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__**Day 1:**__
**Trip to Zurich.** I was walking down the sidewalk drinking my soda when below the cap I saw the words YOU WON! www.blablabla.com/super/vacation/.html to claim your prize. I was surprised all those words even fit on the bottom of the cap. I ran back home and typed in thethe web URL and I read the words Congratulation!! Come to Space Airport in Kentucky,Kansas by the Turtle mall and you will be transported on a private airplane to a random assortment of countries in Europe. This is sponsored by the Blablabla co. Come on April 1st, 2100 which was in five days. I told my parents and they drove me to the Space Airport. We got there right when the five day mark was over and what we saw amazed us. There was a five acre airplane waiting just for me. I boarded the plane and my parents drove away. I was sure I heard a bottle pop. The inside was even more amazing. There were couches as with he world's softest fabric and shrimp platters with different kinds of shrimp. The bathroom was even more glorious. The kitchen was full of any kind of food you could think of and I only had to share it with three people not including all the chefs, waiters, and pilots. The engine started right after we checked out the rooms and I crashed on my bed after playing virtual Halo. After a couple of hours of nothing but pure awesomeness we landed in I believe Zurich, Switzerland. I heard this place has a federal republic .I sprinted out right when the door opened and bought five-thousand pounds of Swiss chocolate. Then my group started looking around at Zurich we went to the Swiss National Museum and the  Great Church (Grossmunster).  For lunch we wet to McDonalds. We took a tour bus all over the place. I really didn't h ave an appetite at dinner for dinner because of the menu. They had pickle eggs in a packet of crisps, salty pretzels covered in chocolate, fish finger sandwiches with Marmite and Salad cream, and others I will not name. The day was great but we had to leave quickly if we wanted to get to the Aletsch Glacier, Fieschertal.

**__Day 2:__**
**The Alestch Glacier** ====Today I was so tired. The trip on the Aletsch Glacier was long and hard. It took nearly and entire day but it sure was fun. The glacier was huge, so we had to take a cable car to get to it. The scenery was great even though it got boring after seeing it for hours. We got their using a ski lift and got down the exact same way. We could of stayed overnight, but we had to get to our next destination. Before we went there we rented some rooms at a hotel and doze off. The next day we went the Aletsch Glacier and took the hike. We saw many other tourist there and asked if this was their first time on the Alestch Glacier. Most of them said it was but some of them said they had been on it several times ==== ====Other people said they were training for a marathon. I had got to say that it was a pretty good way of getting ready. The mountains were great and when I saw got to the highest part I could see the Geneva lake and the plateau. We had 20 water bottles with four people and w e drank them all by the time we got to the end. Afterward we got into the airplane and traveled to our last place we were going to visit in Switzerland... the Chillon Castle. ====

**Day 3:**
**Tour of the castle** ====**This place was absolutely spectacular. It was well built and had a bunch of amazing stuff. The weapons looked like they were made just yesterday. The corridors were huge and so were the hallways. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it. I took many pictures of rea****lly everything.** ====

====**I was so happy we didn't have****to pay because it was __EXPENSIVE.__ Most of the people I saw come in were wearing super fancy clothes and had butlers. These people seriously had some great lifestyles. Their cultures were influenced by our neighboring countries France, Germany, and Italy said one of the other people with the winners and I. We had our own private tour of the entire** ====

 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**place. I am so happy we s****aved the best for last but we had to get to the next random next door country... Italy. I talk to lots of people and they had many replies most of them about the Chillon castle though. I put the information <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">together and found som **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 20px;">**e interesting things. The place Chillon Castle was built on was a natural protection and a strategic location to control the passage between North and South Europe The Chillon Castle was influenced by the Savory period, the Bernese period,and the Vaudios period. **

=__**Next county: ITALY**__=

__Day 1:Grand Ca____nal__ __cruise in Venice__
Today I took a long cruise along the Grand Canal. But man it was miserable in climate. It was extremely warm. I wish we were in the South. They actually have mild summers. There were millions of tourists who were doing the same thing as we were. This place was great. The gently flowing river and the great buildings all around me. It was starting to get dark out so we asked the boat paddlers to go faster. For dinner we went to a fancy restaurant which their menu consisted of mini pizza, spaghetti Bolognese, Eggplant Parmigiana, piedmont, lombarby, veneto, emilia-romangna, tuscany, and many others some that I can't even name. When we were done with dinner we headed out to some other places in Venice. We checked out the St. Marks Basilia and the Doge Palace. We also passed by Venice Accademia Galleries.As well we took a tour of the Correr Museum. This was a great stay in Venice, but we have to go to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Last thing I heard before we left the tour guide said Italy had a republic goverment. We all got into the airplane (including the tour guide) and headed off to Pisa, Italy to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa ( go figure).

