On the train across Siberia......

Russia!

I am in Russia and it is really hard to read signs especially on the Metro. (I haven't even managed to find honey in the shops!) I saw a poster that I remember seeing in New Zealand but the writing is different. Can you tell me what it is please? I have visited the Summer Palace in St Petersburg that has 140 fountains and the largest Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow. Today I am getting on a train and I don't get off for 4 days and 4 nights! I get to sleep in the top bunk....... yay!

Glad I didn't live in the 1600's!

This is the Tower of London and it used to be used as a prison! I wonder why the windows are shaped the way they are. I didn't go inside - I was too frightened. Where there is grass used to e a moat. Do you know what a moat is?

London adventure!

I went up in a cable car above the River Thames in London. It was constructed fir the 2012 Olympic Games. I felt a bit queasy because it wobbled a lot. It was fun waving to the people going the other way.

Lost in the woods.............

I went down to the woods today for a teddy bear's picnic and got lost. For ages. I was very scared. I walked down paths, went in circles and came back to where I started. My bags were heavy and I got really grumpy.

Journey through Turkey

I have met lots of friends in Turkey and can even speak some Turkish words! If you say 'tea sugar' it sounds the same as 'thank you' in Turkish, so I have been using my manners :) In the picture of the amphitheatre, gladiators used to fight with each other and wild animals too. I visited Anzac Cove and saw the graves of soldiers who died fighting. It was very sad.

Here I am in Turkey

I have been in Istanbul and met a new friend - Stephan and his sister. They run a restaurant. Istanbul has 17,000,000 people living there and it is noisy. Several times a day the people are called to prayer in the mosque. Here is a picture of the Blue Mosque.