Ghana!!!

We are in Ghana now. We arrived in Ghana yesterday morning and then we went on a bus ride to slave castles.
Offerings to those who died. One of them is from Obama (the President).

In the slave castle they had a magazine that had bats in it (real bats). Here is the video of the bats. [Be patient--the videos will take a couple minutes to load].



Then we ate lunch at a hotel by the beach called Coconut Grove. I met a bug named Fred there. He was fuzzy. Here are some videos of the dancers at the hotel.





Then we went to another slave castle, then went back to the ship, then went to sleep, then woke up early in the moring and went to the market. These are fish in the market.

These are hand-made soaps made from cocoa-pods [also sold in the public market].

Morocco

We were in Morocco. We took the train to the Marrakesh and I became friends with a little girl from Morocco.

In Marrakesh there were people carrying boxes with about a million chickens inside.


There were snake charmers. We got a picture of Dad with a snake around his neck. There were cobras, too.
We had fun swimming in the hotel. The pool had green tiles. I liked the hotel.

At the hotel there was a fountain made of marble that was always spurting out water, even in the middle of the night. People turned on the lights in the pool at nighttime.

[Our hotel in the Medina in Marrakesh]

We visited an old school that used to have students in it, but it was so old that nobody uses it anymore. [It was an old Madersa or Pesantren for studying Islam, and exceptionally beautiful--KA].
This is what a student's room looked like. [These are all things a student brought with them when living at the Madersa--KA].

These are cats that are very hungry. But the guy is not paying any attention to them. He is paying attention to the customers.

These guys are selling snails. (Poor snails!). :(

Spain

[Wolfie in the port of Cadiz, Spain]

We were in Cadiz, Spain and we drove to Arcos de la Frontera, a white village, and then to Granada, a city.

Right now my dad is watching TV. Even if you have cable, you wouldn't reach this channel because it shows a meeting on the ship. Only a few hours until we're in Morocco.

In Spain there were a lot of tourists and cheap but fake flamenco dresses.

[Danielle & her dad in Arcos]

[Danielle & her mom admiring the view from Arcos]
[A white village]

They have a really good lemon drink called limon KAS. Spain was great, but it wasn't as exciting as Halifax, Canada (FRED--the Halifax public bus).

In the Alhambra there was a bunch of cool stuff. Here are the pictures.









[Danielle takes a rest in one of the Alhambra courtyards]

[Wolfie enjoying the balcony view from our Granada hotel]

WOLFIE AROUND THE WORLD (This is a new title)

We are on a ship and are going around the world. I decided to make a blog where I show Wolfie in every country we go to, wearing different clothes made out of paper and holding the flag of that place. Get ready for Wolfie's appearance.

Being on the ship is so awesome because there are so many kids on board and there is a school where you do your homework. The waiters at the cafeteria are REALLY nice!!!!


This is Wolfie in Halifax, Canada.


Although it [Halifax] was more boring than I expected, FRED (which means Free Rides Everywhere Downtown) was a really funny name for a bus. FRED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There was a place that had statues of mermaids and pirates that were supposed to go on the front of a ship.

Although it wasn't as snowy as it looks in the picture [of Wolfie], that's because my blog entry was a little bit late. But the leaves were starting to fall from the trees when I got there. I will write a bit but, you should look forward to the next port which is in Spain.



[Above: Views from our cabin in Halifax--fog on the 1st day, sun on the 2nd]

[Above: Danielle at Halifax's historic Citadel]

[Above: Danielle with Scottish regiment member at Halifax's historic citadel]

PART II. Semester At Sea Voyage Around the World

1. After a year back in Chicago, we are on the road again. This section is Danielle's record of our current trip. -KMA

Looking Glass Land

This is a play that I'm in.

Hope you enjoy the pictures and video! (in Evanston) :)

Looking Glass Land is the sequel to Alice in Wonderland. Here are the crazy lines that are going on:
White king: Hatta, I feel faint. Give me a ham sandwich!

And even crazier:
Hatta: There's nothing but ...hay left (he was running).
White king: Hay, then! There's nothing like eating hay when you are feeling faint. (to Hatta) Good, yes?

Find the Hiding Things

For spring vacation we went to Gubbio and Assisi and Perugia. I found lots of hidden things so I want to share them with you. You might want to click on the pictures to make them bigger to find the animals and other things.

Warm-up: Find the cats relaxing in Gubbio (#1):


Look for the amphitheater in Gubbio (#2):


Find the Assisi pigeon (#3)


Find the cat peeking out the window in Assisi (#4)


Find the Assisi dog (#5)


Find Saint Francis preaching to the pigeons in Assisi (#6)


Find the dog wanting to go inside and have some salami in Assisi (#7):

The Trip to the Botanical Garden

I went to the Botanical Garden with my class. We were not able to take photos so when mom came she took pictures of it. Here are some pictures of the botanical garden. It is near my school and house. I had two favorite things: the Japanese garden and the Tree of Life. (Here is a link to a picture of the Japanese Garden).

Sunday funday!

We were at Emiliano's house for lunch. These are some videos of us being silly after lunch. After being at Emiliano's house we left at night time, can you believe that? [They are VERY short clips -KMA]

The Acropolis & the Beach by the Acropolis

Today we went to an Acropolis [at San Felice Circeo]. It was so fun. I walked on the beach and found a shell. Here is a picture of me holding the shell:
[Taken on the beach near the Circeo National Park, not far from Sabaudia-KMA]

This is the beautiful view from the Acropolis [looking out towards Terracina, a popular weekend beach getaway for Romans-KMA]:

This is Daddy under a sculpture with pretend water coming out [taken in the old quarter of San Felice Circeo-K.A.]. It is actually a garbage can painted and then they put wire on the side and then put blue tissues and chandelier pieces on the wire.
This is a picture of us. In the distance a volcanic lake [Lago Albano, taken from the town of Castel Gandolfo, the Pope's summer residence-K.A.]. We ate pizza in a pizza shop and the man says that the Pope comes in summer and orders the pizza from that place and his favorite is diavolo, in English "Devil Pizza!" The ingredients: cheese pizza with spicy salami. One time it was too spicy, but he said he loved it.