=__Day 2: Ooh no it's going to fall on us__= Or at least thats what I thought when I saw it. = They said it moves 0.5 in. a year and since it was built in 1173 it is now practically side-ways. Our tour guide was being a joker so he had us take a picture of him knocking down the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Apparently the Leaning Tower of Pisa is famous for standing 17 feet off from perpendicular. The place started sinking after the third floor was built! This tower is also known as the Bell Tower of Saint Mary. The thing stands at 183 feet. I still don't get why the tour guide is still with us. I came to the top through a levetation device and saw all the rolling, green hills. Then I looked more closely at I brown line that was far away and saw they were two mountains ranges, the Alps and the Appenine. They said we were going in a hotel right next to the tower. The name of the hotel was Piazza dei Miracoli which was a very unique name. Didn't know what it meant but I still thought it was a weird name. Then I built a time machine the next day, traveled into the past, gave Luke one-hundred pounds of Swiss chocolate, and Zac five pound, came back to the present, and left for Rome. =

=**__Day 3: Brutal Romans...Seriously__**= = Actually we visited more than the Coliseum. We also visited the Pantheon. These were both old places and sweet looking. I saw lots of tourist( especially at the Coliseum). We had a private look inside and saw the entire Coliseum and sat on the bleachers. I don't know how people could stand this for even a minute. They were so uncomfortable. They would sit here for hours just to see two people or more fight. Actually I learned a lot about the Coliseum. The least important people sat in the back and the more important you were the farther in the front you got to sit. Which meant the women and children sat in the back (no offense) unless you had a seat of power and the men sat further in the front. The emperor sat right in front of the fight. When you win and the emperor puts his thumb down you must kill your opponent. If he puts his thumb up than that means he thought the other gladiator fought well and you are not allowed to kill him. This is what will happen to the dead man if the emperor puts his thumb down. First, you slit his throat. Next to make sure he's dead they put a hot iron pole to him to see if he reacts. Finally, to make sure he is completely dead they cut off his head and hang it in a part of the Coliseum. Brutal isn't it. Even though I was fascinated by these facts. Then we went to the Pantheon. The place was big and awesome but it wasn't as god as the Coliseum.-opinion Wow! This is the first time in the week we have been hear that we had visited to ancient buildings. Yaaay. Of course we still had limited time so we all got in the jet to take of to our next place. Athens, Greece the capital of Greece. We will be staying hear for three days. Well lets get a move on. =

= __ Country 3:**Greece** __ =

__Day 1: First day in Athens, Tower of the Winds__
First of when we went to the hotel after we checked out the Tower of Winds. The hotel we were going to was called Periscope and it was nice. The Tower of Winds was huge, white, and definitely great if someone was writing a report on the history of Greece. Which to remember it I write some down. It was built by a famous astronomer who's name was Andronikos of Kyrrhos to be an water clocks, sundials, and weather vanes. It got it's name because it has the eight winds carved on each of it's sides. Scholars think this place was built in the 1st century B.C. Now archeologists think it was built in the mid-2nd century B.C (during the Hellen istic period). Then we went to get something to eat after we scanned the impressive tower. What I had to eat was Paidakia which is grilled lamb's ribs served with lemon. That was one of the only good thing so everyone got it. Next day still must come. We are now going to go to Temple of Zeus. Bring in the lightning bolts!!!

=**__ Day 2: Up the mountain, Oh no wolves __**= That is what we were chased by, bloody-thirsty and angry wolves. Once we saw them our adrenaline went psycho, we turned around, and ran as fast our feet would carry us.Then we heard shouting in front of us and ran into a squad of pest control. We told them we saw a large pest and when they saw it they also started to sprint away Finally, we made it out with the wolves right on our tales. one-thousand policemen were standing in front of the entrance/ exit. Then they all got out there guns and started blasting all the wolves. When they were done they told us the wolves had rabies and been running in the forest for three weeks. They thanked us for getting the wolves out of hiding and gave us a gold medal of honor and a ten-thousand dollar gift card to WE-KNOW-DONUTS restaurant. Then we got back up the path to the Temple of Zeus. The people up here has great lifestyles. They were super rich and had great diversities. This place was huge and well built. It would have been nice though if Zeus zapped down the wolves. Great day today, but we must get our rest and tomorrow we will go to the Temple of Artemis. BEGIN THE HUNT!!! ****__Day 3:The Hunt must begin__****