I have been writing each night in a journal and then typing it into the blog (very quicky as it is 1:20am here! Some of the days are in first person but have passed. (Does that make sense?)
DAY 6:
Today we traveled to Padua (still in Italy) to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa!! Padua is one of the oldest cities in Italy. We had fun taking pictures with the Leaning Tower of Pisa. We also visited the Duomo. It was a beautiful church that was next to Pisa.
Day 7:
Venice is simply beautiful! I feel like I have just stepped into a story book. There are canals and small bridges everywhere. We visited San Marcos Square. The Bassilica of San Marco was built to enshrine the body of St. Mark, patron saint of Venice. While we were there we noticed an Asian Entourage. (Someone very important, we couldn't figure it out!) There were about 20 men surrounding a women. They had a SOPHIE dog! Their Bichon Frise had on a jacket and socks. I have a picture of the pup that I will upload when I get back to Texas. It takes so very long to upload pictures here.
.This "road" was the smallest in the town. It is 21 inches wide.
In the afternoon we went to a presentation about glassmaking in Murano. I got pieces of candy that are made of glass. It is so beautifuful. We watched each step from the composition of forming the glass to the polishing of the glass. The man made a horse and a vase!
High school Student humor/disgust so far!
-Peeing in a bottle on the bus in front of others (GROSS)
- Poop on the train platform… (Can you only imagine?!?! I’ll explain in person)
- Two boys had a pillow fight in the hotel room and broke a fan and lamp (90 Euros later…)
- Pink Fuzzy handcuffs and a lingerie apron have been purchased (and taken up by us!)
-Our delegation manager is an idiot! (to say the least) She is paid by People2People to take us on tours and guide around Europe. We should be making the money as we can use a map better than she can. We have seemed to get lost every day that we have been here! And this is only day 10 out of 19! WOW!
It’s funny how similar these high school students are to my kindergartners.
Tomorrow we are going to the beach!
Day 10:
Day 11: Let me just start out by saying that I am really not the camping type of girl! I like to sleep- bug free with air conditioning and in a comfortable bed! WELL... this didn't excatly happen last night! We camped out in Friesch, Austria. I had to remind meself MANY times, "Ann Marie, this is an experience that you will never forget or have the chance to do again!" Oh my ... not so much fun. They wanted us to get the feel of camping just like way back in time! Medieval Style! I did enjoy the medeival dinner with chicken and ribs! MUCH needed as I am starving all the time. When we got to the tents the rain started and never stopped. Keep in mind that it was 40 degrees!! We had to walk to dinner.. in the rain... freezing! I am sure we will all be sick in the next few days. I took a NiQuil last night to help me sleep! I am very glad that this Castle living experience is over...
Day 12:
--Our delegation leader (once again) got us lost in her HOME town when going to meet one of the last remaining Holocaust Surviors… We were late.. (talk about embarrasing!!)
The Holocaust survivor was very touching and shocking all at the same time. After he was done talking he pulled the leaders into a separate room and told us stories that were not appropriate for the students. We all left crying. (I’ll share in person) After listening to him and his story of torture I feel like we take things for granted. We have been provided with a wonderful place to live and are not judged by the color of our skin, hair, eyes and relegion. How horrible it must have been to live in those days.
Tomorrow afternoon we will be going to Mauthausem Concentration Camp. I'm sure it will be very upsetting, scary and sad (all at the same time). We will be riding bikes on a bike tour in Vienna in the morning.
Guten Tag,
Ann Marie
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