery store. Me and my dad picked some stuff up and we left. We didn't do much the rest of the day. We did get Chinese food for supper though. It was just down the street and very cheap. Not surprisingly I didn't like it very much. My Family didn't mind it though.The next was the day my dad was leaving to go back to Canada. It was also my moms birthday. But that wasn't till 4:00 pm. It was also my moms birthday. We mad her tea in bed(She doesn't like breakfast in bed) Then I made her toast to eat in the kitchen. We exchanged gifts and then decided to walk down to the city. We pretty much just walked down then turned around and came back but it killed the time and we got to see the city. We left right away once we got home to bring my dad back to the airport . We said goodbye to my dad at the terminal before he left. On they way back we drove around Florence aimlessly looking for a big grocery store. We finally found one. We all split up and got all the stuff we needed and met back to check out. We did all in a record time. Then we got in our car and drove around aimlessly again looking for something we recognized and then we got home. That night Chelsea made my dad's Curry Chicken. It tasted the same as the way my daddy makes it. I couldn't let Chelsea do all the cooking so I started looking up recipes to cook for my family. So I am gonna make Beer Can Chicken and Parmesan Chicken. Then Me and my mom watched the movie Evolution. It was funny. The next day I woke up and went to go to the bathroom. On the way there I stepped on something. I looked down and it was an Easter egg and there was a trail of them to the living room. I had completely forgot it was Easter. This was good for my parents because yesterday my dad bought a whole bunch of candy in pairs and I wasn't suspicious of him at all. It was good though. Lots of candy and much better kinder surprise toys. It was nice. Then I mad some lunch and when I was done the power went out, or so we thought. After watching The Blind Side we went to investigate and found out the blown fuse thingy is in the apartment basement. After sitting around all day and blown the fuse 2 more times I made supper. Nothing fancy just a frozen pizza. I took it out of the oven and went to push it of the pan and used the wrong hand. I grabbed the metal grid thingy with my bare-hand. It killed but now it's fine. Just a little blister. Now I am in bed typing this and about to go to bed. good night.
Like when he got in big trouble from Grammie because he came home at 11:45 pm and half-way between her rant she saw the clock again and realized in was 3:30 am. And also when Marney was 2 and she left the house with out Grammie knowing and was picked up down the street by a strange that no one in the town knew. There were some great stories. Then we were leaving and stopped at the bakery but they were closed. But this stop was not in vain because Grammie(or my dad) took a closer look at the house at the end of the street and realized it was Marney's old Kindergarten.
This is the Hockey Rink
This is the Movie Theater
This is the Radio Station
This is my dad and his brother Tim's High School
This is the front door of the Houlahan's house in Soelligen
This is the Back Yard of the house
This is supposedly Marney's Kindergarten
If any other Houlahan has any stories they would like to share about living in Germany, I would love to here them. Just leave a comment or send me an email-laliam40@hotmail.com
Then we went back to the hotel. My dad recommended another Gashaus down the street so we went there. It was very fun. This time people many different things. There was liver, Schnitzle, Goulash soup, and some rolled up meat thingy(You guessed...it was Grammies) Oh ya and lots of spatzle. We went back to the hotel and did the same chat till 11 and head to bed.
Then we got up in the morning and it was back on the road again. This time to Lars/Sulz. We got there and drove around everywhere trying to find their base, but it turned out it was off the highway a ways back. We did find my dads old school though...we think. Everything was being taken down so at the time there were minimal buildings to work with. Then it was off to Sulz which was just down the road. We found it on our first try. We passed where my dad use to catch the bus, then we went by there old house. Then it was off to the Gashaus. This time not for food. Their old Landlord owns the Gashaus and we were going to visit. She only spoke German so I could only understand some numbers and words like "I have". Then it was down to her daughters house for some lunch thingy. There was a 7 year old and a 5 year old there and we just hung out in there back yard the whole time. It was actually really fun because they had an awesome Dartboard, some home made Bow and arrows(That actually worked well) and a play set. Then more of there cousins arrived. Don't tell her I told you this but Chelsea thought boy that came was Hot. haha. Then we said our good byes and left. We did the same thing again this night.
