Wednesday, July 7, 2010

GOULT - PROVENCE


Here I am eating a lavender ice cream. The lady gave it to us for free to try. It tasted like lavender toilet air freshner. I didn't like it very much.


It had great views.


This was a cafe in Gordes. Mum liked it because it was in the movie A Good Year with Russel Crowe.

This is a weekly market in Gordes.


This is the village of Gordes which is built on a cliff.


This is the windmill near our house. We could see for miles from here.

This is us walking down to the cafe in our village. We liked our vietnamese waiter called Hung. We would go there every afternoon for an cacolat. (ice chocolate).


This our house in Goult, the village where we stayed. It was very old.

This was the sign we saw when we were driving from Bergerac (Dordogne region) to provence. It was funny to see Barcelona (Spain) on the sign. There are a few countries that border France. Mum thought we could keep driving and visit Annabelle.

This is what we saw in the paddocks when we were in Provence. There are lots of vineyards.

BERGERAC - DORDOGNE REGION

We even saw mammoths.
This is me as a caveman.

This was an old troglodyte built into the cliff.

This is me looking at some from the olden days working on the rock.

Here we are standing in a cave. It was nice and cool.

This is a place we visited called Roc Cazelle. It had caves and cavemen and troglodytes.

This was an old house built into the cliff. They are called Troglodytes.

This is the outside of the castle.

We went inside the castle. We had to slide on these feet things so we did not scratch the floor because it was so old. This castle had spiral staircases with stone steps and big heavy wooden doors.


This was a castle (Chateau) we saw when we were driving.

The villages are hundreds of years old. They are much older than Australia.

This is a village called Eymet. It had very old medieval houses.


I swam everyday because it has been so hot.

This is the city of Bordeaux. We rode around the city on a little train.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

LOIRE FRANCE - VILLAGE ETABLOU

On the swing.
The wheat fields around our house.

A real castle near our house.


Another Zachy car.



Looking over the village.




Our cottage.





Class, right now i am in Loire, the countryside of France in a village called Etablou. We are staying in a cottage with bedrooms in the attic. The ceilings look very old with big wooden beams and the windows have shutters. I have been swimming in our swimming pool. I have made a secret place in a small forest near our house. Around our property are enormous wheat fields that go on forever. The backyard has lots of lawn, a horse swing, trampoline and cherry trees to climb. I have been running around all the time. I wish you all were here with me.

Sunday, June 20, 2010

ARC DE TRIOMPHE

I could see the Eiffel Tower from the top.
This is Champs Elysee.

These are the stairs with 284 steps inside the Arc Triomphe that we had to walk up to the top.





Today we walked along the famous street Champs Elysee to the Arc De Triomphe which is the tallest arch monument in the world. It is 50 metres high. Napoleon had made it in honor of his army and their battles. When it was finished being built they dedicated it to all the French soldiers.
At the bottom of the Arc De Triomphe there is a big roundabout with lots of traffic. We had to walk in a tunnel to get to it. We had to walk up 284 steps to get to the top. At the top we saw a great view of Paris. I could see the Eiffel Tower, Sacre Coeur and The Obelisk.

This is the Arc Triomphe.
This is the view from the top of Arc Triomphe.

Friday, June 18, 2010

EURODISNEY






This is the Swiss Family Robinson tree house.
The tree house was very high up in the tree.








This is me and a big pirate ship.








































We went on boats that took us past villages from story books.

This is the X wing Star Fighter from Star Wars....Cool!



This is main street Disneyland.

This is the parade. These are the toy soldiers from Toy Story.


This is "Its a small world" and there was dolls from every country. We floated around in a boat.


This is the castle of Disneyland.



This is the entrance of Disneyland. It was very fun. It had lots of rides. It is very big. We went to Planet Hollywood for dinner.