so we made it through lots of fun and shopping and sight-seeing in paris... in two days i think we saw it all!! the eiffel tower by day and night, the lovre (highlights), lived not far from moulin rouge windmill, visited the artist town of momatre, along with its outstanding church and view, and saw the arc di triumph and of course notre dame. then we sat in an airport for much longer than planned, had a little "aventure" finding our hotel as it was 230am upon...

so mom and I are actually now in brussels with marisa. we had a wonderful time in austria we visited munich and garmish before leaving germqny and then went to salzburg to tour the city on saturday, going on the sound of music tour and making our way up to the top of the castle to overlook the city for dinner. the next morning we went to salzburg church and heard a special service to celebrate the mozart year, with all mozart music and then spent the day with her...

so a lot has happened since i last really updated this site. I went to london and stayed with april and her friend anna. we visited widsor castle, stonehenge, and bath. it was a total blast. we rode on the london eye, which we should all applaud april for because she has an incredible fear of heights and went up anyway... though she stayed in the middle looking at her feet most of the time, i did manage to get one good picture of us looking as though she loved it...

so i'm stil here i'll be leaving on wednesday to meet mommy and marisa in munich and then we will be staying for easter with marisa(was an aupair for our fam when i was in kindergarten she's "my big sister") and traveling with her to paris, then on our own to rome and pos. greece and then back to the states... sorry no new updates... i swear i'll make a new one soon, lots has happened, april is at home now, we went to london together, semana santa is coming up we...

now i need to tell you about carnival. in carnival there are coros that sing they are not professionals they are groups of about 20-50 men (usu only men) who get together every year and compete and perform with a theme (dressed up as though its halloween only the entire group dresses the same way. there are first two weeks on tv to teach the people the songs before the festival, and the actual competition in which everyone can learn who is the best this year. the...