Tuesday, August 7, 2018

[Kate] A Chronicle in Pictures and Few Words

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In New Zealand
we bungee jumped.



In Australia
snorkeled in the Great Barrier Reef.



In Singapore
we went into an indoor cloud forest.



In Thailand
we swam and kayaked in the island inlets and lagoons.



In Laos
we hiked in the jungle with elephants.



In Cambodia
we climbed up an ancient temple in the jungle.



In Vietnam
we biked through the rice fields.



In Nepal
we hiked to Everest Base Camp.



In United Arab Emirates
we rode water slides.



In South Africa
we went on safari.



In Egypt
we went on a camel ride in sight of the Great Pyramids.



In Morocco
we traveled the ancient markets.



In Spain
we visited the Al Hambra Palace.



In France
we saw many famous works of art.



In Norway
we went on a fjord cruise.



In Denmark
we went to the amusement park Tivoli Gardens.



In Germany
we saw the Berlin Wall.



In Estonia
we visited the old town of Tallinn.



In Russia
we visited the Hermitage.



In Finland
we visited an old island fortress.



In Sweden
we visited the Vasa boat and museum.



In the Netherlands
we drove through the country.

In Belgium
we went to historic WWII sites.



In Luxemborg
we drove through the country.

In Switzerland
we hiked in the alps.



In Italy
we took a boat tour around Lake Como.



*To qualify for this list, activities need to be things that the majority of the family did, even if everyone did not.

[George/Cannon] Last post???

Hiiiiii.  This is my last post on this blog.  And the reason for this is that we finished our trip!!  We are currently in Park City, Utah (this by the way is the reason we've stopped writing for a while, we've been being lazy) and we are so happy to be back in America, but we're also sad that our trip has ended.  But for this final post I decided to make an ordered list of my favorite countries, and that list is below.


1. South Africa  -  South Africa is #1 because of the Safari and seeing our Grandparents.  Also got to love warthogs!
Cheetah!

2. Switzerland  -  In my family we all love Switzerland.  We went on hikes and still had ample time to rest.  And eat chocolate of course.
3. Nepal  -  We hiked to Everest Base Camp, and thankfully both me and my cake batter chapstick survived!  How cool is that?!
4. Thailand  -  Gotta love beaches
5. New Zealand  -  Just an amazing place.  Also I went Bungee Jumping.
Proper ninja mode
6. Australia  -  Rainforests are scary
7. Spain
8. Italy  -  GELATO
9. France
10. Norway
11. Russia  -  one of the reasons that I loved Russia is because I really liked the Hermitage.  I normally don't like museums but this is an exception.
I love baroque style
12. Laos  -  Elephants are just like Rugby (our dog)
Like I said just like Rugby
13. Estonia
14. Sweden  -  Never eat the black liquorish in the shape of a skull
15. Finland
16. United Arab Emirates

17. Denmark
18. Netherlands
19. Morocco
20. Belgium  -  Swiss Chocolate is better
21. Germany
22. Vietnam
23. Cambodia
24. Singapore  -  Remember pumpkins are exotic and Durian are smelly
NEVER EVER SMELL A DURIAN, or even be near
it for that matter.

25. Luxembourg  -  Luxembourg is so low on the list because we only drove through it.  We didn't do anything there.
26. Egypt  -


I have really enjoyed writing for this blog and this trip has been so fun.  I hope you enjoyed all of my posts and thank you for reading them.

P.S.  In this post I added as many references to other posts as I could so some things might sound a bit off.