http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/WheresAlbert/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from WheresAlbert en-us Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:50:06 BST Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:50:06 BST I stayed in New York for 5 days.I saw the Empire State Building. It was really big the view was really good.We went on a ferry to see The Statue Of Liberty.On September 11 2001 terrorists crashed a plane into the World Trade Centre. 1000s of people died. It was really sad. They are starting to build a new building where The World Trade Centre used to be.On Fathers Day we went out for a special b http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-325125.html I have just spent one week in Turkey.We went to Istanbul. We visited The Blue Mosque At night time it was so cool because it was lit up with words. They had a festival for Ramadan it was colourful and noisy.We also went to the Grand Bazaar and Spice Market. You can barter over the prices.We went down to Gallipoli on the bus. We saw where the ANZACS fought in World War I. We went on a tour. We http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Turkey/Marmara/Istanbul/blog-324490.html For the past 3 weeks we have been travelling through the Uk. We had a new motorhome we called it UKlyptus to remind us of home. It even had a TV and dvd player. It was good because we could watch some of the Olympics.We travelled to different parts of England. We went to Cornwall where Dad's relatives came from. We went to a place called the Eden Project it is where they turned an old claypan in http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/blog-317919.html I stayed in London for one week. We stayed in an apartment. It had a T.V microwave fridge and a washing machine in a cupboard.We did lots of sightseeing. I went on the London Eye. It is like a giant Ferris wheel. You have great views from up there. I also went to Harrods it is a famous store. I had a jam donut there.We went on a boat up the Thames river. I also went to The Tower Of London. Henr http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-313677.html Hi Everyone. Since my last entry I have had an exciting time. We stayed with friends in Germany and I even went to school with them for a day. It was strange because they did not speak much English. We then stayed with another family and we got to name their new kitten. We called her Tilly short for Matilda. While we were there we went to Legoland it was fantastic They have mini cities all mad http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/blog-306006.html We are in Switzerland now the chocolate is so nice. It melts in your mouth. We have stayed in Lausanne Sion Tasch Grindelwald and Lucerne. I have been up lots of mountains. I had never seen so much snow before The first time we went on a cablecar chairlift dogsled ride and Jack and Maddy went on an Alpine Coaster. We threw snow and made a snowman called Sonny. I have also seen glaciers and http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Switzerland/blog-302732.html We have been having lots of fun swimming and playing by the rivers and lakes in France. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/blog-293280.html I spent one week on a canal boat on the Canal Du Midi. Our boat was called Speedy Gonzales. We went through over 30 locks we even went through a 7 lock staircase it took a long time. We saw lots of ducks and even an otter. During the afternoon we pulled up at the canal bank and spent the night there. It was very scenic. At night we played pontoon we even had a competition. My time on the can http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/blog-293277.html In Rome I saw lots of very old buildings. We walked all over the city three days in a row.We queued up to go in to the Vatican Museum. There are lots of great paintings everywhere especially on the roof of the Sistine Chapel. I saw St Peters church and walked up the very steep spiral staircase to the top dome of the church. It was a great view from up there.I also saw the Colosseum where the gladi http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Italy/Lazio/Rome/blog-289558.html We are now in a motorhome. We have called it Macre Coeur. It has everything you could possibly think of a toilet a shower a place to cook a fridge and bunk beds and an even higher bed over the drivers cabin. We picked up our Motorhome in Germany. We have travelled through Germany Austria and we are now in Italy.We met our friends at a farm stay in Bavaria. We went to a great water park and al http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Stuttgart/blog-280754.html My favourite food in Paris is baguettes and ham. You can eat baguettes for breakfast lunch and tea. They also have real milk and very nice yoghurt.We have been staying in MontMartre the streets here are narrow and have cobblestones. Up on the big hill near where we are staying is the Sacre Coeur church we go up there in the evening and have a picnic tea and listen to the buskers.My favourite pl http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-276639.html Boy did we have to get up early 2.00am to fly to Egypt In Egypt we stayed in a nice hotel with a pool it was called Zoser Hotel.We went to the Pyramids it was my first time riding a camel. They sprinted along it was very bumpy on my butt We got to climb part of the way up the biggest pyramid and also a smaller one nearly to the top. They looked like a big triangle rock.We went to the muse http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Egypt/Lower-Egypt/Cairo/blog-274992.html Well here I am in India. Our first stop was New Delhi. As soon as I got off the plane boy was it hot We have visited lots of forts and palaces. On the road there are lots of different cars tuk tuks rickshaws trucks and motorbikes. The most people we saw on one motorbike was four.We had a driver to take us to Jaipur and Agra.His name is Akbhar. On the way we saw so many different animals shari http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/New-Delhi/blog-272217.html We arrived in China. China was great China has chopsticks like Japan but they drive on different sides of the road. While in Beijing we went to The Great Wall Of China we walked along it for a couple of hours. It had lots and lots of steps I got very tired. We went on a chairlift to get up there and back.We also went to The Forbidden City and Tiananmen square The Temple Of Heaven and we even s http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Beijing/Beihai-Park/blog-268881.html Well I've been very busy and haven't had time to do my blog. So I'll try to tell you about my last days in Japan.In Hiroshima we went to a museum that was about an atomic bomb that hit Japan it was sad and I felt like crying.We also visited Miyajima Island we went by ferry. There were lots of deer. I called one Big Bully. It had it's horns cut off.After Hiroshima we stayed in Kyoto. We visited http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Japan/Hiroshima/Hiroshima/blog-265674.html We have arrived at FujiHakone guest house. We went on a cable car and ropeway up to see Mt Fuji. It was freezing near the mountain. It looked beautiful it was big. We also went on a pirate ship around Lake Ashi.The next day it was very cold and wet so we went to the hot springs. I went in a chocolate coffeeand wine bath. We also went in the dead sea spa. I didn't stay in long because the salt http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Japan/Shizuoka/Mt-Fuji/blog-262326.html When we were about to take off I was excited. The plane trip was very long but I watched the Bee movie twice Alvin and the Chipmunks and 4 episodes of the Simpsons. We stayed in a Tokyo ryokan a Japanese inn. We stayed in a Japanese style room with the matresses on the floor. We went to Tokyo Disneyland it was very fun. We were going to go on the spinning teacups but the queue was too long s http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Japan/Tokyo/Ueno/blog-260883.html