In the morning we all crammed in to our car because we were going to Baden-Baden (oh ya I forgot to tell you my Grammie and Jack rented a car)The reason they all fit in was because my dad wasn't coming because he had tons of work. We got there and stopped at the tourist desk to ask a couple questions. We got a map and some information on a good place to park and we left. We got the good place to park and walked down a path to the city(It wasn't like a dirt path it, was more like a boardwalk). We walked down right to the down town. We walked right to there casino, which Grammie said she use to take all her visitors there. It was pretty nice place(The outside...We were not allowed in because of our color....of clothing. They had a dress code, they weren't racist. Then we stopped for lunch. Me and Grammie had Schnitzle and Jack, Chelsea and My mother had soup. Then we walked back to the car. Not before stopping at a Church. Grammie and Chelsea went while Jack, Grammie and I waited outside. A few minutes later they came back out. We then went up to the top of the hill and looked out over the town. We didn't look for long as it turned out it was a private school. They kicked us out. It was pretty funny. Then we went back to the car and left. Well that's what I thought but we made a stop at the hot springs spa. It looked nice. We looked and then left. This time for good. We got back. Then went out to another Gashaus for supper...as usual. Again there was a lot of schnitzle. We went back to the hotel and did the same old chatting but this time it had a sad ending because we were leaving the next day. We said our goodbyes and then went to bed. We woke up early and left. I pretty much watched movies and tv shows the whole trip and poked my head every 20 minutes to see the new scenery. We stopped along the way in Luzern. We walked around. Went to a Grocery store and got some grapes and some other stuff and left. We kept driving and then crossed the boarder into Italy. We finally got to Como. We were asking people if they knew where our hotel was, but nobody knew. So My dad got a map and he finally found the street that our hotel is on. So we stated driving and all of a sudden we are going up another big hill. It turned out our hotel was right on top of the hill looking over Como. So we got into our huge hotel room/apartment. and left. We got on the Funicular, which took is down the mountain. We found a weird grocery store and found some super cheap pizza that was delicious. so we each got a slice and then left. We then walked through there walled in walking area. I was lucky and found McDonalds. I got 2 chicken wraps for later in case I got hungry...also I wanted to put my sweet and sour sauce on them which was still at the hotel. On the way back to the Funicular me and my dad got another slice of pizza. I fed some to a swan that was in the lake. I got really close and could have touched but I was scared. They say swans can be very violent. We then went back up to the Hotel. I took a bath and then went to bed. In the morning we didn't have to leave very early, so me and my dad watch some scrubs in bed. Then we went down for breakfast with my mom. When we came back it started hailing outside and then raining again and it was off and one with the hail and rain. We packed up got in the car and left. We drove and drove some more and got to see the Mediterranean again. It's funny because we pretty much pick up where we left off in Monaco. All we missed was about 100 km between there and Monaco. A couple more hours of driving and we made it to Florence. We drove around awhile longer trying to find our apartment and finally we found it. We got all unpacked into our apartment and I was surprised by the size of it. It has a huge kitchen, a huge living room, 2 bathrooms and 2 good sized rooms. After looking around a bit me, my dad and my sister left to go find some supper. We found a super cool seafood place and got some kebabs and some potatoes and left. I went on the Internet that night and found out that The Pirate Bay doesn't work in Italy because it is banned by the Government. The Pirate Bay is the website I use to download all of my movies. The next day we had to go searching for lunch again because it was Easter weekend and we knew the grocery stores would be closed. So we walked around and got some stuff and on the way back a bout 2 or 3 blocks from our house just down the street we found and pretty good grocery store. Me and my dad picked some stuff up and we left. We didn't do much the rest of the day. We did get Chinese food for supper though. It was just down the street and very cheap. Not surprisingly I didn't like it very much. My Family didn't mind it though.The next was the day my dad was leaving to go back to Canada. It was also my moms birthday. But that wasn't till 4:00 pm. It was also my moms birthday. We mad her tea in bed(She doesn't like breakfast in bed) Then I made her toast to eat in the kitchen. We exchanged gifts and then decided to walk down to the city. We pretty much just walked down then turned around and came back but it killed the time and we got to see the city. We left right away once we got home to bring my dad back to the airport . We said goodbye to my dad at the terminal before he left. On they way back we drove around Florence aimlessly looking for a big grocery store. We finally found one. We all split up and got all the stuff we needed and met back to check out. We did all in a record time. Then we got in our car and drove around aimlessly again looking for something we recognized and then we got home. That night Chelsea made my dad's Curry Chicken. It tasted the same as the way my daddy makes it. I couldn't let Chelsea do all the cooking so I started looking up recipes to cook for my family. So I am gonna make Beer Can Chicken and Parmesan Chicken. Then Me and my mom watched the movie Evolution. It was funny. The next day I woke up and went to go to the bathroom. On the way there I stepped on something. I looked down and it was an Easter egg and there was a trail of them to the living room. I had completely forgot it was Easter. This was good for my parents because yesterday my dad bought a whole bunch of candy in pairs and I wasn't suspicious of him at all. It was good though. Lots of candy and much better kinder surprise toys. It was nice. Then I mad some lunch and when I was done the power went out, or so we thought. After watching The Blind Side we went to investigate and found out the blown fuse thingy is in the apartment basement. After sitting around all day and blown the fuse 2 more times I made supper. Nothing fancy just a frozen pizza. I took it out of the oven and went to push it of the pan and used the wrong hand. I grabbed the metal grid thingy with my bare-hand. It killed but now it's fine. Just a little blister. Now I am in bed typing this and about to go to bed. good night.
