Marvelous Madrid

I had fun on the train to Madrid reading to my stuffies. When I got to Madrid, there was a whole building dedicated to my favourite drink - Schweppes! The parks of Madrid have lots of playgrounds so there are children of all ages playing everywhere. I love tapas especially when it is my favourite kind - pizza. I met Don Quixote and his BFF, and saw a bear trying to break down a metal tree. I tried to get into the palace but I wasn't high class so they kicked me out. We went on an exciting tour and I learned a lot from Sebastian, our guide. It was fun traveling around on the Metro. I had Spanish barbecue pizza and Coke at the Plaza Major. I had an excellent time in Madrid.

Stupendous San Sebastian (Say It Five Times Fast)

San Sebastian is a beautiful city. My favourite place was the beach. The waves were big and fun to play in. We visited a fishing village and I enjoyed eating Basque pizza. We went to a weird looking museum called the Guggenheim that was full of crazy art like a giant spider and a dog made out of a hedge.

 

Wandering Through Provence

Provence was fun to explore. I saw a castle in Avignon and a city called Gordes on the side of a hill. I found lots of red bricks in Roussillon and had fun walking through a valley of red rocks. It was cold swimming at the Pont du Gard aqueduct. I fed ducks in Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (see if you can say that name) and made a new friend Marie at the place where we were staying. We had fun trying to communicate because she only spoke French. One day I want to go back to Provence.

Visiting Napoleon

Paris was incredible! My stuffies were nervous going through the Chunnel which is a tunnel under the English Channel so I read to them. I found the neatest book store called Shakespeare and Co. I saw the Arch de Triomphe and a giant pyramid that was supposed to be invisible at the Louvre. At the Science Museum I had a conversation with myself and played a very wacky keyboard that made really weird noises and talked. We visited a cathedral called Sacre Coeur which looks over all of Paris. I helped my friend the Thinker think. We climbed to the top of the Notre Dame to visit the gargoyles. At the Louvre I saw the Mona Lisa and took pictures of very strange sculptures. We went to see the Eiffel Tower light up at night. Did you know it is 669 steps to the second level of the Eiffel Tower? At Versailles I got really dizzy in the Hall of Mirrors and got myself a new hat. I did not have to bow to Napoleon at his tomb. I walked down the narrowest street in Paris. I saw very strange art everywhere in Paris. Every night I climbed up into my loft bed to sleep with my stuffies.