Tuesday 30 August 2011

Rome 30.08.11

I went to Rome with my Dad.

We took two trains from Lucca to Florence and from Florence to Rome.


When we got to Rome we went to a restaurant. We had a snack.

After, we went to meet some friends. We met them in front of Saint Peters Cathedral at the Vatican.


Vatican City has lots of big buildings that have lots of paintings and statues.








It is where the Pope lives.  I bought some Rosary Beads.




I liked Vatican City because it had lots of things there that had been dug up.




The next day I woke up and went to the Coloseum. It was where they used to have battles.





I liked the Coloseum because it was very old. Lots of the walls had fallen down.




We caught the train home with our friends.

 It was very hot but it was fun.


Monday 15 August 2011

Pinocchio Park - 16.08.11

Today I went to the Pinocchio Park in Collodi. This is the name of the man who wrote the book Pinoccchio.
 
We walked around the park. It is like an amusement park that tells a story.

My favourite part was the maze. I helped lead most people out.

There were lots of statues made out of metal that were the characters from Pinocchio's story around the park.





My favourite character was the whale. I liked the whale because we could go on top of the whale's head.




After, we went to the Butterfly House. Inside the Butterfly House it was hot and sweaty. We saw some Piranahas. They are tiny fish but they have very sharp teeth.

They could eat a large mammal in half an hour.





The butterfly house was in a garden with lots of fish. There were also lots of stairs.