Friday, March 26, 2010
I Love Skiing(Couldn't think of a title)
The next day we decided to go down our mountain to a different skiing hill...in Bad Kleinkirchhiem. Chelsea didn't come because she wasn't feeling very well. We got there rented our skis, got our passes and we were off. We took a gondola up about half-way up the hill and then got on a chairlift. We got off the chairlift and started skiing. The first run I was terrified. The runs were quite steep and it was intimidating but after that run I was fine. We did a few runs of those and the took the chairlift to the top. It was an amazing view up there. We took some pictures and then went down the run.
We got to the middle where the chairlift is and decided to more of those runs. By the end of the day the snow was really crappy and so I fell but not bad and I got up and kept going and then fell again. After that fall I was going slow taking my time and then it wasn't a very steep part so I went a little faster and then I face planted. It didn't hurt but it made me angry I got up and went to the chairlift(different chairlift actually at the bottom of the hill) I didn't want to do another run but my dad made me so we went up again. We took a long break at the top and I tried to dry my soaking wet clothes in the sun.after about a half hour we went down again(different route...to go back to our car. The snow at the start was fine but after that there were moguls all over the hill. It was almost impossible to ski through them, but we did. Then we got on the gondola to take us down to our car. We got our car got some groceries and went back up to the lodge. That night me, my dad and Kathy(Pronounced cat-y) Went in the sauna. After our 15 minutes we got out and rolled in the snow. after that I just watched some of the many movies and T.V Shows I have on my computer. We mostly just packed the next day. Then we got up the next morning and we were on our way To Rastatt, Germany. We got some breakfast at the bakery as usual and we kept going.I watched the first episode of How I Met Your Mother and a bunch of other TV shows before we arrived in Dachau. We first went to there city and walked around a bit. We found a dollar store(or a euro store) and was able to find Rolos. So we got some of those and little things like headphones for Chelsea and batteries for my mom and we left. We then went to there concentration camp. This concentration camp was the first one that held prisoners. We went in and saw the famous sign above the door "Arbeit Machts Frie" In English it is "Work Makes You Free" We kept going and went into the museum which was built by prisoners in the thirties. Inside they talked about all the torturing and first hand accounts from people who were imprisoned. After about an hour we went back to the car. We stopped at McDonalds on the way and got some food and left. We got to the hotel quite a while later because the traffic was horrible. We hardly broke 30 on the autobahn. In that time though I was able to watch Rain Man. It is a great movie. We got all settled in our huge amazing room( It has a walk in closet for all our suitcases, a bathroom a separate shower and bath, a king size bed, 2 singles, a desk with a TV, a pullout couch, 2 arm chairs, a kind of coffee table and a fridge. They also gave us a bunch of internet cords so that we can use the internet here. After that we went out to find some place to eat. We almost settled on Burger King when a Chinese place caught our eyes. It was a buffet too. So we did the buffet thing. It was awesome. We came home and I took a bath and watched some TV on my computer then went to bed. Now I am awake and typing this and anxious to see my Grammie. She should be here in about 4 and a half hours...Yay. Thank you for reading, Have a good one.
