My Malta Experience
Saturday, June 5, 2010
A great day in Gozo
Friday, June 4, 2010
London and the Potter sites
When we arrive, It's very late, so we board a bus that took us within a few blocks from our hotel so we had to walk the rest of the way. Now if it was daytime, we would've just taken the London underground, but it wasn't, and since the underground isn't open at night, we had to walk.
The next day we took the London underground and saw the building that was used for the inside of Gringotts! Even though we couldn't go inside, it was still nice to know that I've seen one of the buildings that was used in one of the HP films. Our next stop was an underground station (not Kings cross) that was also used in the HP films. It had been closed down awhile ago and is now used for filming all kinds of movies like Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix.
We then went to Covent Garden market to wait for Dad. We seemed to wait forever, but it turned out he was waiting on the other side of the market. Once we found him we had lunch and then went to Cecil Court. It's believed that Cecil Court gave JKR the Idea for Diagon Alley. We also got to follow the path of the Death Eaters in the opening sequence of Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince. By then we were getting pretty tired, so we went back to the hotel to rest before our big night out.
At around 7:00 we left to see the Lion King. I have to say that it was the absolute best performed play I've seen in my whole entire life. I could write pages about how amazing it was, but as I don't want to bore you, I shall just move on.
The next day we saw Big Ben! We also saw the building that they used for the Ministry of Magic! Then we saw the Household Cavalr
The next place we went to was Buckingham palace! Of course we couldn't go inside, but we did have a nice stroll in one of the gardens. We then went to one of my
The next day Dad and I went to a science museum while Mom and Annika went to a quilt exhibit. When we met up again we went to Liberty of
We spent most of the next day at the London tower. We did a lot of walking that day. We saw the royal crowns that the kings and queens wore on special occasions. They were really fancy. We did have time for a couple things in the afternoon, so walked across
This entry seems to be getting a little long, so I'll just tell you the most exiting stuff. We went to St. Paul's cathedra
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Swimming with the dolphins
On May 11, 2010 we went to a water park. The water park not only had water slides and other rides like that, but there was also a section that held a couple water animals. The first thing we did was swim with the dolphins! The dolphin we swam with was named Lukas. He was 11 years old, the youngest dolphin they had at the water park. He was very friendly. We were able to pet him , do a trick with him, and swim with him. It was so much fun!
After we changed out of the wet suits they lent us we watched the sea lion show. It was really cool! Sea lions can actually do hand stands (or flipper stands) and can be quite funny. Then we saw the dolphin show. It was even cooler than the sea lion show! They swim really fast and jump really high. It was really fun to watch.
After the show we were feeling hungry so we had lunch and then visited the reptile house. It was really small, but we did see a couple turtles including a snapping turtle, and a couple of snakes.
Friday, May 14, 2010
A concert in Valleta
On May 8, 2010 we went to a concert in Valletta. It was performed by Maltese. The best part about it was that every song came from a well known movie, such as the ones I've seen:
1. The Incredibles
2. The Lion King
3. E.T. (Well, I only saw the beginning, but it still counts)
4. Gone with the Wind
5. Madagascar
And the ones I haven't seen:
6. Indiana Jones
7. Pirates of the Caribbean
8. Hook
9. Robin Hood (Not the Disney one)
10. Schindler's List
11. The DaVinci code
12. James Bond
13. Rocky 4
I really enjoyed it, it was really fun to recognize a theme song from a movie you've seen.
1. The Incredibles
2. The Lion King
3. E.T. (Well, I only saw the beginning, but it still counts)
4. Gone with the Wind
5. Madagascar
And the ones I haven't seen:
6. Indiana Jones
7. Pirates of the Caribbean
8. Hook
9. Robin Hood (Not the Disney one)
10. Schindler's List
11. The DaVinci code
12. James Bond
13. Rocky 4
I really enjoyed it, it was really fun to recognize a theme song from a movie you've seen.
Playmobile
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Turkey
Then we went to a small town nearby. The owner in one of the shops was really nice, mostly because she knew one of our guides and students from this program had visited her shop before. She gave us discounts on everything! Annika bought a very pretty lantern and I bought a journal which was surprisingly more expensive than Annika's lantern. She also gave each of us a really pretty pouch, and since Annika is collecting coins, one Lyra for free! Mostly because, like most people over here, the lady who owns the store is really fond of Annika. She was Queen in Egypt and now her nickname is princess. Next thing you know she'll be sitting on a throne! And no, I'm not jealous.
We also tried
The next day we went to see the last standing pillar of the temple of Artemis.
Then we saw the Ephesus museum. Then we went back to the store that we went to the day before. We bought some bracelets for our friends and then we had lunch. We found out that Turkish pizza is really good.
Then we visited another town which was on the top of one of the mountain/hills (The drive was not fun).We didn't stay long though because we had to fly back to Istanbul.
It was very late when we got there so after the long drive to the hotel we went straight to bed.
On April 10th we went to the spice market. It was really cool! We also found out that we like Turkish delight!
After looking around for a bit we went to the Grand Bazaar. Wow it was huge! Not only that, but it was a maze down there. There were shops everywhere. We spent forever down there. I bought a beautiful (Not to mention expensive)
The next day we went to the Blue Mosque. My it was grand.
For our last event we visited the Tokapi palace. It wasn't really what most people would envision as a palace, but I still liked it. We saw where the Sultan slept and his mother's quarters. We saw much of the treasury too.
On April 12 we returned to Malta.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
A Holiday in Spain
The next day we went downtown and saw a museum which held some of Monet's paintings. That was probably the most boring part of our trip.
Next we went to a humongous park. It was mostly trees and flowers (which smelled REALLY good) with a big lake at the center of it all but there were also at least three playgrounds. Annika and I also got the chance to row a boat on the lake. It was hard work but I think it was fun too. We spent the rest of the day downtown. I bought a really pretty shawl and a fan for souvenirs.
On March 30th we spent most of the morning in Puerta Del Sol. And guess who we saw? Mickey
On the 31st we went downtown Seville. Yet again we saw more people in costumes. No Disney characters though. Then we saw the Cathedral of Seville. It looked more like a palace than a cathedral. It's the third largest church in the world! Now we've been to the largest and the 3rd largest and Mom has been to the top 3! Later we bought Annika a flamenco dress and a hair clip that matches it. In the evening we saw flamenco dancing! It looked really hard.
On April 1st we had a guided tour of Seville. We saw the cathedral again but we also saw another church and some other places I can't remember.
April 2nd was pretty much the same except later at night we saw a procession that was held because of holy week. They
The next day we had to get up really early so we could catch the train to Madrid. We took a REALLY long nap when we arrived at our hotel. In the late afternoon we went downtown and bought two pairs of castanets. The next day we woke up at 3:15 so we could head back to Malta.
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