Kirsten

====I am so excited today I am taking off on my European Vacation! You see, as I was walking around at the mall one day I saw Mrs. Greve running in circles and jumping around so went to see what was the matter. As it turns out nothing was wrong she was just so excited. Mrs. Greve won $5784635 Million and was paying to have the whole 7th grade class go on a European Vacation. It's kind of a secret but since your my diary I suppose I can tell you that we are her favorite class. ====

ENGLAND

**DAY 1**

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Oh my, My airplane just took off! I just can't wait as soon as I get to London, England, which is one of the World leaders in finances, I'm going to go to Westminster Abbey to see the grave of the Unknown Warrior and Issac Newton. I don't know if he passed as hot but he sure isn't to me with all that long curly red hair. Anyways when I get back to my uncle's flat I'll totally tell you how my day has been. CHEERIO for now! ======

=**DAY 1, Later** =

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I just got to my Uncle's flat. I'm really grateful I'm staying here because I can see my cousin Uma she is SOOOO cute! Plus, I can see were the Olympics are gonna be from the flat! It's amazing. ======

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During the day I of course went to Westminster Abbey, from there I went to Buckingham Palace for the changing of the guards. They have changing of the guards because they have a Queen due to the fact that they have a parliamentary democracy. I even saw the Queen ride by in a car! After that I took a moped and a boat to see Princess Diana's tomb. You wouldn't believe how busy it was there and half of the people were balling there eyes out. CHEERIO for now! ======

** DAY 2 **  When I woke up I ate a quick breakfast of scones and tea. I wanted to leave early so I could avoid the lines at the London Eye. That plan did NOT work since I stood in line for at least 2 hours! Form the top I could see the Thames River When that whole experience was over I went to find a restaurant. I was a bit nervous to try anything other then American food, but I found a nice fish and chips joint that wasn't half bad.

When I was finished eating I went to a Titanic wreckage museum. It was really cool but also sort of depressing because of all the people who died in that wreck. Later I went to the Sherlock Holmes museum. It's located right inside Sir Conan Doyle's house! While I was there I got to solve a mini mystery. It was so much better then those crummy Nancy Drew books.

Well it's now 11:30 London time so I'll tell you tomorrow where my day took me. CHEERIO for now! (P.s. check out the picture I took!)



** DAY 3 **

I am writing from on my plane into Frankfurt Germany! Today was as busy as ever even though I only visited one site. But before that I had a farewell breakfast of porridge and tomatoes, sausage, scones and tea. It was quite a feast. It was really good but sort of heavy because I walked around the ZSL London Zoo for most of the day. My favorite animal to see was definetly the koala bears. They are just so cute and lazy. That's probably why I enjoy them- Because they're lazy.

When I arrive in Germany I'm going to see some Martin Luther Sites and then go to Berlin. So for the last time... CHEERIO for now! ( P.s isn't the Koala SOOOOO cute?!?!?!)media type="youtube" key="P5CUHHGlQg0" height="315" width="420" This is the music they listen to there--It's pretty media type="youtube" key="R6dAmMlcxKI" height="317" width="421"Yet another odd Beatles Songmedia type="youtube" key="rYEDA3JcQqw" height="175" width="303"Some songs are good though like British pop star Adele's Songs

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Germany

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">** DAY 1 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">When I landed at Ingolstadt Manching Airport in Frankfurt, I boarded my helicopter to fly to Wartburg Castle. That's where Martin Luther was held for safety purposes. When I finished that I again went on my helicopter and headed out to Berlin. It was pretty late when I got there so I grabbed a taxi and took a beeline to my hotel, Pullman Berlin Schweizerhof. I couldn't stay at a house because in Germany only close friends and family are aloud to stay. It was super nice and it was in a good area unlike some of the other beautiful hotels. **Auf Wiedersehen Freund und enimies!**

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">This morning the first thing I did was rent a car and drove to a site where there was a piece of the Berlin Wall. I had to drive around a bit because most off the wall has been ripped down. When I did find a section I could see many buildings that had boarded up windows. I figured this may be left over from when the Nazi's didn't want people to jump from the windows into the other side of the city. From there I only had to drive nine minutes to get to The Ruins of Kaiser Wilhelm Chapel. It wasn't in the best part of town mostly because Germany is not doing well in their economic status. Later, I went to the Jewish Museum. I a bsolutely loved the Architecture <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> of the place! Plus, I learned a lot like how the temperate maritime climate affected the Jews in the Holocaust. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #808000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**Auf Wiedersehen Freund und enimies!**

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Today I boarded my rental helicopter and traveled to a huge indoor waterpark. It was even built inside an old aircraft hangar! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Soon it was time to leave the federal republic country of Germany. I hopped on a Baltic Sea cruise to go to my next destination- Estonia <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">I'm going to travel through Scandanavian waters all the way to Saaremaa, Estonia. TTYL :) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #808000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**Auf Wiedersehen Freund und enimies.**

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Estonia

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">When I arrived in Estonia I took a heli too the<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Capitol, Tallinn... <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">media type="youtube" key="4gFej58P3vo" height="315" width="420" <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">There I met up with Grace and Noelle at my hotel, The Nordic Hotel <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">As you can see, it is a VERY nice hotel and will set Mrs. Greve back $514. 33!

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**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Day 2 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">So today Noelle was being a meanie head and so was Grace. They didn't want to come to. There I saw a cute dead guy named Tevje Abram Tevje was a popular Jewish Estonian Translater in the mid 1900's. I also saw the grave of Benjamin Drui, A popular actor from the 1900's. Later in the day since it was raining in this  temperate climate zone, Noelle, Grace, and I took a train to Tallinn Prison. It was the largest prison in the area back in the olden days. That night I even got to attend church because a majority of Estonians are evangelical Lutherans.

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**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Day 3 ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Today was my last day here before I set off towards Poland so I did a little shopping in old town Tallinn. I bought lots of chocolate and marzipan. The marzipan was hand painted! Talk to you in Poland!

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Poland Day 1 So today when my helicopter landed in Auschwitz Poland I met up with Noelle and Grace. We drove over to Auschwitz extermination camp for the day. It was really cool but also sad because during the the Holocaust German Nazi's killed so many Jewish, Gypsies, and homosexual people. We even went into the crematorium. If I believed in ghosts it would NOT have been good! Anyways, when we were finished we drove to a pierogie shop. Pierogies are little puff pastries filled with traditional Polish food or meat and potatoes. Afterwards, we drove to Hotel Galicja where we had a three bed room booked. When we had finished settling in we walked down to the wellness spa.



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Ich bin hungrig as Usual!

Day 2 This morning I woke up and took off. Hopefully Noelle and Grace don't worry about me, although I doubt they will. Wouldn't it be just awful if they sent out a rescue team? Anywho, I boarded my helicopter and rode to Warsaw. While I was there I went to some chocolate shops and to a History museum. That night I saw protest taking place. This is What was going on. In the evening I stayed at my Hotel- Tomorrow would be along day.

Ich bin hungrig as Usual!

Day 3 When I woke up I checked out and drove towards the Baltic Sea. The Baltic Sea touches Poland on the North side. There I got on a boat and cruised back to New York were i drove back to Lansing Ich bin hungrig as Usual!

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Love, Kirsten Olsen

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