We Are Home Day After Tomarrow!

We left our cozy little house in Germany and drove to everyone’s worst nightmare, the airport in Frankfort! Tomorrow

As we walked through the door the only thing that kept me from falling to the ground was the thought of sitting in the “fancy pants lounge.” (All right, all right that’s a little over dramatic.) We got there, check in our bags, went through what we did not know was the 1rst security where they had us empty our pockets and walk through the security thingy and then had some of us go into separate booths for more security checks. We all lost site of each other as the crowd engulfed us. Arrrggghhh! So we soon found each other and walked through the first half of the airport.

Next we walked through the other half of the airport to find that we had little time left and that the fancy pants lounge in on the other side of that security check that we had just walked through!

I said to myself that I schould enjoy it cause this trip would be over soon and then I would miss it as we went through security number 2 and 3. Double and triple backpack checks and more security procedures!

When we finally got to Prague and met up with Adrienne—(we call her Ado for short) and her friends David and Kristine, we were all very happy! It was a lot of fun seeing old friends again and meeting new ones! Soon Jeff came to live with us—One of Ados friends, then said goodbye to David and Kristine!

Prague was really pretty but it was also kind of dirty and really smoky! Towards the end of our 4 nights there Ado, mom and I went shopping for new school cloths, all in all it was a fun time!

Now we are in Dublin, Ireland with only 3 nights left before we get home! We all like Ireland a lot cause the people are so friendly! Our taxi driver from the airport to our little house told us about some cool restaurants to go to and he told my parents what pubs to avoid because “yell die a twirst.”

See ya guys soon!

Anna Nolan Over and Out!!

LOVE IT HERE!!!

We sat on the couch one sunny afternoon, our parents told us that they were going to the office to use the internet. About an hour later they burst
through the frontdoor and told us to start packing, 'cause we're going to France!
We spent 2 nights wandering around the fariytale-like city of Reims, France.

We had fun looking at churches and cobblestone rodes, meandering up colorful, flower lined streets, practicing our basic knowledge of the French language, taking it all in.

The drive to and from France was absolutely amazing- every bend around the Rhein River gave us a new castle, church, or colorful,sunny, flowerfilled town to
explore. My mom would tell us to come here and look out her window while squeezing my arm saying "look how pretty this is!" We would say "mom, mom yes its
pretty here, now let go of my are-mom -mom!"

We also visited my dads sister for her b-day! We had a small party -- all the usual b-day stuff.

The drive home was-if at all possable- more beautiful, mom sat looking out the window down the rode to France as we drove away seeming on the verge of
tears.

Jacks 17 birthday was a sugar filled, cake infested, day of fun. But mom's birthday was amaiing! We drove out to this castle and found tiny, horned goats wandering
around looking for some food or a sunny place to rest. We spent a good long time petting and feeding them.We explored the castle amd its restauraunt. After
that we found a butterfly habitat and walked inside. Mylucky mom had the colorful butterflies landing on her in secounds-- she was wearing a flowered shirt
and she would turn slowly toward my dad and tell him that this was her best bithday ever!

Yesterday we went to a 444 year old estate of a Baron and Baroness wine produce. My parents tasted the wine and we tasted the grape juice they make. Charlie and I played with the son of the people who invited us there and became goods friends
with 12 year old Sabastian! After a while we went inside to the parents and sat down, they pored a tiny taste of wine for me and charlie and we sat with all
of the grownups who were tasting different wines. We quickly became bored and went back outside to play soccar and baseball! All in all it was a great day!

Anna Nolan Over and Out!