Nicholaus' Post: His favorites from the trip so far

One of my favorite places was Paris. It was my favorite place because I was able to go to the Louvre and see the Mona Lisa. My mom took a picture of me standing near it. Another reason that Paris was my favorite place is because I was able to see the Eiffel Tower and was able to go up it on an elevator. Then my brother Max and I climbed down the stairs from the second level. The scary thing was that there were real soldiers with guns under the Eiffel Tower because it is a national monument. I also was able to eat crepes in Paris. They were really good because it had Nutella and it was nice and hot!!!! I liked eating all of the bread. It was nice and warm and it doesn’t taste as good as our bread in the USA. Another favorite place that I liked in the first week was Venice. It was my favorite place because most of the buildings were built on big poles and are surrounded by water. I thought that was neat at how they could build such big buildings on poles in the water. In St. Marks in Venice I saw where St. Mark was buried and I saw all of the amazing tile work on the walls and on the floor. I also saw lots of blown glass in Murano. The blown glass was beautiful! What is neat is how they made little animals about one centimeter long out of glass and they all looked like real animals. Near the hotel in Venice I saw workers put poles in the water to make a dock or something for a boat’s use. But the worst thing was that it was raining the whole time we were in Venice and it was really cold. The first week in Europe was really fun and exciting and I can’t wait to go to Rome and I also can’t wait to see my brothers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by: Nicholaus Brooks