We got to the middle where the chairlift is and decided to more of those runs. By the end of the day the snow was really crappy and so I fell but not bad and I got up and kept going and then fell again. After that fall I was going slow taking my time and then it wasn't a very steep part so I went a little faster and then I face planted. It didn't hurt but it made me angry I got up and went to the chairlift(different chairlift actually at the bottom of the hill) I didn't want to do another run but my dad made me so we went up again. We took a long break at the top and I tried to dry my soaking wet clothes in the sun.after about a half hour we went down again(different route...to go back to our car. The snow at the start was fine but after that there were moguls all over the hill. It was almost impossible to ski through them, but we did. Then we got on the gondola to take us down to our car. We got our car got some groceries and went back up to the lodge. That night me, my dad and Kathy(Pronounced cat-y) Went in the sauna. After our 15 minutes we got out and rolled in the snow. after that I just watched some of the many movies and T.V Shows I have on my computer. We mostly just packed the next day. Then we got up the next morning and we were on our way To Rastatt, Germany. We got some breakfast at the bakery as usual and we kept going.I watched the first episode of How I Met Your Mother and a bunch of other TV shows before we arrived in Dachau. We first went to there city and walked around a bit. We found a dollar store(or a euro store) and was able to find Rolos. So we got some of those and little things like headphones for Chelsea and batteries for my mom and we left. We then went to there concentration camp. This concentration camp was the first one that held prisoners. We went in and saw the famous sign above the door "Arbeit Machts Frie" In English it is "Work Makes You Free" We kept going and went into the museum which was built by prisoners in the thirties. Inside they talked about all the torturing and first hand accounts from people who were imprisoned. After about an hour we went back to the car. We stopped at McDonalds on the way and got some food and left. We got to the hotel quite a while later because the traffic was horrible. We hardly broke 30 on the autobahn. In that time though I was able to watch Rain Man. It is a great movie. We got all settled in our huge amazing room( It has a walk in closet for all our suitcases, a bathroom a separate shower and bath, a king size bed, 2 singles, a desk with a TV, a pullout couch, 2 arm chairs, a kind of coffee table and a fridge. They also gave us a bunch of internet cords so that we can use the internet here. After that we went out to find some place to eat. We almost settled on Burger King when a Chinese place caught our eyes. It was a buffet too. So we did the buffet thing. It was awesome. We came home and I took a bath and watched some TV on my computer then went to bed. Now I am awake and typing this and anxious to see my Grammie. She should be here in about 4 and a half hours...Yay. Thank you for reading, Have a good one.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Chilling and Relaxing
I have decided to split up these posts because they will be very long. We got in and I was happy to find out that the Other Family was giving me and Chelsea the good room(It has a king bed and then a little ladder up to like another room with a double bed). The lodge also has these really comfy chairs.
The Family we are with has 2 kids as well. One 2 year old girl and One 4 year old boy. The boy is know skiing and very well and the girl is a little cutie who calls me big boy. After getting settled I opened my computer and start downloading. I checked back 10 minutes later to find out a lot of my things had downloaded. The Internet connection was great. So I download as much as I could. The next day we chillaxed. We sat around and did nothing. The next day though we went skiing. We rented our skis and got onto the hill. It had been a year since I had skied so I was doing a lot of Pizza cutting. We stayed till about 2:00 pm then walked back home. I decided to go in the sauna that night. It was great. I stayed in for 15 minutes at 85 degrees Celsius then I ran outside and rolled in the snow. 
It was actually refreshing. The next day we got up and went to Salzburg. The birth place of Mozart and where The Sound of Music was filmed. We walked to the old part of town and found a market and my family found a hot dog place(well really a sausage place) and they got hot dogs but I decided to wait and find something else. The funny thing is though the market went around a Church where they filmed a piece of The Sound of Music. We kept walking and found a grave yard. We looked around and found some catacombs when we were leaving my mom asked some random person if they knew where the Mozart family tomb was. It turned out it was right at the entrance to the catacombs. We kept going and went by a very creepy mime type person. He was very creepy though and because of that my dad gave him money...as usually. On they back to the car we went and saw the house where mozart grew up. Then on the way we decided to walk through a park. There was a fountain there too and we sat there for a while and then walked up these stairs and got to the car and left. Turns out that is where the kids run down the stairs and around the fountain singing Do,ra,mi. We stopped at the gocery store to pick up a couple of things. Mostly the bake your own baguettes because thats what we've been eating every morning. We didn't anything for a couple of days but then we went skiing again. This time though Chelsea didn't come because she was sick(of skiing) We got our skis again this time they were different though and we were on our way. The first run down was mostly pizza cut but then it was all straight skis for me. It was really fun when I could actually ski with my skis straight(I like to set the bar low). Again I went home at around 2:00pm. The funny thing was the guy there had given us good skis. So I was a better skier with the better skis...ironic. The next day we went to Graz. The 2nd biggest city in Austria. We got there and parked then looked for a place to eat. We turned a corner and guess what we saw...a Subway. I was so happy. I got the Chicken sandwich thingy. It was good. We then walked down to this shopping place and found Gelato. I decided to get some this time. I got 2 scoops. 1 cookies and cream the other Raspberry. Then we kept walking and found a tunnel that went down through a little mountain. It turned out it was a bomb shelter that could hold 50,000 people. It was big because it had little branches that went out for more people to fit. Half way down we found a little side branch with elevators.
