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 I sat among the pigeons at Saint Mark's Square. They liked to eat the left over crumbs that people would throw to them.  This is the top of Saint Mark's Cathedral   Many people hung their laundry outside their windows. There weren't any yards. Do you hang your clothes on a clothes line or do you have a drier?  I really needed a nap but instead I had a cup of coffee. Do you like to take naps? Do you drink coffee!!! These boats are called gondolas and the man on the back who steers it is called a gondolier. They usually wear black and white striped shirts and black pants. Sometimes they even sing while they drive you to your destination! Would you like to stand on the back of a gondola and taxi people around? Would you sing for them? What would you sing? |
Hello Friends, many of the houses that I see in Switzerland are tall and narrow with small windows. There are lots of rolling grassy hills and then there are some very big mountains called the Swiss Alps. The people here speak German and some speak French because we are very close to the country of France where Madeline comes from.
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Looking out the window of the train The cows in Switzerland graze on grass high in the mountains but when autumn comes they have eaten most of the grass so they bring them back down the mountain for the winter. Sometimes the cows go for three months without seeing any people so it is a big celebration when the farmers bring them down from the through the villages. They all had large cow bells on and some even had big bouquet of flowers on their heads! It was really fun to watch.   |
9/15/2011-- Guten tag (good morning) Mrs. Week's kindergarten class and any other little friends that might be following. My names is Benny the Super Kinder Bear. I have traveled from Nebraska all the way across the Atlantic Ocean to the continent of Europe on an airplane. I hope you come along with me and learn about some of the countries I am visiting.
What do you like to eat for breakfast? In Germany their breakfasts are much different. They eat hard rolls, tomatoes, cheese, cucumbers and ham or salami. The white blob in the middle is cream cheese flavored with herbs. I thought it tasted delicious. I am not afraid to try new things. Would you try eating it if you were here?
It was important that I ate a good breakfast because I needed the food for energy. I climbed up a very hight mountain called Mt. Herzogstand. It was warm when we started but as we got higher the air became cooler and we could feel a nice breeze. I hope you eat a good breakfast before you get your day started.
After enjoying all those treats I needed to get some exercise. On this lake there were hundreds of people windsurfing. They stand up on a surfboard that has a sail attached to it. They try and catch the wind with their sail and it moves them across the water. You can see what I mean if you take a plastic grocery sack and hold it up into the breeze. If you turn it just right the wind will go inside the sack and you will feel a little tug. What kind of exercise do you like to do?
I met some new friends in Germany. They are dressed in traditional alpine clothing called lederhosen. This was the clothing that farmers would wear. But now it is a fun way to dress up. Halloween is around the corner, will any of you be dressing up?
Do any of you drink Capri Sun or chocolate milk? In Germany it is called Capri-Sonne and milch. The language here is very different but some words are recognizable. Kirsche means cherry and apfel means apple. What are some of your favorite drinks?
This castle that I vistited is called Neuschwanstein (newshvinestine) It was built my King Ludwig II. It is the castle that inspired Walt Disney. Have you ever been to Disney Land or Disney World?
