Singapore

Arrival in Singapore

We went to Singapore and we saw Sentosa Island. Sentosa is an island off the coast of Singapore. We went to a beach named Siloso. Then we went to a restaurant and I had steamed rice and chicken. Before that, we were waiting for a bus and I saw a ball crossing the road by itself. It was very odd and funny.

Danielle on the beach at Sentosa

Monkey at Sentosa chimp show

If you went to Singapore, you would find Indians, Chinese, Malays and tourists who speak English. Singapore is very nice and if you wanted to (but only if you wanted to--I do not recommend this), it is so clean that you could lick the sidewalk.

["Lickable sidewalks in Singapore: Orchard Road, Singapore's major shopping street]

Sorry, but no picture of Wolfie can be provided.




We had Halloween in Singapore. [Below: Danielle getting trick-or-treats from Archbishop Desmond Tutu, two cabins down--kids trick-or-treated at all the ship cabins].

Happy Birthday

[Below: Danielle's Halloween-themed 7th birthday was yesterday in the rectory of our neighborhood church, Santa Maria of Trastevere]

It was my birthday party yesterday. It was very fun. A lot of people were witches. There were also a lot of skeletons.
The party was mostly full of boys and the boys were going crazy. They were going crazy by running around and chasing each other. I ran around. I chased Candy Ghost and I got chased a little bit by a couple kids. [Below: Candy Ghost getting swarmed by the kids snatching the candies taped to his sheet].

I ate a lot of candies--I ate eyeballs, and spider legs and especially candy corns [sent to us by our wonderful Evanston neighbor Gayle]. There was a lot of food to eat. There was a spider game and we didn't get to play it. I got to do the pinata and I got lots of candy (mmmmmmm!)
We got to do face paint [Below: Loyola University Rome student, Claire, was our face painter]
[Below: video of Danielle blowing out the candles on her cake]


The end of the party was really fun. And after it was finished, there was a lot to do. We cleaned up a lot of stuff. [Below: A picture of us trudging home with our party gear after the party.]