We went up to the top of where the elevators went too and then just kept walking till we got to the top of the hill. It was a very beautiful view and we saw these odd shaped thinks in the river it was like a building the middle of the river. We went down and checked it out. It was actually a pretty non-fancy restaurant and it had this play thingy that was all ropes but a maze with a slide at the end. Me and Chelsea did it in about 2 minutes...It was very fun though. We then walked back to our car and left. We did stop at McDonald's though to pick up some more Chinese sauce. Then When we got back to around where we are staying we got some groceries and went out for supper. The next(Which is today) We sat around some more. But I used my time wisely and learned some German. I can know speak to people in German about important things like where bathrooms are and How much something is.
The Family we are with has 2 kids as well. One 2 year old girl and One 4 year old boy. The boy is know skiing and very well and the girl is a little cutie who calls me big boy. After getting settled I opened my computer and start downloading. I checked back 10 minutes later to find out a lot of my things had downloaded. The Internet connection was great. So I download as much as I could. The next day we chillaxed. We sat around and did nothing. The next day though we went skiing. We rented our skis and got onto the hill. It had been a year since I had skied so I was doing a lot of Pizza cutting. We stayed till about 2:00 pm then walked back home. I decided to go in the sauna that night. It was great. I stayed in for 15 minutes at 85 degrees Celsius then I ran outside and rolled in the snow. 
It was actually refreshing. The next day we got up and went to Salzburg. The birth place of Mozart and where The Sound of Music was filmed. We walked to the old part of town and found a market and my family found a hot dog place(well really a sausage place) and they got hot dogs but I decided to wait and find something else. The funny thing is though the market went around a Church where they filmed a piece of The Sound of Music. We kept walking and found a grave yard. We looked around and found some catacombs when we were leaving my mom asked some random person if they knew where the Mozart family tomb was. It turned out it was right at the entrance to the catacombs. We kept going and went by a very creepy mime type person. He was very creepy though and because of that my dad gave him money...as usually. On they back to the car we went and saw the house where mozart grew up. Then on the way we decided to walk through a park. There was a fountain there too and we sat there for a while and then walked up these stairs and got to the car and left. Turns out that is where the kids run down the stairs and around the fountain singing Do,ra,mi. We stopped at the gocery store to pick up a couple of things. Mostly the bake your own baguettes because thats what we've been eating every morning. We didn't anything for a couple of days but then we went skiing again. This time though Chelsea didn't come because she was sick(of skiing) We got our skis again this time they were different though and we were on our way. The first run down was mostly pizza cut but then it was all straight skis for me. It was really fun when I could actually ski with my skis straight(I like to set the bar low). Again I went home at around 2:00pm. The funny thing was the guy there had given us good skis. So I was a better skier with the better skis...ironic. The next day we went to Graz. The 2nd biggest city in Austria. We got there and parked then looked for a place to eat. We turned a corner and guess what we saw...a Subway. I was so happy. I got the Chicken sandwich thingy. It was good. We then walked down to this shopping place and found Gelato. I decided to get some this time. I got 2 scoops. 1 cookies and cream the other Raspberry. Then we kept walking and found a tunnel that went down through a little mountain. It turned out it was a bomb shelter that could hold 50,000 people. It was big because it had little branches that went out for more people to fit. Half way down we found a little side branch with elevators.
We went up to the top of where the elevators went too and then just kept walking till we got to the top of the hill. It was a very beautiful view and we saw these odd shaped thinks in the river it was like a building the middle of the river. We went down and checked it out. It was actually a pretty non-fancy restaurant and it had this play thingy that was all ropes but a maze with a slide at the end. Me and Chelsea did it in about 2 minutes...It was very fun though. We then walked back to our car and left. We did stop at McDonald's though to pick up some more Chinese sauce. Then When we got back to around where we are staying we got some groceries and went out for supper. The next(Which is today) We sat around some more. But I used my time wisely and learned some German. I can know speak to people in German about important things like where bathrooms are and How much something is.
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